The Caithness Business Index has posted the following article:

Not Just A-levels: Unfair Algorithms Are Being Used To Make All Sorts Of Government Decisions

The recent use of an algorithm to calculate the graduating grades of secondary school students in England provoked so much public anger at its perceived unfairness that it's widely become known as the "A-levels fiasco". As a result of the outrage - and the looming threat of legal action - the government was forced into an embarrassing U-turn and awarded grades based on teacher assessment. [Read Full Article]