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Kevin Woods; Tee McCaldin; Kerry Brown; Rob Buck; Nicola Fairhall; Emma Forshaw; David Soares – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2024
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) has been for the last 35 years the most common qualification by which students' attainment at age 16 has been measured. The range and balance of processes by which the GCSEs' programmes of study have been assessed have varied over the decades, to include…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 11, Educational Certificates
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Minott, Mark – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2020
The aim of this qualitative case study was to ascertain factors impacting the examination preparation process and causing concerns for London upper secondary students, to learn steps taken to reduce and/or resolve the concerns, and to discuss the implications for teachers and teaching. A subsidiary yet important aim was to give the students a…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes
Perspectives on South Carolina Educational Reform, 1990
A major provision of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 established the requirement for a high school exit examination (HSEE) for all 10th-grade students. Passage of the HSEE is a condition for the receipt of a state high school diploma. The HSEE is an outgrowth of the South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program, which…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12