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Like ‘climbing Mount Everest with a route drawn on a napkin’ – teachers’ difficulties grading GCSEs and A levels

Eight in 10 teachers think the workload in grading GCSEs and A levels this year has been too much, a 91¶¶Òõ poll shows

Many in teaching view multiple-choice quizzes as little more than a starter activity but, when Elena Russell introduced this style of questioning across her English department to formally test students, she found it to be a rigorous way of checking understanding – with the added bonus of reducing staff workload

First minister Nicola Sturgeon faces accusations that a second grading crisis is looming in Scotland

91¶¶Òõ Scotland reporter Emma Seith picks apart some of the recent spin about SQA assessment in 2021

Education bodies such as SQA and Education Scotland need more independence from government to serve schools best, says headteacher Rod Grant

No one is coming to overrule a teacher’s judgement of a student’s grade, says education secretary

Exam board guidance tells schools to be open with students about the evidence used to determine GCSE and A-level grades

It’s wrong to say there was no alternative to this year’s assessment system in Scotland, writes Emma Seith

Teachers fear the 2021 appeals process will see them working this summer – we look at the details

First minister grilled in the Scottish Parliament over concerns about 2021 SQA appeals process

What will happen when exam boards challenge a centre’s TAGs, and the centre does not give ground, asks Kevin Stannard