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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».

The Welsh government is the exam regulator in Wales, while in England the job is done by Ofqual, which has said it does not see the need for a regrade.

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It has put a pause on plans for tests of Equifax's data protection practices and turned down offers from other federal regulators for help in on - site credit bureau exams.

«Exam boards in conversations with the regulator Ofqual will ensure these exams are fairly comparable with previous years... These decisions have been made because the exam boards and the regulator have sought to ensure this year and every year that these exam results are comparable every year.&raExam boards in conversations with the regulator Ofqual will ensure these exams are fairly comparable with previous years... These decisions have been made because the exam boards and the regulator have sought to ensure this year and every year that these exam results are comparable every year.&raexam boards and the regulator have sought to ensure this year and every year that these exam results are comparable every year.&raexam results are comparable every year.»

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.

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.

Glenys Stacey, Ofqual's chief regulator, told the education secretary that new A-level exams in mathematics would not be ready until 2016, while many new GCSEs would not be prepared in time to meet Gove's target for them to be taught in 2015.»

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.

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.

Ofqual, the examinations regulator, has rejected specimen papers for reformed GCSEs in history and geography from all four exam boards involved in the new process.

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 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 yearIn 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 yearin post for 3 years.

The report by exam and testing regulator, Ofqual, examines problems with the 2017 moderation arrangements for teacher assessments of writing and highlights difficulties in training, differences in how long schools had to prepare for moderation and variations in the way that moderators» visits were conducted.

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 paExams 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 paexams 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.

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.

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.

Ofqual said it will allow exam regulators to decide whether to provide resit opportunities in all other legacy GCSE subjects.

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.

According to Kathryn Albany - Ward, founder and director of Colour Blind Awareness, the papers are simply «not suitable for colour blind people», and she raised the issue with the exams regulator Ofqual in April.

Glenys Stacey, chief executive of the Ofqual exam regulator, has also warned that changes in the exam system could hit individual schools in different ways.

Many callers said the exams regulator, Ofqual, must have moved the boundaries of English and maths GCSEs, echoing what happened in 2012 when English GCSE results dropped dramatically.

The number of GCSE grades changed rocketed by 52 per cent this year, and Ofqual's chief regulator Sally Collier this week blamed the rise on exam boards that did not follow new rules for grade reviews introduced in 2016.

England's exams regulator Ofqual is being asked to measure qualifications against those used in other parts of the world.

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.

Welsh Conservatives have previously complained about Mr Andrews «interfering» in exams and called for an independent regulator.

Ofqual, the English exam regulator has already ruled out regrading papers in England so the WJEC has to think about the effect it will have if they re-grade papers for students in Wales while so many students in England took the exact same paper.

In response, a spokeswoman for the exam regulator Ofqual said: «We are ourselves looking closely at the quality of marking in the exam systeIn response, a spokeswoman for the exam regulator Ofqual said: «We are ourselves looking closely at the quality of marking in the exam systein the exam system.

In July, a report from the exams regulator, Ofqual, suggested 17.4 % of grades awarded in English reading tests could be wrong because of inconsistencies in marking and flaws in the test desigIn July, a report from the exams regulator, Ofqual, suggested 17.4 % of grades awarded in English reading tests could be wrong because of inconsistencies in marking and flaws in the test desigin English reading tests could be wrong because of inconsistencies in marking and flaws in the test desigin marking and flaws in the test desigin the test design.

The government's planned overhaul of GCSEs in England could see results «varying more than normal» for several years, the exams regulator has said.

On Monday, ATL general secretary, Mary Bousted criticised the exams regulator for not being prepared to engage with debate and uncertainty in ignoring the concerns of the science community over its plans for assessing practical skills at A-level and GCSE.

Mr Gove told the BBC that exam boards, in conversation with England's exams regulator Ofqual, were ensuring that new style exams, sat for the first time this year, were comparable with those in previous years.

In an attempt to address concerns of «dumbing down» and ensure results were comparable, England's exams regulator, Ofqual, told exam boards they would have to justify any results notably different to those of previous years.

In a letter to Michael Gove and the exams regulator, the NAHT union said it had been inundated with calls about late grade changes in English GCSEIn a letter to Michael Gove and the exams regulator, the NAHT union said it had been inundated with calls about late grade changes in English GCSEin English GCSEs.

The exams regulator Ofqual has published the results of its annual survey on perceptions of A-levels, GCSEs and other qualifications in England.

Sally Collier, chief regulator Ofqual, said while grade standards between exams boards in the same subject are expected to be comparable, inter-subject comparability is «more difficult to consider».

Ofqual needs to do more to stop «simple errors» in how schools deliver exams — although mistakes, security breaches and malpractice will continue, says new chief regulator Sally Collier.

The regulator has also decided not to introduce a «red alert» system to try and catch erroneous marks before they are released to students, and says it has no power to ask exam boards to lower the price of marking appeals in deprived areas.

The boards involved are investigating - as are England's exams regulator Ofqual and the Welsh government - which regulates exams taken in Wales.

The regulator insisted it would be inappropriate for either of the sets of exams to be regraded and students would be given an extra chance to resit the GCSE in November.

The exams watchdog's investigation showed that some boards had awarded extra marks despite not finding errors in the original marking and that re-marking rules imposed by England's exam regulator had been ignored.

A spokesperson for the exam regulator Ofqual said: «The relevant exam board is responsible for informing Ofqual when situations like this occur and for taking any actions it considers appropriate in response.

The qualifications regulator Ofqual has today published the findings of a substantial study into what causes volatility in exam results.

An Ofqual spokeswoman said the exam regulator had taken part in discussions about «the timing of Ramadan this year and we support the steps JCQ and the exam boards are taking with respect to the timetabling of exams this summer».

But the exams regulator Ofqual says a pass or grade 4 in maths would have been achieved in the upper tier paper with just 18 % of the overall marks.

His teaching career includes work in Ely, Bishop's Stortford, and London, and he was recently appointed to the board of Ofqual, the exams regulator.

Ofqual, the exams regulator, said today it will press ahead with proposals outlined in March to check lesson plans of teacher - examiners, despite objections from many of the respondents to a consultation on the issue.

The exams regulator will allow exam boards to choose whether to provide resit opportunities in all other legacy GCSE subjects.