International news

The first part of the research will be a national six week consultation to get views from students, parents and the sector on how the assessment system can be “fit…

Covid hits exam-taking and poorer pupils worst, study finds

February 8, 2021

Children studying for exams and those from disadvantaged families are the most likely to have suffered severe disruption to their learning and motivation during the pandemic, according to the largest…

Beating the cheating: The next hurdle after exams are cancelled

January 27, 2021

Most pupils have spent a significant portion of the last year learning from home, and some believe online assessments are harder to monitor and may not reflect their true abilities.…

Timms outcomes over 2020

January 5, 2021

“BEHIND THE NUMBERS: A DIVE INTO ENGLAND’S TIMSS 2019 RESULTS” is a free online event hosted by UCL in London on Wednesday 3rd February 2021, between 14.00 – 17.00. via…

Colleges should gather more data to equitably assess and grade students in the future

December 16, 2020

International news, Opinion

What data do we need, asks Justin Westerfield, to make an equitable contingency plan for assessing and grading students in the future? The year 2020 will be remembered as the…

Higher exams to be cancelled for Scottish pupils

December 10, 2020

Education Secretary John Swinney said the decision was based on the disruption that Covid has caused to the education system rather than safety concerns.The move means that pupils’ final grades…

UK Exams and assessments in the months ahead

December 10, 2020

How Ofqual will set standards for exams and assessments to be fair to students. Source: Exams and assessments in the months ahead – GOV.UK

Education Bureau finds ‘inadequacies’ in development of history exams for Hong Kong

November 25, 2020

Asia & the Pacific, International news

The report hinted at failings by the exams body, which had a quality control mechanism in place, but one that only functioned properly when all personnel carried out their duties…

GCSEs 2021 – Tests reveal ‘dramatic’ learning loss

November 25, 2020