This is the story of one big volume UK digital test that re-shaped test design and delivery for maximum impact.

How gatekeepers need to tune in to the reality of how the assessment system doesn't work for learners.

I visited the 2025 Next Generation Assessment Conference , only 10 months since the 2024 edition, I saw progress in digital school exams...

Removal of English and Maths from England's apprenticeships is problematic, especially for post-apprenticeship job seekers.

A curious year for the assessment sector. $25M fines for exam cheating. UK spluttering on plans for digitising school exams. A regulator...

I read yesterday’s review report on curriculum and assessment, chaired by former Secretary of State for Education Charles Clarke,...

Why do angry educators try to shut down the school digital exam debate? Read how mis-trust, inarticulacy, and passivity prevents advocacy.

The school digital exam vision seems to have stalled. Here are five problems with the vision, and five solutions on how to improve it.

The long-running UK exhibition BETT is a nexus for global ed-tech folk. There are plenty of visitors and booth workers, usually away from...

England’s school exam owners have presented their digital journey to 2030. Railway enthusiasts may scoff, but isn’t seven years too long...

England’s school exam owners are preparing to offer GCSE digital exams and their paper equivalent in parallel. But is that fair? Is one...

The tide is turning on casual exam invigilators. Career folk invigilating every day versus apathetic people wishing they were elsewhere....

The main four England and Wales General Qualifications exam owners have set out their digital school exam stall. It's shook many digital...

Moving a 1.5M paper test to on-screen delivery

Each of us creates 1.7Mb of data every second of every day. With over a billion websites, that’s 5 billion gigabytes of data out there!...

How English language digital exams impact learners

Back in July, I was intrigued by the use of a chatbot for conducting university admission at Leeds Beckett University, wondering what...

The Wow Factor Technology captures our imaginations to solve problems we never knew we had. In readiness for the 16th eAssessment...

The UK and worldwide press are writing more stories on exam invigilation malpractice. Parents, learners and press journalists are asking...

Employers must ensure they have a workforce that is bang up to date with its knowledge, understanding and skills, while minimising the...