But two investigations
by exam board OCR also influenced the Department for Education's decision after it upheld two accusations of exam malpractice in a single subject.
The option is being considered
by the exam board OCR, who could enlist markers from countries such as Spain and South Africa.
Not exact matches
2017 saw us expand our range of
exam boards by adding Edexcel and
OCR to our long - standing provision of CAiE
exam facilities.
Exam board OCR has condemned a proposal to create a single state - run awarding body, which is currently being considered
by ministers as a «Corbyn-esque» approach that would lead to political interference.
The Sources of Wisdom workbooks help secondary school teachers to meet the requirements of the AQA, Edexcel,
OCR and eduqas
exam boards by providing the Bible passages which are relevant to each syllabus in one student booklet.
FURTHER PROBLEMS The subject of GCSE computer science was shrouded
by more dark clouds, when recent news emerged that the
exam board OCR had been fined # 125k
by Ofqual after GCSE computer science
exam answers were found in textbooks.
The Department for Education (DfE) responded to
OCR's concerns
by saying that if they can not recruit enough markers then they should pull out of the contract and make way for a different
exam board.
About a quarter of courses taken
by pupils in Northern Ireland are taken through the AQA and
OCR exam boards.
Mark Bedlow, from the
OCR exam board, said content in sciences had been changed to «address some of the demands» made
by universities, which wanted «more mathematical content».
By the middle of that month
OCR was trailing well behind the two other major
exam boards, Pearson and AQA, in the proportion of papers that had been completed, and attracted close scrutiny from Ofqual and DfE officials.
Evidence revealed
by the
OCR exam board suggests that independent schools were disproportionately likely to challenge
exam results.