«The EBacc is also a further restriction on school autonomy and another attempt to manage the education system
through exam reforms and league tables, rather than investing in the resources that truly make a difference.
Not exact matches
Kathy James, Director of Policy and Campaigns at NAHT, said the marking
reforms put in place part - way
through the year amounted to «changing the goalposts», and that it put pupils who sat the
exam later at a disadvantage.
Reforms to examinations for 16 - year - olds must be «thought
through carefully», the
exams watchdog for England has warned the government.
Commenting, she said: «The Government's calamitous, rushed
through reforms to the
exams system have put extreme pressure on pupils taking their GCSEs this year.
The site quoted Dan LaDue, assistant director for accountability for the state School
Reform Office, as saying that his office would send closure notices to the schools ranked in the bottom 5 percent on state
exams from 2014
through 2016.