Pens away, laptops open – pupils told to type GCSE exam answers
The way many students sit exams could look very different in future after an announcement from England’s biggest exam board that it will begin testing GCSE students on laptops for…
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Fewer essays, more oral exams, no online tests: shake-up to prevent students using AI to cheat
Radical changes in how students are assessed are on the way in a move to combat the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms such as ChatGPT. It is early days,…
Turkey: Ministry abolishes written exams in primary schools
In a recent major shift, the Turkish Education Ministry has announced the abolition of written examinations at the primary school level, replacing them with a system predicated on the periodic…
Ofsted: The broken link between exam results and judgments
Schools Week analyses the relationship between Progress 8 scores and inspectors’ ratings Source: schoolsweek.co.uk
Consultation launched into future of Scottish exams and qualifications
The consultation will last until December 16, is looking for views on the balance of exams and other forms of assessment, recognising the achievements of a wider range of pupils,…
Exam boards apologise to students months after results were delayed
The heads of two major exam boards admitted teenagers were left “stressed and anxious” after thousands of exam results were delayed this summer. The leaders of OCR and Pearson exam boards made…
Stressed, anxious and worried about the future – How teenagers due to take exams this summer are feeling
For the first time in three years exams are expected to take place this summer. Teenagers taking them say it’s not fair and they are anxious, angry and worried about…
Wales’ schools watchdog has detailed the huge effects of the pandemic on children’s learning
In a 147-page report Estyn, the education and training inspectorate for Wales, reviews how schools and other education and training providers adapted to problems caused by the ongoing pandemic. The…
To be fair, we can do better than exams
Exams may be fair, but young people’s educational experiences leading to them are not. That’s why we must reform our qualifications system, says Jo-Anne Baird. “A different definition of fairness…
Why we need a national conversation about assessment
As we emerge from the pandemic, we owe young people a national conversation to review how we assess them, writes Jo-Anne Baird. “Only having end-of-course exams left the system vulnerable…