Sentences with phrase «exam regulator»

An "exam regulator" is an organization that oversees and manages exams. They make sure the exams are fair, valid, and follow the necessary guidelines. They establish rules and regulations for exams and ensure they are properly conducted and graded. Full definition
Research undertaken by exams regulator Ofqual last year revealed the vast majority of students, schools, parents and employers did not understand the changes.
Commenting on the announcement by exams regulator Ofqual that it is requiring each exam board to take actions to improve the control of exam papers, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:
But the WJEC had said it had complied with a requirement from exams regulators in England and Wales to make the boundary between grades C and D «more severe».
Due to pressures from exam regulator Ofqual, harsher grading was used for this year's GCSE results as a way to curb «grade inflation» following criticism over some subjects» past papers.
The english exams regulator Ofqual has told exam boards to re-write new GCSE maths exams after analysing the results of 4,000 sample papers.
«Michael Gove's ambitious timetable to overhaul GCSE and A-level examinations has been put back after exam regulator Ofqual said reforms to a series of subjects should be delayed.
In addition to this, Hywel Jones, Christine Ryan, Frances Wadsworth and David Wakefield have joined the board of the independent exams regulator, and will be in post for 3 years.
From 2011, she chaired exams regulator Ofqual three days a week, working with then chief executive Glenys Stacey.
Meanwhile exam regulator Ofqual has been rebuked by MPs on the education committee, who said its role in qualification design was likely to come «under significant pressure» as the GCSE reforms progress.
This order for re-writes comes just six school weeks before students are due to start studying for the exams, but chief exams regulator Glenys Stacey rejected the idea that Ofqual had left it too late.
Ofqual said it will allow exam regulators to decide whether to provide resit opportunities in all other legacy GCSE subjects.
Last week it was revealed that more than half a million pounds of public money is to be spent on explaining these changes and publicise the reforms, a move exams regulator Ofqual said was «essential», since the changes will eventually be brought in for all subjects.
Head teachers of leading independent schools have accused exam regulators of creating a «smokescreen» around soaring numbers of appeals over exam marking.
Mr Gove has told exam regulators that the content and assessment of A-levels should be shaped by universities, working alongside exam boards.
The annual survey of perceptions, which was published by exam regulator Ofqual, also shows that 39 per cent of parents, 16 per cent of young people and six per cent of teachers are still unaware of the new system.
Mr Gove told the BBC that English exam regulator Ofqual was worried that there would be exams called GCSEs in Wales which would be structured differently from GCSEs in England.
They want the introduction of a Welsh government bill to pave the way for an independent exams regulator.
Exams regulator Ofqual said a return to end - of - course exams and alterations to key exams signal «more variability» than usual at school level.
Plans to replace competing exam boards with one single entity also reportedly fell foul of EU procurement rules, but Gove did not mention this during his statement, insisting instead that exam regulator Ofqual had warned him off the reform.
The Education Secretary repeated the main points from his Today Programme interview this morning: that he will not intervene in the GCSE marking row as it is a matter for the exams regulator Ofqual, and that he and the government will soon announce their GCSE reform plans, presumably designed to make the exams more rigorous.
The exam regulator Ofqual — which has done such a great job in recent months upholding standards — was clear that there were significant risks in trying to both strengthen qualifications and end competition in a large part of the exams market.
Exams regulator Ofqual that it is requiring each exam board to take actions to improve the control of exam papers
Ofqual, the exams regulator, will be asked to produce proposals for achieving this.
The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the exam regulator Ofqual and leading exam board Oxford, Cambridge and RSA's (OCR) decision that schools should not be permitted to redact exam questions.
A spokesman for the exam regulator, Ofqual, said: «We are committed to ensuring that all GCSEs, AS - and A-levels, including those in modern foreign languages, are sufficiently valid, produce fair and reliable results and have a positive impact on teaching and learning.
The exam regulator found that OCR, Pearson and WJEC Eduqas» tests would «fail to differentiate effectively across the full range of ability... Due to the assessments being too difficult», with the Pearson and Equdas papers being so challenging that the grade A boundary would have to have been set below 50 %.
Exam regulator Ofqual has said that there has been an increase in the number of pupils choosing to take «traditional» subjects, such at maths, science and English, at GCSE and A level.
Exam regulator Ofqual have explained that there will be «significant improvements» to the process of appealing against GCSE and A-level results, with proposals for a better system announced later this month.
Simon Clarkson, a Leicestershire based science teacher, told the conference that Ofqual, the exam regulator, is right in its intentions to stop practical lessons counting towards GCSE and A Level grades.
This follows recent news that exam regulator Ofqual will include extra scrutiny over the standards of new A-level maths papers, after scrutiny last year.
Questions would have to go through quality assurance processes before being used for a real exam and the plan would need to be approved by the exams regulator Ofqual in order to go ahead.
Exams regulator Ofqual has said that the increase in requests could be partly explained by the move towards linear assessment.
The exam regulator has released the outcome of its consultation into resits for legacy GCSE, AS and A level exams in preparation of new exams coming into force.
In order to spread the message, the exam regulator is sending posters to secondary schools across England, which are also available for download.
Around 70 per cent of parents and pupils surveyed by the exams regulator Ofqual did not understand the new numerical GCSE grading system.
Exams regulator Ofqual has put out a statement offering advice to schools and students following last night's Manchester incident.
Exams regulator Ofqual has warned that there is an increasing number of scams taking place in schools by individuals posing as exams officers in order to obtain unseen test papers.
According to data released by the exams regulator Ofqual, 355 appeals were made against results in 2016, in comparison to 466 in 2015.
However, around 70 per cent of more than 400 parents and pupils surveyed by the exams regulator Ofqual did not understand the system.
The exam regulator claims that there have been inconsistencies in how marks have been reviewed in the past which have been unfair on students who have not asked for a review of their marks.
An Ofqual spokeswoman said the exam regulator had taken part in discussions about «the timing of Ramadan this year» and supports «the steps JCQ and the exam boards are taking with respect to the timetabling of exams this summer».
The exams regulator Ofqual said OCR had notified them of the problem and was investigating.
The unions have urged the exam regulator to abandon the plans which they claimed are «unpersuasive, misdirected and likely to make the current unsatisfactory situation worse.»
As part of these changes, the exams regulator has decided to introduce the requirement for exam boards to make marked GCSE scripts available before their deadline for requesting a review of marking.
The exam regulator has revealed plans to ask government to make its National Reference Test (NRT) mandatory for a sample of 300 secondary schools across the country, commencing in March 2017.
Exam regulator Ofqual has launched a consultation that proposes changes to non-exam assessment in GCSE computer science given evidence of widespread rule breaches.
A study from the exams regulator Ofqual has shown that students studying reformed biology have stronger practical skills than those who took the pre-reform qualification.
Exam regulator Ofqual has found that more than 90,000 GCSE and A-level results were changed after being challenged this summer.
Exam regulator Ofqual has published its corporate plan for 2018 to 2021, which includes plans to regulate the «validity and safe delivery of general qualifications».
The sharp rise in the number of GCSE grades that were changed at marking review this year came about because some exam boards «didn't follow rules», the head of the exams regulator has said.
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