Educators, students hail India’s proposal to scrap exams
Change is in the air for the Indian education system as the country’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is planning to do away with school exams from 2021, The…
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Exam board AQA to pay out £1.1m over rule breaches and errors
The exam board AQA is to pay more than £1.1m in fines and compensation for a string of rule breaches, errors and failings in GCSEs and A-levels that regulators said…
Indian students wear boxes on their heads to prevent cheating
A school in India has apologized after photos emerged of students wearing cardboard boxes on their heads during an exam to discourage cheating.The Bhagat Pre-University College in Haveri, in India’s…
Record number of colleges drop SAT/ACT admissions requirements amid growing disenchantment with standardized tests
It may not quite have reached a tipping point, but the admissions world is clearly grappling with the use of standardized tests in admissions.Research has consistently shown that ACT and…
India’s high-stakes testing culture needs to be dismantled
Every exam season, this phrase can be singularly responsible for hope, despair, dread or celebration among test takers in India. Test taking is serious business, and much like weddings, it…
News from the 45th annual conference
IAEA president: This conference is an opportunity to exchange ideas about different advances in the field of education and educational assessment, and to learn from one other, IAEA President Randy…
Should a Single Test Decide a 4-Year-Old’s Educational Future?
To get into a gifted and talented elementary school program in New York City, children must ace a single, high-stakes exam — when they are 4 years old. This admissions…
Even more tests for most tested children in the world
This September, a pilot of new baseline assessment for four-year-olds will be introduced in almost 10,000 primary schools in the UK. This baseline will test children within the first six…
Students are still using tech to cheat on exams, but things are getting more advanced
In many ways, cheating on high school and college exams used to be a lot harder than it is nowadays. What used to take an elaborate plot to discreetly spread…
How entrance exams in India will become smarter, less stressful
The National Testing Agency in India, set up by the ministry of human resources development as an autonomous, self-sustained organisation, has been mandated with creating an exam system which is…