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Glenys Stacey responds to Michael Gove's letter about the reform of key stage 4 qualifications.
Consultations that Ofqual has run on the reform of qualifications to be taught from September 2015.
Includes a list of subjects that we are proposing to discontinue.
These changes relate to when candidates can take GCSE (A* to G) exams. Also the grading and reporting of internal assessment.
Glenys Stacey has written to Nick Boles MP in response to his letter regarding functional skills review.
We've published provisional statistics about GCSEs and A levels. They relate to our ongoing work improving the quality of marking.
A review of controlled assessment, its place in GCSEs and whether it is fit for purpose.
Ofqual’s approach to regulation will see higher expectations of awarding organisations and the quality of their qualifications.
April 2014 summary of the changes Ofqual is making to AS and A levels and why.
Research comparing A level subjects from 2008 and 2010 and the achievement of students who took exams in those subjects.
Research on the view of the higher education sector, teachers and employers on the suitability of A levels.
This document contains the following information: Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014.
Research to investigate the reliability and validity of results in national tests, public examinations and other qualifications in England.
A review of the history and current status of vocational qualifications and the concepts behind their assessment.
Looking at which measures of internal reliability give the best estimate.
Research into the reliability of three electro-technical qualifications from City and Guilds.
Investigating estimates of inter-rater reliability where inconsistency in marking between markers might be a major source of unreliability.
This study looked at how three different analysis methods could help us to understand 'rater' effects on exam reliability.
ABMA Education Ltd will resume regulated activities.
We have placed special conditions on OCR to make sure its processes and procedures for new GCSEs (graded 9 to 1) work as intended.
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