Friday
Pushback against pressure on schools to handle appeals
EIS teaching union accuses the SQA of favouring appeals run by schools and colleges
Exclusive: GCSEs 2021 - huge learning loss revealed
Exam board study finds A-level and GCSE exam-year students in a third of schools have missed most of their courses
Should Scotland keep exams post-Covid?
The cancellation of exams during the pandemic has raised questions about assessment. Here 91¶¶Òõ Scotland publishes two opposing views
Covid: Should we get rid of exams for good?
The cancellation of GCSE and A-level exams during the coronavirus pandemic was controversial, but it has also led many educators to question whether such exams are an outdated form of assessment. Two academy trust leaders go head to head on whether we should ditch end-of-year exams once and for all
Thursday
News briefing: GCSE 2021 grades - Ofqual’s 7 key points
Read the latest from Ofqual on plans for 2021 grading set out for school leaders at the NAHT and ASCL conferences today
Banned: Teacher who ‘invented’ assessment marks
A teacher has been banned for a minimum of three years after being found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct
GCSEs 2021 grade inflation ‘will be unsustainable’
Ofqual chair says rise in GCSE results this summer would erode value of qualifications if it was repeated year on year
GCSEs 2021: No ‘Weimar’ grade inflation, says Ofqual
Chief regulator Simon Lebus denies teacher A-level and GCSE grading this year will mean ‘prizes for all’
GCSEs 2021: Don’t let parents sway grades teachers told
Ofqual chair tells heads that arriving at GCSE and A-level grades should not be a negotiation with students or their parents
Is John Hattie about to change assessment forever?
After 12 months of disruption, schools need to find out what progress students have made. But according to John Hattie and a group of researchers, traditional assessments are not the only way to go
