Assessment
The latest news and analysis on exams in the UK, including key dates, timetables, results and statistics for Sats, GCSEs and A levels
Wednesday
8th Jun 2022
A-level physics students ‘doubly penalised’ by grading
Physics teachers are worried that the research findings could put some students off studying their subject
Could learner profiles fix our broken assessment system?
Learner profiles that provide long-term evidence of achievement, and are formative as well as summative, are an excellent option for measuring student knowledge and skill, argue these three educationalists
Wednesday
1st Jun 2022
KS1 pass marks raised owing to ‘easier’ tests
The scores needed to reach the expected standard in key stage 1 Sats have been released today
Fears for leader workload as 3 in 5 exams officers ‘consider’ leaving
Exclusive: Exams officer exodus could burden leaders and result in fines, schools warned
Timeline for exam review unveiled
Independent review of qualifications and assessment follows OECD criticism of the heavily exams-based system in upper secondary in Scotland
Friday
27th May 2022
Need to know: Catch-up, vulnerable pupils and the NIoT
A roundup of 91¶¶Òõ’ most popular articles from the past week, including the lowdown on the new £121 million National Institute of Teaching and a look at whether the post-Covid catch-up plan has failed
How to establish positive revision habits
Exam season is here, and there’s still time to foster good revision habits with your students – here’s how one Year 12 teacher did it
Tuesday
24th May 2022
Give weaker students best teachers to raise grades, schools told
Highly-rated teachers can have most impact on grades of lower-achieving students, finds research
The classroom activities that boost GCSE scores, according to research
As new research reveals which teaching practices produce better GCSE results for students in English and maths, Professor Simon Burgess explains what the findings mean for classroom teachers