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In practice

Procurement, deployment and the figures that show whether the programme is functioning.

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Choosing a Supplier

The questions that separate suppliers, which are mostly about the human process and the disaggregated figures rather than about detection features.

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Piloting Properly

A pilot that produces the three numbers determining viability, rather than a demonstration that produces enthusiasm.

Procedure

Telling Students in Advance

The cheapest intervention in the whole programme, and the one that most reduces both distress and flag rates.

Procedure

Training the Reviewers

The people who turn flags into decisions usually receive an hour on the interface and nothing on judgement. That gap produces most unfair outcomes.

Procedure

Measuring Whether It Works

Seven figures that describe whether the programme is functioning, and the ones institutions report instead.

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