Marking: Why is it so hard to show pupils what we want from them?
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Marking Exam grades
  • Mar 24, 2019
What do students think about marking?
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Marking
  • Mar 3, 2019
8 tips for making marking more manageable
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Marking
  • Feb 25, 2019
Sats markers told to ease up on 'backwards' commas
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SATs Marking
  • Jan 30, 2019
Revisions to music and dance GCSE, AS and A levels
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Ofqual GCSEs A-levels Music Dance Marking
  • Jan 29, 2019
Pupils won’t lose SATs marks for back-to-front commas, DfE tells primary heads
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SATs Primary Marking
  • Jan 29, 2019
Music and dance GCSEs changed after 'disproportionately severe' marking
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GCSEs Music Dance Ofqual Qualifications Marking
  • Jan 29, 2019
Ofqual confirms changes to music and dance exams
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Ofqual GCSEs A-levels Marking Dance Music
  • Jan 29, 2019
Top tips to help you minimise your marking
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Teachers Teaching Marking
  • Jan 18, 2019
Mock exams: How to cut the workload
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Marking Exams
  • Jan 5, 2019
Check ‘consistency’ when considering reviews of coursework marking, schools told
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Reviews Marking Ofqual
  • Dec 14, 2018
Ofqual reports relating to GCSEs, AS and A levels in summer 2018
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Ofqual GCSEs A-levels Exam results Moderation Marking Reviews
  • Dec 13, 2018
Reviews challenging GCSE marks up by 4%
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GCSEs Marking Reviews Ofqual Exam results
  • Dec 13, 2018
Ofqual reports 23% decline in GCSE grades changed at marking review
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Ofqual GCSEs Grading Reviews Marking
  • Dec 13, 2018
Exam board marking league tables delayed by monitoring concerns
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Ofqual League tables Marking Exam results Exam boards
  • Dec 3, 2018
Researchers ask if simpler marking improves teacher retention
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Retention Marking
  • Nov 30, 2018
New method of exams marking ‘could transform’ teacher workload
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Teacher workload Marking Grading Ofqual
  • Nov 30, 2018
Researchers ask if simpler marking improves teacher retention
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Teacher retention Science Marking
  • Nov 30, 2018
New EEF trial: Will simplifying marking help improve teacher retention?
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Teacher workload Marking Teacher retention Working conditions
  • Nov 29, 2018
Universities with soaring grades may be forced to introduce common marking criteria
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Grade inflation University rankings Marking
  • Nov 28, 2018
Overhaul in marking system aims to halt grade inflation
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Marking Grade inflation
  • Nov 28, 2018
Opportunities for improving quality of marking
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Ofqual Marking GCSEs A-levels Exam results
  • Nov 27, 2018
Ofqual looking at alternatives to exam marking
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Exam system Examiners Marking Ofqual Assessment
  • Nov 27, 2018
'Significant number' of examiners unhappy with online standardisation
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Examiners Marking Ofqual Exam system
  • Nov 27, 2018
Marking consistency varies across subjects, finds Ofqual
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Marking GCSEs Exam system Examiners Ofqual A-levels
  • Nov 27, 2018
'Mark schemes and study guides imprison students'
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Marking Study
  • Nov 20, 2018
Requests for KS2 SATs marking reviews fall
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KS2 SATs Marking Reviews
  • Nov 8, 2018
Weekly digest #131: Increasing grading/marking efficiency
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Marking Grading Teachers Teaching
  • Nov 4, 2018
UKEdMag: Minimise marking: Focus on feedback
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Marking Feedback
  • Nov 2, 2018
Podcast 30: How common is over-marking?
