Campaigners fear surge in university exam cheating this summer due to unsupervised online tests that let students use the internet Only a small minority of subjects will have traditional ‘closed book’ exams Invigilation may involve videoing students and tracking eye and body movement A surge in cheating has been predicted this summer because of lax … Read more
Exam boards have warned that students may try to cheat the new grading system by submitting work that is not their own. Schools have been told to take measures to ensure that private tutors are not giving ‘inappropriate levels of support’ to students when they are completing their schoolwork, which could form the basis of … Read more
At the start of the year it looked as though the fiasco of 2020’s exam results, in which thousands of children were unfairly downgraded by an algorithm, would be averted for this year’s cohort. The Education Secretary seemed determined to press ahead with tests, albeit with certain caveats, in order to ensure the fairest possible … Read more
Ministers today insisted their GCSE and A-Level exam replacement plan is the ‘best we can do’ despite claims an experts has quit warning of an even more dire outcome than last year’s hated algorithm. Schools minister Nick Gibb confirmed that teachers will have control over the marks their pupils get, but insisting there will be ‘protective … Read more
Gavin Williamson said ministers were putting their trust in teachers to mark pupils’ GCSEs and A-Levels today as he confirmed that no computer algorithms would be used to work our fair grades. The Education Secretary fronted a Government press conference tonight ahead of an announcement tomorrow on how grades will be awarded this summer. Last … Read more
Gavin Williamson promises pupils will get ‘granular detail’ of exam substitute plans as he prepares to unveil new system tomorrow Gavin Williamson is set to unveil the GSCE and A-Level arrangements tomorrow Was announced last month that normal exams will not take place this summer Teacher assessments are set to decide the grades students receive … Read more
Myleene Klass praised her eldest daughter Ava, 13, on Thursday night after she passed her grade seven cello exam in lockdown. Taking to Instagram, the classically trained musician, 42, revealed that she had accompanied Ava on the piano during the virtual examination. Myleene gushed that she was ‘super proud’ of her eldest child and sweetly called her … Read more
More than 70 West Point cadets are caught cheating on remote calculus exam in the biggest academic scandal at the military academy in 44 years In total, 73 cadets have been accused of cheating on the mathematics exam, with 72 of the alleged cheaters being first-year students back in May Four of those accused in … Read more
GCSE and A-level pupils will be told what is on their exam papers in advance and will be ‘marked more generously’, according to plans expected to be unveiled by the Department for Education Students with an asterisk by their grade should be looked on kindly by colleges Exam boards will tell schools which subject areas … Read more
GCSE and A-Level grade boundaries should be LOWERED next year to compensate for pandemic, Ofqual says Ofqual is urging Government to ensure that exams are ‘less daunting’ in 2021 Chief regulator Dame Glenys Stacey has written letter to Education Secretary Argues that pandemic is impacting learning so exams should be more lenient By Ross Ibbetson … Read more