By James Addlestone

There’s a joke going round that you need a maths GCSE to count the number of u-turns the government has been forced into over the past few weeks following its approach to exam results.

The debate surrounding the ‘algorithm to predict exam results’ saga largely focuses on whether the algorithm was fair, accurate, and systematically unbiased. But what I’d like to explore is what broader lessons can be learned from the whole debacle for those of us who work with consumer-facing algorithms on a daily basis.

Simplicity is often the best option

For the sake of argument, let’s assume that the best possible Read full story ›

Source: The Drum