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Marking Teachers Teaching
  • Oct 20, 2018
How to revolutionise marking workload
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Marking Teacher workload
  • Oct 16, 2018
How to revolutionise marking workload
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Marking Teacher workload
  • Oct 16, 2018
Three in five teachers still required to triple mark, survey reveals
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Marking NEU Ofsted
  • Oct 2, 2018
Teacher Survey and Workload Guidance prove value of The Education Partnership
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Teacher workload Survey Marking Workforce
  • Sep 28, 2018
Ireland: Exam marking error utter disgrace, student tells court
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Marking University places Exam results
  • Sep 26, 2018
The ‘four pillars’ of time-saving marking
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Marking Teachers Teaching
  • Sep 23, 2018
Private schools' refusal to embrace new GCSE marking system gives pupils major advantage
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GCSEs Exam system Marking Private schools Independent schools
  • Aug 18, 2018
Markers grading this year's GCSE and A-Level exams will be more lenient so 'no pupil is disadvantaged' by new harder tests
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Exam results Marking A-levels GCSEs
  • Aug 13, 2018
Artificial intelligence could ease marking burden
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AI Marking
  • Aug 8, 2018
School abolishes marking pupils’ work in favour of a 15-minute chat
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Primary Marking
  • Jul 19, 2018
The primary school that abolished marking (video)
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Marking Feedback Primary schools
  • Jul 17, 2018
Top school accused of failing students by using symbols to mark exams, forcing children to figure out for themselves where they made mistakes
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Secondary Marking Exams
  • Jul 12, 2018
End of the red pen: Leading girls’ school bans teachers from writing negative comments on exam papers
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Exam papers Marking
  • Jul 12, 2018
Tips for live marking
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Marking
  • Jul 11, 2018
The primary school that abolished marking
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Primary Marking Feedback Teacher workload
  • Jul 4, 2018
7 deadly school sins
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Evidence Progress Marking Data Appraisal Lesson preparation Teaching Teachers MockSTED
  • Jun 10, 2018
Marking outdoors: 'High risk, but big rewards...'
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Marking
  • May 17, 2018
Can we make exam marking more reliable?
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Exams Marking
  • May 15, 2018
Educational super-fad: the madness of triple marking
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Marking
  • May 6, 2018
Correspondence from the Ofqual Chief Regulator regarding examinations (10 April 2018) - download
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Ofqual GCSEs Grading Appeals Marking
  • Apr 17, 2018
Reviews of marking and moderation (previously known as enquiries about results) for GCSE, AS and A level
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Marking Moderation GCSEs A-levels Exams
  • Apr 17, 2018
Ofqual admits to marking variable in English exams during heated debate with secondary school leaders
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Ofqual English Exams Secondary Exam results Marking
  • Mar 21, 2018
Ofqual cracks down on exam board reviewers’ marking changes
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Ofqual Exam boards Reviews Marking
  • Mar 20, 2018
'Teachers and parents will have to be brave – it’s time to consign most marking to the dustbin'
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Exams Marking
  • Mar 10, 2018
Peer or self-assessment? Benefits and challenges
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Assessments Marking
  • Feb 25, 2018
What should teachers actually mark?
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Marking
  • Feb 18, 2018
Round-table discussion: - Making the grade? Exam accuracy and its implications
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Exam results Grading Ofqual GCSEs A-levels Marking
  • Feb 14, 2018
Marking: Why, What and How?
