2024 Exam Sector Review
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A curious year for the assessment sector. $25M fines for exam cheating. UK spluttering on plans for digitising school exams. A regulator...
Jun 273 min read
Taboos and Fairy Stories - How will schools adopt digital exams?
The how and why of school digital exam delivery.
Jun 43 min read
Move to digital exams, win a microwave?
Moving to digital exams for schools needs macro messages, not transactional retail offers.
Feb 293 min read
It's a Vision Thing. 5 problems with the Digital School Exams vision, and how to improve it.
The school digital exam vision seems to have stalled. Here are five problems with the vision, and five solutions on how to improve it.
Jan 92 min read
"But We Don't Have Enough Computers!" Delivering digital exams for UK schools
The main four England and Wales General Qualifications exam owners have set out their digital school exam stall. It's shook many digital...
Jan 42 min read
24 years ago we moved a big exam from paper to on-screen
Moving a 1.5M paper test to on-screen delivery
Jan 30, 20193 min read
When data gets uncomfortable - how does better assessment change UK university admission?
The UK university sector is witnessing seismic changes. The undergraduate application sector-governed body called UCAS will shortly...
Jan 13, 20172 min read
Stop that cheat! Why successful qualifications need both confidence and technology
Confidence is key to exam programmes. Management of risk and protecting the public from unlicensed or imperfectly trained learners is...
Aug 7, 20162 min read
2016 Exam Results Day
Going to university? Wouldn’t it be great if you could choose your university based on actual results, not on mocks or ‘guesstimates’? Do...
Aug 31, 20152 min read
2015 Report Review: Centre Readiness for eAssessment: Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.
This research report from 2014 is now publicly available via the three UK regulators, SQA, CCEA and Welsh Government. It looks at the...
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