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National exams may have returned in Scotland but a window has opened for those who want reform, says Henry Hepburn

Your roundup of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including ‘unprecedented’ numbers of teacher job adverts, grade inflation and strikes over pay

The real world prizes innovative thinking and unpredictability, so school-level assessment should reflect that, says Melvyn Roffe

Young people around Scotland are hoping that results day will bring relief after years of Covid disruption, says student Michael Heffernan

More than one-fifth of A-level students missed at least four weeks of school in 2021-22, warns Sutton Trust research

Season 15 of ÌÇÐÄVlog Podagogy has finished and we’re taking a break over the summer. But here’s a round-up of new episodes from the past six months

After significant rises in GCSE and A-level grades during the pandemic, ÌÇÐÄVlog looks at the issue of grade inflation – and the steps that have been put in place to prevent it this year

After all the assessment uncertainty created by Covid, the SQA exam results in 2022 bring a different kind of anxiety, says teacher Alan Gillespie

The idea of tackling ‘word gaps’ between poorer children and their wealthier peers has become normalised in schools – but it is part of a damaging deficit narrative that has been debunked by research, says Ian Cushing

When is GCSE results day and what happens if your students don’t achieve the grades they wanted? We round up the key information

Exam board AQA says it has ‘robust’ plans in place to ensure that the strike does not delay next month’s GCSE and A-level results

The education secretary said exam errors are ‘unacceptable’ and risk causing unnecessary stress for pupils