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The Impact of Reducing the Number of Exams on Results in GCSEs. Research Report
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Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2025
The main aim of this research was to investigate the impact of reducing the number of components on overall performance in GCSE subjects. In particular, researchers were interested in how the grade achieved by candidates on a reduced number of components compares to their grade on the full qualification. This research mainly looked at GCSEs with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Tests
Social Media and Anatomy Education: Using Twitter to Enhance the Student Learning Experience in Anatomy
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Hennessy, Catherine M.; Kirkpatrick, Emma; Smith, Claire F.; Border, Scott – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2016
Neuroanatomy is a difficult subject in medical education, with students often feeling worried and anxious before they have even started, potentially decreasing their engagement with the subject. At the University of Southampton, we incorporated the use of Twitter as a way of supporting students' learning on a neuroanatomy module to evaluate how it…
Descriptors: Social Media, Anatomy, Focus Groups, Test Results
Reporting Error and Reliability to Test-Takers: An International Review
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Bradshaw, Jenny; Wheater, Rebecca – Research Papers in Education, 2013
This review examined a range of approaches internationally to the reporting of assessment results for individual students, with a particular focus on how results are represented, the level of detail reported and the steps taken to quantify, report and explain error and uncertainty in the results' reports or certificates given to students in a…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Error of Measurement, High Stakes Tests, Foreign Countries
Ethnicity, Gender, Social Class and Achievement Gaps at Age 16: Intersectionality and "Getting It" for the White Working Class
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Strand, Steve – Research Papers in Education, 2014
Perhaps the most prevailing inequalities in educational achievement in England are those associated with socio-economic status (SES), ethnicity and gender. However, little research has sought to compare the relative size of these gaps or to explore interactions between these factors. This paper analyses the educational achievement at age 11, 14…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Gender Differences, Social Class, Achievement Gap
Using Assessment to Drive the Reform of Schooling: Time to Stop Pursuing the Chimera?
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Torrance, Harry – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2011
Internationally, over the last 20-30 years, changing the procedures and processes of assessment has come to be seen, by many educators as well as policy-makers, as a way to frame the curriculum and drive the reform of schooling. Such developments have often been manifested in large scale, high stakes testing programmes. At the same time…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Inflation, Testing, Foreign Countries
The Value Added National Project. Technical Report: Primary 4. Value-Added Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2.
Tymms, Peter – 1997
This is the fourth in a series of technical reports that have dealt with issues surrounding the possibility of national value-added systems for primary schools in England. The main focus has been on the relative progress made by students between the ends of Key Stage 1 (KS1) and Key Stage 2 (KS2). The analysis has indicated that the strength of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum