Sentences with phrase «made by exam boards»

«And that is the result of the independent judgements made by exam boards entirely free from any political pressure.»

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Hacker makes his claim in New York, where the state Board of Regents did its part to raise the bar in math by mandating a score of 65 to pass on the integrated algebra Regents exam required of students.

Ofqual found that papers produced by three of the four main exam boards were too hard and not suitable for the broad spread of candidates, with the exception being AQA who has been ordered to make its papers «more challenging».

Exam boards will have to make changes and submit sample materials for approval by the end of the month.

That decision by the state board of education, made Jan. 12, comes as a growing number of states are grappling with whether to hold firm on high school graduation requirements even as many students fail to pass graduation exams.

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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.

Schools Week understands that AQA was not the only exam board found by Ofqual to have broken the rules, but it is not yet known if other boards have been asked to make similar undertakings.

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».

In March, Ofqual announced a consultation on reforms that might reduce the risk of cheating by teacher - examiners, including asking boards to check teaching plans, monitor social media and track «unusual exam results» and asking teacher examiners to make an «annual declaration» that they are complying with the rules.

High school students in Naperville and around the state will no longer have to take the PARCC exam under a change in policy made by the Illinois State Board of Education.