Schools should be allowed to delay a new exam system if they are not ready to implement it, Scotland's largest teaching union says.
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Wales' schools inspection service raises concerns about literacy levels and says exam results are not improving as quickly as other parts of the UK.
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BBCPolitics on 31st Jan 2012 (via bbc.co.uk)
Exam boards could be banned from running seminars giving teachers advice on how to improve the GCSE and A-level grades of their pupils following an investigation by The Daily Telegraph, the Education Secretary said yesterday.
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Telegraph on 22nd Dec 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Officials postpone a GCSE exam after it emerges that details of some questions may have been revealed to a seminar of teachers.
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BBCPolitics on 21st Dec 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
The system of competition between exam boards should be scrapped, because schools try to pick easier exams to improve results, a committee of MPs has been told.
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Telegraph on 16th Dec 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Michael Deacon watches a Commons select committee interrogate three examiners who have been suspended following a Telegraph investigation into school exam boards.
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Exam board leaders have defended Britain’s examination system after allegations of collusion between examiners and teachers to maximise grades
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FT on 15th Dec 2011 (via ft.com)
Examiners suspended following claims that exam boards have given teachers unfair advice have told MPs they regret their secretly-recorded comments.
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BBCPolitics on 15th Dec 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
An examiner suspended after a newspaper claimed he gave secret advice about exam question says he was treated unfairly.
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BBCPolitics on 15th Dec 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
The politicisation of exam results has been a disaster. We need innovative new ideas if we are not to fail another generation of children, writes David Green.
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Telegraph on 15th Dec 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