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Marking Teachers Teaching
  • Feb 12, 2018
School where staff mark ‘how they like’ gets government approval
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Schools Week Schools School Marking School performance Government
  • Dec 17, 2017
Reviews of marking and moderation for GCSE, AS and A Level: summer 2017 exam series
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Ofqual Marking Moderation GCSEs A-levels Exam results Reviews Remarking
  • Dec 14, 2017
Exam special consideration requests up 19%
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Exams GCSEs A-levels Marking Secondary Adjustment Assessment Ofqual
  • Dec 6, 2017
Teachers stop marking work with grades A-E because it 'damages pupils' confidence' when they get low scores
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Marking Secondary schools Teachers Progress
  • Nov 20, 2017
School bans teachers from marking in attempt to boost children's confidence
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Secondary schools Marking Improvement Attainment
  • Nov 16, 2017
New GCSE remark rules cause headache for heads
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GCSE Marking
  • Nov 10, 2017
Markers wanted for key stage four National Reference Tests
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GCSEs English Marking
  • Oct 27, 2017
Secret Teacher: we need to look at the lack of rigour in exam marking
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Exams Marking GCSEs
  • Oct 21, 2017
School head warns of 'erratic marking' under new GCSE grading system
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Telegraph GCSEs Grading Exam results Secondary Marking
  • Aug 24, 2017
Sprint finish to mark reformatted GCSEs, say examiners
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GCSEs Marking Exam system
  • Aug 20, 2017
Thousands of pupils to receive 'incorrect' grades on GCSE results day
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GCSEs Marking Exam grades
  • Aug 20, 2017
Thousands of students set to receive wrong GCSE mark under new system, experts warn
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GCSEs Marking English Exam system
  • Aug 20, 2017
Pupils shun A-level maths because of 'harder content and uncertainty about marking'
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GCSEs Maths A-levels Marking
  • Aug 20, 2017
What's it like being an A-level or GCSE exam marker? Share your experiences
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Guardian GCSEs A-levels Exams Marking
  • Aug 17, 2017
Sats: Publishing markers' guidance 'risks adding to teacher stress'
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TES SATS Guidance Marking Literacy Primary schools
  • Aug 9, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 28 July 2017
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Pearson Policy Eye Universities Colleges Primary schools Secondary schools Immigration EU nationals Skills Training Brexit Industrial strategy Taylor review LGBT Funding Post-16 Apprenticeships T-levels Technical education AEB Adult education ESFA Careers guidance IAC ETF Armed forces GCSEs Grading Exams Assessment Marking Appeals Curriculum Sugar tax QTS Disadvantaged pupils Attainment Cyber schools 14-18 Free school meals Free breakfasts Mental health Swimming Safety Physical activity PE
  • Jul 28, 2017
Distinguishing between marking errors and differences of opinion
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Ofqual Exams Marking Moderation Assessment GCSEs A-levels
  • Jul 27, 2017
Examiners disagree on review marks in 72% of sample scripts
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Schools Week Examiners Marking Exams Ofqual GCSEs A-levels
  • Jul 27, 2017
Pupil's GCSE result jumped six grades after a post-results review
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TES GCSEs Marking A-levels Exams Assessment Ofqual
  • Jul 27, 2017
Updates from Ofqual - July 2017
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NAHT Ofqual Standards GCSEs A-levels Ofsted Marking Adjustment JCQ
  • Jul 18, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 14 July 2017
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Pearson Policy Eye Policy Public sector pay cap Teachers Teachers' pay Teacher recruitment Retention University applications UCAS Social mobility Sutton Trust Employers Apprenticeships Careers guidance GCSEs Skills Taylor review Employment IfS Student loans SATS Marking English Maths Resits Educational inequality Funding Numeracy Literacy Student debt Free tuition Tuition fees Industrial strategy ESFA Learner satisfaction survey FE Choices Ebacc Progress 8 Governance Headteachers
  • Jul 14, 2017
Our children’s education has been wrecked by Sats. Time to say no more | Letters
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Guardian SATS Primary schools Assessment Marking
  • Jul 13, 2017
NAHT warns testing culture must change as students are marked down for the shape of semi-colons
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NAHT SATS Marking Exams Assessment
  • Jul 12, 2017
Don’t throw the SATs out with their administrator
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Schools Week SATS Primary schools Exams Assessments Marking
