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The Department for Education is in discussions with Ofqual about moving exams back to give pupils more time to study for their GCSEs and A-levels.
Education experts have reported that the pandemic could set some students back as far as 12 months in their education, prompting pressure on schools to help get students caught up.
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Grades for GCSEs and A-levels will still be released at results days in the UK, the Department for Education has announced.
The results are to be calculated using a range of projects, alongside input from teachers, EDArcade revealed last month.
Yesterday, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, said that creating these milestone shows the school economy is on a path to a return to normal. But what do we know? This blog post explains.
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The debate over mock exams is likely to continue for many years, so why not make the most of them while they’re around?
The results that mocks deliver across the subject spectrum can have a positive impact on learning and examination outcomes when it gets to the real thing.
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The history of iGCSEs might not be as familiar as the seemingly constant furore around GCSEs but they’ve played a significant role in education over the last 25 years.
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Reading time: 2 minutes
Exam marking reliability is an issue that crops up regularly as analysts try to decipher the intricacies of exam results and what they mean for attainment and exam difficulty.
This has been complicated in recent years by the alterations to the GCSE system that have altered the way league tables are compiled and therefore make it harder for comparisons to be made.
Read More
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The latest round of figures for the number of penalties given to students suspected of cheating in their GCSE and A-Level exams made for stark reading earlier this year.
The number of incidents had risen by a quarter, with 2,715 penalties issued to students.
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The debate over the usefulness of mock exams has intensified as the new, more rigorous GCSE examinations have begun to be used across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
This has combined with renewed calls regarding student stress and whether mock exams – and exams in general – are effective as a means of teaching.
Read More
Reading time: 2 minutes
Prior to the first round of GCSE results in 2017, much was said and speculated about how the new GCSE grading system would impact students.
From A* to U, to 9 to U – the changes seemed simple enough, but what they truly meant for students, teachers and parents ranged from being slightly concerning, to outright disturbing.
So, one year on, the question is whether, and how, the new grading system has affected student outcomes.
Read More
Reading time: 2 minutes
In 2017, 70.9% of girls were awarded at least a C – or a 4 grade – in their GCSEs, compared to just 61.5% of their male counterparts. This gender gap leapt from 16.1%in 2016, to 17.4%, in 2017.
In this article, we want to take a look at the potential reasons behind the gap, and explore how the move to linear exams could be set to shake things up.
Read More
Reading time: 2 minutes
The Department for Education is in discussions with Ofqual about moving exams back to give pupils more time to study for their GCSEs and A-levels.
Education experts have reported that the pandemic could set some students back as far as 12 months in their education, prompting pressure on schools to help get students caught up.
Read More
Reading time: 2 minutes
Grades for GCSEs and A-levels will still be released at results days in the UK, the Department for Education has announced.
The results are to be calculated using a range of projects, alongside input from teachers, EDArcade revealed last month.
Yesterday, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, said that creating these milestone shows the school economy is on a path to a return to normal. But what do we know? This blog post explains.
Read More
Reading time: 2 minutes
The debate over mock exams is likely to continue for many years, so why not make the most of them while they’re around?
The results that mocks deliver across the subject spectrum can have a positive impact on learning and examination outcomes when it gets to the real thing.
Read More
Reading time: 2 minutes
The history of iGCSEs might not be as familiar as the seemingly constant furore around GCSEs but they’ve played a significant role in education over the last 25 years.
Read More
Reading time: 2 minutes
Exam marking reliability is an issue that crops up regularly as analysts try to decipher the intricacies of exam results and what they mean for attainment and exam difficulty.
This has been complicated in recent years by the alterations to the GCSE system that have altered the way league tables are compiled and therefore make it harder for comparisons to be made.
Read More
Reading time: 2 minutes
The latest round of figures for the number of penalties given to students suspected of cheating in their GCSE and A-Level exams made for stark reading earlier this year.
The number of incidents had risen by a quarter, with 2,715 penalties issued to students.
Read More
Reading time: 3 minutes
The debate over the usefulness of mock exams has intensified as the new, more rigorous GCSE examinations have begun to be used across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
This has combined with renewed calls regarding student stress and whether mock exams – and exams in general – are effective as a means of teaching.
Read More
Reading time: 2 minutes
Prior to the first round of GCSE results in 2017, much was said and speculated about how the new GCSE grading system would impact students.
From A* to U, to 9 to U – the changes seemed simple enough, but what they truly meant for students, teachers and parents ranged from being slightly concerning, to outright disturbing.
So, one year on, the question is whether, and how, the new grading system has affected student outcomes.
Read More
Reading time: 2 minutes
In 2017, 70.9% of girls were awarded at least a C – or a 4 grade – in their GCSEs, compared to just 61.5% of their male counterparts. This gender gap leapt from 16.1%in 2016, to 17.4%, in 2017.
In this article, we want to take a look at the potential reasons behind the gap, and explore how the move to linear exams could be set to shake things up.
Read More