Letter from Glenys Stacey to Gavin Williamson, 2 December 2020
Ofqual’s Chief Regulator responds to The Secretary of State for Education about the package of measures for GCSE, AS and A level qualifications in 2021.…
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Summer 2020 outcomes did not systemically disadvantage students
@Ofqual say GCSE, A level and VTQ students were not systemically disadvantaged on the basis of particular protected characteristics or socioeconomic status. Professor Becky Francis,…
Student-level equalities analyses for GCSE and A level
Report into the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on awarding of GCSE and A level qualifications in 2020. Documents Student-level equalities analyses for GCSE and A…
What is the Sawtooth Effect?
The interpretation of assessment results, and steps that assessment agencies can take, before or after awarding those results, to minimise the likelihood of misinterpretation. Documents…
Research into the Sawtooth Effect published
The Sawtooth Effect examines the patterns seen in student exam performance when assessments are reformed. Ofqual has today published further research on the student exam…
Working hard to safeguard sufficient validity in assessments but also keeping at heart the student perspective
Dame Glenys Stacey @Ofqual’s speech to the Association of Colleges’ (@Aoc_info) Further Education Summit, 18 November 2020: Good morning and thank you for inviting me…
Dame Glenys Stacey: speech to AOC’s FE Summit, 18 November 2020
Dame Glenys Stacey’s speech to the Association of Colleges’ Further Education Summit, 18 November 2020. Good morning and thank you for inviting me to join…
Letter from Glenys Stacey to Gavin Williamson, 13 November 2020
Ofqual’s Chief Regulator writes to the Secretary of State about the flexibility of approaches for assessing vocational & technical qualificatons. Documents Letter from Dame Glenys…
Interactive GCSE and A level data visualisations updated
Data on A level and GCSE comparative outcomes, centre variability and results across England can now be viewed in series of interactive visualisations. Ofqual has…
Letter from Glenys Stacey to Gavin Williamson, 5 November 2020
Ofqual’s Chief Regulator responds to the Secretary of State’s letter of 12 October 2020. Documents Letter from Dame Glenys Stacey to Gavin Williamson – 5…