Sentences with phrase «exam boards struggle»
Exam boards struggle to attract markers pure and simple.
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An investigation launched by Tes has found that exam boards may be set to increase their fees for schools and are considering cuts to subjects in reformed GCSEs and A-levels, as they struggle with financial pressures.
Exam boards are struggling with the rise in demand for markers.
Exam board AQA, the only announced its decision to drop the subject in October, saying it was struggling to recruit «sufficient experienced examiners» to mark and award specialist topics.
Exam board AQA sent a letter to teachers, saying it was struggling to recruit «sufficient experienced examiners» to mark and award specialist topics.
As tens of thousands of pupils await their GCSE results due on Thursday, an examiners» report for the AQA exam board has highlighted the struggles that markers face with onscreen evaluation and illegible answers.
Schools simply look for ways to offload problematic and struggling pupils and look to take easier exam boards than some of the top schools to boost the pass rate.
He said as a result exam boards were struggling to recruit enough teachers for a job once seen as «very appealing».
Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch said parents and teachers have complained that students have struggled to finish the English exams, which third through eighth graders will begin taking on April 14.
The New York State Board of Regents this week voted to expand options for special education students who struggle with academic exams.