Super Grade

Article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8581926/New-super-grade-to-mark-out-brightest-pupils.html

Summary:
Britain's biggest exam board is introducing a new "super grade" for exceptionally high performance in maths. They fear that there are too many students that are already on a A-level or an A*-level. Introducing  the "A* with distinction" for the very highest performers will help to motivate them to try to master the most difficult skills and be rewarded for this. The new grade will be introduced by AQA in September. Researchers from Cambridge University say; "once one exam board does this, the others will follow".

Reaction:
In 1974, they introduced the A*-level to pick out the brightest pupils. Nowadays, 7,5% of the students are being awarded this grade. I think it is a good idea to introduce a "super grade" for the highest performers on universities. Students that are already on a high level usually did not feel motivated to study even more because they would get the highest grade anyway. The A* with distinction is a motivation for those students to get back to work and make sure they get that high grade.