  • Jul 12, 2017
Pupils lose marks for unshapely semicolons
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Times SATS Marking Exams Assessment Primary schools Teachers
  • Jul 12, 2017
Don’t judge schools by SATS data alone, says NAHT
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NAHT SATS Primary schools Marking Exams Assessment Ofsted School performance
  • Jul 11, 2017
Teachers attack 'punctuation police' after pupils are docked marks for incorrectly drawn commas
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Telegraph Marking SATS Primary schools
  • Jul 11, 2017
Ten-year-olds denied SATs marks because of semi-colons that fail to meet Government shape and size standards
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Independent SATS Primary schools Marking
  • Jul 11, 2017
Teachers raise concerns over Sats marking
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BBC SATS Marking Teachers Social media Exams Assessment Primary schools Pupil performance
  • Jul 11, 2017
Primary school children lose marks in Sats tests for misshapen commas
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Guardian Primary schools SATS Exams Assessment Unions Marking
  • Jul 10, 2017
#Satsshambles: Teachers angered by 'unprecedented' marking errors
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TES Teachers SATS Exams Assessment Marking Primary schools
  • Jul 10, 2017
Teachers outraged as pupils marked down for correct answer in SPaG test
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TES Teachers Marking Exams Assessment Literacy SATS Primary schools
  • Jul 7, 2017
Markers unable to use exam board AQA's online system as GCSE deadlines loom
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TES AQA Marking GCSEs Exams A-levels Assessment English Maths Science Secondary schools
  • Jul 5, 2017
Ofqual announces additional GCSE, AS and A level grounds for appeal
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NAHT Exams GCSEs A-levels Ofqual Marking
  • Jun 29, 2017
Additional GCSE, AS and A level grounds for appeal
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Ofqual GOV.UK GCSEs A-levels Exams Appeals Marking
  • Jun 28, 2017
Schools get right to appeal GCSE and A-level ‘marking errors’
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Schools Week GCSEs A-levels Exams Marking Appeals Ofqual Exam boards
  • Jun 28, 2017
Schools to have second chance to challenge GCSE and A-level results
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TES GCSEs A-levels Exams Ofqual Marking
  • Jun 28, 2017
A-level exam 'leaks': Fury after maths and economics papers are 'disclosed' hours before tests
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Evening Standard Exams A-levels Maths Economics Malpractice Edexcel Pearson Marking ATL Assessment GCSEs
  • Jun 26, 2017
Schools told to expect more Sats 'chaos' as moderators fail to mark pupils' work correctly
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Independent Primary schools SATS Moderators Marking Assessment
  • May 19, 2017
Low-attainers ‘harshly’ marked in SATs assessments, study finds
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Schools Week Attainment SATS Assessments School performance Primary schools Teachers Marking
  • May 7, 2017
Spoon-fed pupils too lazy to revise
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Times Marking NASUWT Revision
  • Apr 17, 2017
Fear of pushy parents means teachers spend hours pointlessly 'triple marking' work, education union warns
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Telegraph Marking Teachers NASUWT Parents
  • Apr 16, 2017
Teachers doing unnecessary marking to appease 'moaning' parents
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TES Marking Teachers NASUWT
  • Apr 16, 2017
Exam boards ask students and NQTs to mark GCSE and A-level exam papers
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GCSEs A-levels Exams Marking NQTs Secondary schools AQA Trainee teachers Exam boards
  • Apr 13, 2017
Use gender-sensitive language or lose marks, university students told
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Guardian Gender equality Degrees Marking Students
  • Apr 2, 2017
Don’t man up: students may lose marks for using ‘he’
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Times Degrees Marking Gender equality
  • Apr 2, 2017
Exams board faces questions over whether teacher payments meets living wage level
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Herald Scotland Scotland SQA Marking
  • Mar 26, 2017
Thousands of teachers needed to mark new GCSEs and A-levels, says report
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BBC Teachers Marking GCSEs A-levels Examiners
  • Jan 20, 2017
Seven thousand more markers 'needed to cope with exam reforms'
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TES Marking A-levels GCSEs Exams Assessment Secondary schools Teachers
  • Jan 20, 2017
It's official: your school's marking policy is probably wrong
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Guardian Teachers DfE Ofsted Inspections Marking
  • Nov 29, 2016
Ofqual opens discussion of new evidence on consistency of marking
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Ofqual GOV.UK Marking GCSEs A-levels
  • Nov 14, 2016