Support materials and advance information in 2021 GCSE, AS and A level exams
Summary Advance information about topics to be covered in GCSE, AS and A level exams in 2021 and support materials in exams in England. This…
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Ofqual Consultation seeks views about exam advance information
Extra support for GCSE, AS and A level 2021 exams – @Ofqual consultation on principles for exam topic advance information and support materials. Ofqual is…
Reviews of marking and moderation: November 2019 GCSEs and Projects
The number of reviews of marking and moderation for GCSEs in November 2019 series and for Project qualifications in June 2019, November 2019, and January…
Glenys Stacey’s speech at Inside Government Apprenticeship Conference 2020
Glenys Stacey’s speech to the Inside Government Apprenticeship Conference on 3 December 2020 about our EQA of Apprenticeship end-point assessments. Hello, and thank you for…
Business Impact Target 2019 to 2020: Ofqual
Information we are publishing to meet the requirements of the Business Impact Target. Documents Business Impact Target 2019 to 2020: Ofqual Ref: Ofqual/20/6721PDF, 188KB, 6…
Code used to calculate qualification grades in summer 2020
Ofqual publishes computer code developed to support GCSE, AS and A level awarding of calculated grades in summer 2020. We have today (7 December 2020)…
Exams and assessments in the months ahead
How @Ofqual will set standards for exams and assessments to be fair to students I understand how difficult life has been for students, their parents…
Giving students advance notice of exam topics for summer 2021 should be handled with care
@Ofqual research differentiates between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ predictability in the context of 2021 Ofqual has today (Thursday 3 December) published research into the predictability of…
Predicting predictability
Research investigating question paper predictability and the factors that influence this through a question prediction exercise. Documents Predicting predictability: Investigating question paper predictability and the…
Optionality in GCSE and A level exams
Our research into optionality in the context of the 2021 summer exam series. Documents An investigation of the comparability of scores between optional questions in…