Assessment
The latest news and analysis on exams in the UK, including key dates, timetables, results and statistics for Sats, GCSEs and A levels
Monday
8th Aug 2022
GCSEs must ‘maintain their value’, says Quince
The government says very few schools will get better results than in 2021, when grades were awarded by teacher assessment after the cancellation of exams
This year’s qualifications ‘will be valued’, vows Somerville
Courses and assessment were modified this year – but students can have confidence in their SQA results, says Scotland’s education secretary
GCSEs and A levels 2022: 8 trends to expect on results day
Results day is back to normal for the first time since 2019. Grainne Hallahan has the lowdown on what to expect when GCSE and A-level outcomes are revealed
Friday
5th Aug 2022
SQA exam results day 2022: this is not a return to normal
National exams may have returned in Scotland but a window has opened for those who want reform, says Henry Hepburn
Need to know: Teacher shortages, GCSE results and pay rises
Your roundup of 91¶¶Òõ’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including ‘unprecedented’ numbers of teacher job adverts, grade inflation and strikes over pay
Student assessment should not follow the driving test model
The real world prizes innovative thinking and unpredictability, so school-level assessment should reflect that, says Melvyn Roffe
Thursday
4th Aug 2022
SQA exams results day 2022: a student’s view
Young people around Scotland are hoping that results day will bring relief after years of Covid disruption, says student Michael Heffernan
2022 exams not ‘fair’, say nearly half of teachers
More than one-fifth of A-level students missed at least four weeks of school in 2021-22, warns Sutton Trust research
Wednesday
3rd Aug 2022
91¶¶Òõ Podagogy: 11 episodes to listen to this summer
Season 15 of 91¶¶Òõ Podagogy has finished and we’re taking a break over the summer. But here’s a round-up of new episodes from the past six months
GCSE and A-level results 2022: what is grade inflation?
After significant rises in GCSE and A-level grades during the pandemic, 91¶¶Òõ looks at the issue of grade inflation – and the steps that have been put in place to prevent it this year
SQA exam results day nerves are back - for teachers, too
After all the assessment uncertainty created by Covid, the SQA exam results in 2022 bring a different kind of anxiety, says teacher Alan Gillespie