DfE News – Nick Gibb congratulates GCSE students.
Northern Ireland Executive – Education Minister, John O’Dowd and Employment and Learning Minister, Stephen Farry, today congratulated young people on this year’s GCSE results.
Welsh Assembly Government Education and Skills – Minister congratulates GCSE and Welsh Baccalaureate Students.
Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) – GCSE, Applied GCSE, and Entry Level Certificate Results Summer 2011.
BBC News – GCSE results: Gender gap widens in record-breaking year.
TES article – GCSE pass rates: end of choice, union warns.
The Guardian – GCSE results 2011: the beginning of the end of grade inflation.
The Independent – Richard Garner: This is all about school rankings in league tables.
The Daily Telegraph – GCSE results 2011: quarter of exams graded an A.
TES article – Entering borderline pupils early for modular GCSEs was like a Shakespearean farce – but less funny.
TES article – New assessment method fails to boost boys’ results.
This booklet provides guidance for teachers looking to develop and/or enhance their role as secondary assessment leaders. Roles and responsibilities are outlined, particularly in relation to standardisation and moderation, tracking and target setting and useful prompts are given for evaluating how assessment is being used to support learning.
‘It’s been invaluable for me in helping to ensure students experience consistent assessment based on shared principles, no matter which subject they are studying.’ Secondary Assessment Leader