试听180秒英国今年 “高考”，竟沦为一场闹剧？

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英国今年 “高考”，竟沦为一场闹剧？

 思考题  

除了高考，你还参加过哪些令你印象深刻的考试吗？

 导读   

近日，有“英国高考”之称的A-level考试公布了成绩，不少学生发现自己的成绩远低于预期，严重影响了他们的入学机会。究其原因，竟是成绩评定的算法出了问题。英国不少地区的学生纷纷走上街头，要为自己讨回“公道”。一起来听今天的新闻，安琪老师带你了解本次英国“高考”闹剧的始末。

 原文及翻译  

Exam results system descends into chaos

考试成绩系统陷入混乱

Britain's university entrance system is in turmoil after a high-profile government climbdown over the assessment of school-leavers' results.

由于政府就中学毕业生成绩评定事宜做出了高调让步，英国的大学入学系统陷入了一片混乱。

With end-of-year exams impossible because of the novel coronavirus shutting schools and colleges, teachers estimated what results pupils would have been likely to achieve.

受新冠疫情影响，英国中学及高校一直处于停课状态，期末考试也无法正常进行，因此只能由教师来评估学生可能会达成的学业表现。

But these marks were then submitted to a computer algorithm that saw significant numbers of students, particularly those from less affluent areas or historically less successful schools, downgraded, affecting their university entrance prospects.

然而，这些成绩被提交给计算机算法之后，许多学生的成绩都被低估了，特别是那些来自欠发达地区以及过往成绩相对普通的学校的学生，而这会影响到他们的升学前景。

After days of public anger and political criticism, the government dropped the algorithm, revising results to the initial estimates, but in the meantime, some students have now made other plans.

经历了数日的公众谴责以及政界批评之后，英国政府宣布弃用该算法，将成绩修正为初始的评定结果。但与此同时，一些学生已经另做打算。

Previously Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is on holiday, had called the results produced by the system "robust and dependable", and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said there was no chance of the authorities in England following the lead of Scotland in reversing results, saying "the message we got from everyone was that this is the right system going forward".

早前，英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊在度假期间称该系统评定的成绩“有理有据”，英国教育部长加文·威廉姆森坚称英格兰当局绝对不会效仿由苏格兰引领的撤销成绩的做法，并表示：“所有人都告诉我们，这就是今后应该采用的系统。”

That reversal decision in Scotland was widely criticized by central government when it happened, but following similar moves in Wales and Northern Ireland, England has now done the same.

苏格兰撤销成绩的决定招致了英国中央政府的广泛批评，然而继威尔士和北爱尔兰之后，如今英格兰也采取了类似的举措。

Williamson said he was "incredibly sorry for the distress" caused to students, but when pressed by the BBC, refused to say if he would be stepping down from his position, only saying "my focus is making sure youngsters get the grades that they deserve".

威廉姆森表示他对给考生造成的“麻烦感到十分抱歉”，但是面对BBC的逼问，他拒绝透露是否会引咎辞职，仅仅提到“我的关注点是保证每个年轻人都取得自己应得的成绩”。

 原文链接  

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202008/19/WS5f3c01ada310834817261202.html