Executive Director – Strategy, Risk and Research
We have today published three evaluation reports looking at how grades were awarded in summer 2020. Taken together, they shine further light on the process of standardisation and on the differences between calculated grades, centre assessment grades and final grades. …
On a cold February day, the summer exam season might seem a long way off. But for lots of students February half term is the time when they begin to prepare for exams. Time to draw up revision timetables and …
Research is an important tool for Ofqual. In assessment the questions we face rarely have obvious answers and our responses must be evidence based. Have standards changed over time? Are some A levels easier than others? Do changes in the …
Every school and teacher wants to give their pupils the best chance of success when sitting their GCSEs or A levels. One choice they have is which exam board’s specification to adopt in each subject each year. As such, debates …