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Exam boards are told to make papers more 'accessible' and lay out material in 'ways that do not disadvantage students'
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Exams Middle-class Bias
  • May 12, 2022
Exam papers marked down for middle-class bias after questions on theatre trips and ski holidays
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Exams Middle-class Bias
  • May 12, 2022
New crackdown on GCSE questions with middle-class bias
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GCSEs Exams Middle-class Bias
  • May 12, 2022
Edexcel to replace GCSE textbook on Israel-Palestine conflict with ‘digital resources’ after bias claims
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Textbooks Digital resources GCSEs Bias
  • Feb 3, 2022
GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Parents contact lawyers over grading 'bias'
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GCSEs A-levels Grading Results Teacher assessment Grading bias Bias
  • May 26, 2021
Teacher grading 'influenced by students' personality'
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Teacher assessment Grading Results Bias
  • May 20, 2021
Teachers may be influenced by personality traits when awarding grades, research suggests
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Teacher assessment Grading Results Bias
  • May 20, 2021
Teachers give better grades to good boys and girls, study claims
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Grading Teacher assessment Results Bias
  • May 20, 2021
Teachers' grades biased to more 'agreeable' pupils
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Teacher assessment Bias Grading
  • May 20, 2021
Evidence shows ‘bias’ against boys in teacher assessments, exam regulator says
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Teacher assessment Grading Bias
  • May 18, 2021
Ofqual: bias against disadvantaged and SEN pupils ‘common’ in assessments
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SEND Disadvantaged pupils Bias Discrimination Assessments
  • May 17, 2021
GCSEs 2021: Teacher assessment risks bias, warns Ofqual
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Ofqual Teacher assessment Grading Bias
  • May 17, 2021
Language GCSEs biased against poor pupils, say teachers
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GCSEs Languages Disadvantaged pupils Bias
  • Oct 29, 2020
Colleges urge Education Secretary to admit there was bias in A Level grading
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A-levels Grading Results Bias
  • Aug 17, 2020
Williamson must admit A-level bias, say colleges
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A-levels Grading Results Bias Disadvantaged
  • Aug 17, 2020
Ofqual insists 'no evidence of systemic bias' as NUS president calls A Level marking system 'racist and classist'
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A-levels Results Grading Bias Racism Unions
  • Aug 13, 2020
A level results: Colleges call for technical review
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Bias Moderation A-levels Results Grading
  • Aug 13, 2020
Colleges demand urgent review into “biased” A-level grading process
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A-levels Grading Results Bias Moderation Reviews
  • Aug 13, 2020
A levels 2020: 'No bias' in grading, Ofqual says
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Ofqual Bias Moderation Grading Results A-levels
  • Aug 13, 2020
Ofqual 'has legal duty' to reveal grading model details
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Ofqual Grading Discrimination Bias Predicted grades Teacher assessment
  • Jul 27, 2020
Exams that use facial recognition may be 'fair' – but they're also intrusive
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Technology Exams Bias Facial recognition
  • Jul 22, 2020
How teachers can avoid biased GCSE grading
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Coronavirus Bias GCSEs A-levels Grading Teacher assessment
  • May 15, 2020
GCSEs: Only 39% teachers think 2020 grades fair for all
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Coronavirus GCSEs Grading Bias
  • May 13, 2020
Plans to give A level and GCSE students their predicted grades in doubt over racism fears
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Coronavirus Exams Grading Predicted grades Teacher assessment Bias BAME Ethnic minorities
  • May 1, 2020
Teachers warned over 'unconscious bias' amid fears that ethnic minority children will get the wrong grades
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Coronavirus Exams Teacher assessment Predicted grades Grading Bias Ethnic minorities BAME
  • Apr 30, 2020
Help teachers minimise risk of exams bias against minorities, urges watchdog
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Coronavirus Exams Grading Predicted grades Teacher assessment Bias BAME Ethnic minorities
  • Apr 30, 2020
Equalities watchdog warns exam bosses that BAME students will suffer from grading bias
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Coronavirus School closures Exams Grading Teacher assessment Bias Ethnic minorities BAME
  • Apr 30, 2020
Equalities watchdog warns Ofqual over GCSE grading bias
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Coronavirus Exams Assessments Grading GCSEs Bias
  • Apr 30, 2020
GCSEs: DfE and Ofqual accused of not addressing bias
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Coronavirus GCSEs Grading Teacher assessment Bias
  • Apr 27, 2020
How do we ensure fair grades for BAME students?
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Coronavirus School closures Exams Grading Predicted grades Teacher assessment BAME Ethnic minorities Discrimination Bias
  • Apr 22, 2020
Black and Asian pupils more likely to have grades over-predicted than white peers, exam watchdog finds
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Coronavirus School closures Exams Predicted grades Grading Teacher assessment Bias
  • Apr 15, 2020
Coronavirus: No Ofqual bias checks on individual grades
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Coronavirus School closures Exams Teacher assessment Predicted grades Grading GCSEs A-levels Ofqual Bias
  • Apr 15, 2020
‘Startling and systematic bias’ in Ofsted ratings
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Ofsted ratings Bias Disadvantaged pupils
  • Nov 6, 2019
We’re failing black students if we don’t talk about recruitment bias
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Student recruitment Bias Discrimination Ethnic minorities
  • Aug 29, 2019
Study reveals bias against ethnic minority names on applications
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Bias Ethnic minorities
  • Jun 8, 2019
It’s time to rise up against the bias in education
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Discrimination Bias
  • Jun 3, 2019
'Less middle-class bias' in Sats reading paper this year
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SATs Reading Exams Bias
  • May 28, 2019
Artificial intelligence, ethics and education
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AI Artificial intelligence Ethics Bias
  • Mar 28, 2019
Ofsted accused of 'pedagogical bias' over subject advisers for new inspections
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Ofsted inspections Bias Pedagogy
  • Feb 26, 2019
Evidence of disciplinary bias against sexual minority females
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Disciplinary action LGBTQ Pupil exclusions Bias
  • Feb 19, 2019
Ofsted chief denies pursuing 'anti-faith agenda'
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Ofsted Faith schools Inspections Bias
  • Feb 5, 2019
Teachers biased against black pupils and white boys from underprivileged backgrounds, report says
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Disadvantaged pupils Teachers Social inequality Bias Academic ability Attainment
  • Dec 10, 2018
Should universities consider ethnicity in admissions?
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Ethnicity University admissions Bias Discrimination
  • Oct 17, 2018
'We need to face our unconscious bias'
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Race Bias
  • May 25, 2018
Oxford votes to ban elite gowns at debates
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Oxford University Appearance Discrimination Unions Law Bias
  • Nov 15, 2017

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