All assessment is subjective. Try as we might, personal interpretation, based upon a whole range of factors, influences our judgements. What is ‘exceptional’ to one person is ‘good’ to the next, though both may be working with the same criteria and vocabulary of assessment.
Ofqual's guidance given the cancellation of examinations this summer has led to the employment of predicted grades. Nothing they could really do about that. They have gone to some lengths to try to mitigate the subjectivity of the process, referring to teacher's judgements required on student grades as, ‘fair, reasonable and carefully considered’, ‘realistic’ and ‘holistic’. Perhaps, you can see my point about interpretation of vocabulary?
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