News
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Presentations from Ofqual
The presentations from Ofqual’s summer symposium and recent Exam Stakeholder Executive Group and Vocational and Technical Group meetings can be found below:
15 Jul 2019 12:20pm
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Opportunities for Senior Examiners
The following opportunities for senior examiners have arisen at Merton Council, London.
03 Jul 2019 2:23pm
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Role for an experienced assessor
The Institute of Directors is looking for an experienced assessor with particular skills in oral assessments and knowledge of professional qualifications to provide a one-day training workshop for a group of Chartered Director assessors.
03 Jul 2019 1:27pm
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Ofqual Summer Symposium
Ofqual’s Summer Symposium on 26 June was opened by Chief Regulator, Sally Collier.
03 Jul 2019 12:15pm
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News Review 19 June 2019
The BBC report that the exam board, Edexcel, is investigating the on-line leak of part of an A-level maths paper.
19 Jun 2019 11:38am
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News Review 12 June 2019
The BBC report that a 21 year old woman in Ethiopia has taken her secondary school exams in a hospital just 30 minutes after giving birth.
12 Jun 2019 1:55pm
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News Review 04 June 2019
The scores needed to reach the expected standard in the KS1 Sats were released on Monday, reports TES.
04 Jun 2019 9:57am
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News Review 13 May 2019
The Guardian reports on research showing that teacher assessments accurately reflected the ability of their pupils’ performance in later exams.
13 May 2019 1:34pm
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Spotlight on curriculum and assessment
Junior School Collaboration is organising a series of think pieces around Curriculum and Assessment.
13 May 2019 11:19am
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Chartered Educational Assessor - every school should have one!
Now more than ever, senior leadership teams in schools and colleges are thinking about how best to put in place good assessment practice that supports high-quality teaching and learning.
07 May 2019 2:37pm
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News Review 29 April 2019
As Scottish exams get underway, TES reports that the Unite union has started to ballot its members over strike action that could impact on both the exams and results day in August.
30 Apr 2019 1:39pm
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News Review 09 April 2019
Schools Week looks at a recent Ofqual report which states that less than a third of head teachers believe GCSEs prepare pupils for work, although 71% think that they prepare students for further study.
09 Apr 2019 11:41am
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News Review 01 April 2019
Schools Week shares details of an interim report produced by a commission set up by the Association of School and College Leaders to investigate the predicament of those who do not reach grade 4 in GCSE English and maths.
01 Apr 2019 1:51pm
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Free assessment checklist for schools and colleges
The CIEA believes that effective assessment is an integral part of high-quality teaching and learning.
25 Mar 2019 2:18pm
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News Review 19 March 2019
The Telegraph reports that Cambridge International, one of the UK’s major exam boards, has defended claims that their IGCSEs are “easier” GCSEs, stating that there is “no evidence” to support such allegations.
19 Mar 2019 10:43am