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Direct linkHe, Qingping; Opposs, Dennis; Glanville, Matthew; Lampreia-Carvalho, Fatima – Curriculum Journal, 2015
In England, pupils aged 16 take the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinations for a range of subjects. The current assessment models for GCSE include a two-tier structure for some subjects and a non-tier model for the others. The tiered subjects have a higher tier designed for high achieving pupils and a lower tier for low…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations, Secondary School Students, Program Effectiveness
He, Qingping; Anwyll, Steve; Glanville, Matthew; Deavall, Angela – Educational Research, 2013
Background: Although there has been considerable research into the reliability of marking for the Key Stage 3 (KS3) National Curriculum tests (NCTs) and public examinations such as the General Certificate of Secondary Education examinations (GCSEs) in England, little is understood about the level of reliability of marking of the Key Stage 2 (KS2)…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, Writing Tests
He, Qingping; Anwyll, Steve; Glanville, Matthew; Opposs, Dennis – Research Papers in Education, 2014
Since 2010, the whole national cohort Key Stage 2 (KS2) National Curriculum test in science in England has been replaced with a sampling test taken by pupils at the age of 11 from a nationally representative sample of schools annually. The study reported in this paper compares the performance of different subgroups of the samples (classified by…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Sampling, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis
He, Qingping; Hayes, Malcolm; Wiliam, Dylan – Research Papers in Education, 2013
The accuracy of the results of the national tests in English, mathematics and science taken by 11-year olds in England has been a matter of much debate since their introduction in 1994, with estimates of the proportion of students incorrectly classified varying from 10 to 30%. Using live data from the 2009 and 2010 administration of the national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Accuracy, Classification
He, Qingping; Opposs, Dennis – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
National tests, public examinations, and vocational qualifications in England are used for a variety of purposes, including the certification of individual learners in different subject areas and the accountability of individual professionals and institutions. However, there has been ongoing debate about the reliability and validity of their…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Evidence, National Competency Tests, Foreign Countries
He, Qingping; Boyle, Andrew; Opposs, Dennis – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2011
Building on findings from existing qualitative research into public perceptions of reliability in examination results in England, a questionnaire was developed and administered to samples of teachers, students and employers to study their awareness of and opinions about various aspects of reliability quantitatively. Main findings from the study…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Student Evaluation, Tests, Program Effectiveness
