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Using NRT evidence this summer

Posted by: Cath Jadhav, Posted on: 3 May 2019 - Categories: Exams, National Reference Test
Four piles of exam papers on a desk in an empty exam hall

In February and March year 11 students from over 300 schools in England took part in the third National Reference Test (NRT) in English and maths. This blog explains how the NRT evidence will be used when the exam boards set grade boundaries in GCSE English language and maths this summer.

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A level awarding in 2016 and 2017

Posted by: Dennis Opposs, Posted on: 14 August 2015 - Categories: A levels and GCSEs

...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:...

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Setting standards

Posted by: Dame Glenys Stacey, Posted on: 3 April 2014 - Categories: A levels and GCSEs

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...

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