To guarantee that 2024 results are comparable to those of other years, a post-marking adjustment has been performed to all results for the third year in a row.

This is in accordance with Norma Foley, the Minister of Education,'s pledge to the class of 2024. The hike's level in 2023 is comparable to that of this year.

According to the State Examinations Commission, there hasn't been any grade inflation and the overall results this year are comparable to those from previous year.

Once more, the post-marking adjustment has been implemented on a sliding scale, with lower marks receiving a larger boost and higher grades receiving a smaller one.

According to the SEC, this is because the findings' achievement gap was once again greatest at the lowest end of the grade distributions.

According to the statement, the change aimed to close and counterbalance this achievement difference.

The artificial boost resulted in a rise in grades for almost 68% of all grades. In contrast, little over 71% of all grades were achieved previous year.

This year's actual changes varied from just over 12% at the bottom of the scale to 4.8% added at the top, with an average adjustment of 7.5%.

They were used after the standard marking procedure for exams was finished.

When calculated grades took the role of examinations during the Covid epidemic, Leaving Certificate marks increased significantly.