Assessment
The latest news and analysis on exams in the UK, including key dates, timetables, results and statistics for Sats, GCSEs and A levels
Tuesday
10th Jan 2023
Cross-party group to examine case for assessment reform
Exams system to come under scrutiny by MPs in attempt to influence political parties’ manifestos
Could ChatGPT mark your students’ essays?
OpenAI’s chatbot has proved it can use artificial intelligence to effectively mimic students’ writing, but how good would it be at marking an English essay? Daisy Christodoulou decided to find out
Tuesday
20th Dec 2022
Teacher stress ‘heightened’ by late exam decisions
Ofqual research into the experiences of teachers and students in 2021, when exams were cancelled, recommends a review of how exam boards communicate in ‘periods of uncertainty’
Scottish heads demand ‘more imaginative’ assessment
School Leaders Scotland brands the current exam-focused assessment system as a ‘colossal waste of learning time’, in its submission to the qualifications review
Thursday
15th Dec 2022
GCSEs and A levels: Mobile phone exam cheating up by 33%
The number of penalties issued to students overall also increased since the last time exams took place in 2019
GCSEs: Ofqual to act on missing papers and examiner shortages
Exam watchdog report sets out the key challenges faced during the return to GCSE and A-level exams this summer
GCSE disadvantage gap: Pandemic rips up 10 years’ progress
New data from the EPI lays bare the scale of the pandemic’s negative impact on closing the GCSE disadvantage gap, showing that little has changed in more than a decade for the very poorest pupils, as associate director Emily Hunt explains