2024 Exam Sector Review
A curious year for the assessment sector. $25M fines for exam cheating. UK spluttering on plans for digitising school exams. A regulator...
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Sep 53 min read
When you forget about trialling school digital exams and assessment 20 years ago.
I read yesterday’s review report on curriculum and assessment, chaired by former Secretary of State for Education Charles Clarke,...
Jun 73 min read
Got issues? Don’t let Mr Angry stop the digital exam debate
Why do angry educators try to shut down the school digital exam debate? Read how mis-trust, inarticulacy, and passivity prevents advocacy.
Jun 43 min read
Move to digital exams, win a microwave?
Moving to digital exams for schools needs macro messages, not transactional retail offers.
May 72 min read
Digital exam readiness: think gas central heating, not smart meters.
What the digital exam sector can learn from the UK's move to 'wonderfuel' gas.
Apr 203 min read
Does the act you've known for all these years need a refresh?
20 years ago, England's exam regulator set the agenda for school digital exams. A fresh campaign to build consensus is now needed.
Mar 193 min read
Rage Against the Exam Regulatory Machine?
A sell-out Next Generation Assessment conference in Manchester this week saw digital exam contributions from learners, student voice,...
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 273 min read
Hey Paper Hostage, what’s the rush? Why school exam digitisation perpetuates inequality. But not how you think.
England’s school exam owners have presented their digital journey to 2030. Railway enthusiasts may scoff, but isn’t seven years too long...
Jan 163 min read
The new Metric Martyrs? Are digital exams really the same as paper ones?
England’s school exam owners are preparing to offer GCSE digital exams and their paper equivalent in parallel. But is that fair? Is one...
Jan 123 min read
Love Professional Career Invigilators! Leave Resting Actors to pull pints.
The tide is turning on casual exam invigilators. Career folk invigilating every day versus apathetic people wishing they were elsewhere....
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...
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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