Ofqual has published new research exploring artificial intelligence’s potential role in marking, as well as its current capabilities and constraints. Rather than providing definitive answers, the published working paper offers an overview of the topic, shares our current thinking, highlights …
Practical work and experimentation is at the heart of science. It matters to science students, their teachers and their future universities and employers. But A level students do not always...
Students will be sitting exams for new GCSEs in maths, English literature and English language for the first time in the summer of 2017. We want to be clear with...
We published our final report into exam marking last week. It’s a good piece of work, worth a read to get a full sense of what is going on. Perhaps...
Hello all and Happy New Year. I wish you all the best for 2014. Like many of you, we are facing another busy and challenging year. Qualifications reform will continue...
Last week we launched our latest consultation on A level reform. It covers a number of important issues, including our proposals for the role of non-exam assessment in the subjects...
As we expected, our decision to stop speaking and listening assessments from counting towards final marks in GCSE English and English language has disappointed many teachers. We understand this. It...
Looking back on last week, the story around GCSE results feels different this year. I hope people think that Ofqual and the exam boards did a good job setting out...
I have been able to take some time to reflect on the A level results published last week, and the way they have been received. We can see a very...
A level and GCSE results days are nearly upon us, and we are seeing the inevitable speculation that happens every year at this time. There is more speculation than usual...
The Times Educational Supplement recently included an in-depth look at GCSE results and the subject of how we use what has become known as comparable outcomes, asking whether rising results...
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