Functional skills

What students, teachers, parents and carers think and feel about assessments this year in the wake of the pandemic

Prof. Roger Murphy and Dr Tina Isaacs, 17 June 2021 - A levels and GCSEs, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Exams, Functional skills, Uncategorized, Vocational and technical qualifications

Foreword by Paul Newton, Ofqual Research Chair. Ofqual has a statutory duty to promote public confidence in regulated qualifications, which means that we need to listen carefully to what people think and feel about them. Never has this obligation been …

Bias in teacher assessment results

Paul Newton, 17 May 2021 - A levels and GCSEs, Exams, Functional skills, Vocational and technical qualifications

We take the risk of bias seriously, so we recently carried out a review of existing third party research on bias in teacher assessment. This has given us a greater understanding and helped to inform and improve the quality of …

Invigilating reformed Functional Skills Qualifications

Phil Beach, 25 September 2019 - Functional skills, Vocational and technical qualifications

Reformed Functional Skills Qualifications (FSQs) in English and maths have been in the market for a few weeks now and schools, colleges and training providers are getting to grips with them. At present, qualifications from nine awarding organisations, across the …

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