Are high school exams out of date? Just before Christmas, the Scottish Government’s International Council for Education Advisers (ICEA) called for the end of high school exams as we know them in a report, and the idea attracted plenty of media attention. The ICEA, whose membership includes Professor Chris Chapman, the Network for Social andContinue reading “International Council for Education Advisers—school exams ‘outdated technology’ in the 21st century”
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The COVID-19 cohort and the ‘mess’ of public exams: reconsidering roles and responsibilities
By Professors Melanie Ehren, University College London Institute of Education and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Christopher Chapman, University of Glasgow On 18 March, the Secretary of State for Education told Parliament that, in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, schools and colleges in England would shut to all but the children of critical workers and vulnerableContinue reading “The COVID-19 cohort and the ‘mess’ of public exams: reconsidering roles and responsibilities”