Dear Sir Michael I refer to your comments broadcast in a recent LBC radio phone-in concerning Ramadan, which have been picked up by a number of the national newspapers today. I would like to confirm that exams have not been …
Ofqual staff hold a great deal of knowledge regarding, among other things, assessment practices, standards, regulatory policy, and compliance. However, as a relatively small organisation, we do not have the necessary in-house subject expertise to address the full range of …
Earlier this year we announced our plans to develop and pilot a national reference test. Some teachers, parents and students are understandably concerned about “yet another test”, but others are...
Comparing how out-of-tolerance awards (ones that are higher or lower than expected) from 2015 compare with previous years.
Glenys Stacey responds to the TES article 'Experts fear 'race to the bottom' after Ofqual drops extra science GCSE checks'.
With the reform of GCSEs, AS and A levels well underway, many will be wondering how accreditation of these qualifications works. Ofqual's Phil Beach explains the process.
...GCSEs or A levels prior to exam board specifications being accredited. Given the amount of change in GCSE science we decided that it would be appropriate to undertake some supplementary...
...courses for new linear A levels and this means the exam boards will have to change the way they set standards. We have agreed a principle with the exam boards:...
...Short and Full courses out, there is around a 45% fall in Short Course entries this year and about a 10% rise in Full Course entries. As I made clear...
...is to align standards between exam boards in a subject and over time. So it should be no easier, or difficult, to get a particular grade with one board than...
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