These can be things like downloading a
spreadsheet of exam results, scanning sheets of attendees from a seminar, or emailing a printer.
While it isn't possible to change the
outcome of the exam results, it is possible to reduce the amount of anxiety or stress you suffer.
Carl Hendrick, head of research at Wellington College, said: «We've become very good at measuring performance in
terms of exam results but very bad at measuring more difficult things like learning, self - perception and mindsets.
This report makes some vitally important points about why this is so damaging, and why the
pursuit of exam results and accountability metrics therefore has to be informed by an understanding of the curriculum, and of what it means to master a subject.»
Although this was typically in objective questions format, driven by the «license to practice» market in the USA where legal
defensibility of exam results was and is still required, the system has become more sophisticated over the years; including simulation in the IT world or the use of video in the medical sectors.
«This is demonstrated through the actual number of grade changes remaining the same year on year, despite the rise in the
number of exam result enquiries.»
Pupils in some parts of England are unlikely to take exams that could be vital to their job prospects - such as sciences and languages - according to an
analysis of exam results.
Questions posed after reading the prompt inspired students to investigate the
history of the exam resulting in learning about the history of reform in Massachusetts and to interview principals and parents for other points of view, test validity and reliability, as well as student points of view.
Deciding what items to include on the test, how questions are worded, which answers are scored as «correct,» how the test is administered, and the
uses of exam results are all made by subjective human beings.
This meant «that school performance - in
terms of exam results - should be judged on a five - year picture rather than one - off annual drops or increases», he added.