Assessment

Are we asking the right questions on assessment?

A new AQA report proposes new assessment models for the millions left lacking critical skills by the current format

JL Dutaut
Reza Schwitzer
Assessment

EBacc: DfE plans league table shake-up to ‘incentivise’ take-up

Government to 'explore making changes to the headline EBacc attainment measure'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

Jo Saxton to step down as Ofqual chief

She will become chief executive of UCAS in January

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

BTECs: Reforms risk 155k students ‘falling through the gap’

Sharp drop in applied general qualifications and slow growth of T-levels will have 'calamitous impact', report warns

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Assessment

Primary school disadvantage gap stops widening

But the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers remains way above pre-pandemic levels

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

A-level results: What is driving the regional attainment gap?

A-level results showed a growing disparity. But what is behind it? Schools Week investigates...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

We need a funded plan to close the regional attainment gap

We know why regional gaps are growing, says Nick Harrison, so it's time for government to start making changes

JL Dutaut
Nick Harrison
Assessment

Our broken regulatory system disadvantages English pupils

The discrepancies between grades for English pupils and their Welsh and Northern Irish couterparts are indefensible, says Jon Coles

JL Dutaut
Sir Jon Coles
Assessment

A-level results 2023: Regional divides ‘uncomfortable’, says Saxton

Ofqual chief regulator says rising north-south attainment 'is picture that needs to be seen' by policymakers

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth