Assessment
The latest news and analysis on exams in the UK, including key dates, timetables, results and statistics for Sats, GCSEs and A levels
Monday
10th Feb 2025
Teachers call for more clarity on cheating with AI
Teachers in Scotland want detailed subject-specific guidance ’on what you can accept or not’ so they are equipped to prevent cheating, finds new SQA research
![School sign with a 'No ChatGPT' sign](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2025-02/Ai-cheating02.jpg?itok=iuqhZP2J)
IB acquires Tony Blair Institute’s global citizenship programme
International Baccalaureate and Generation Global will build on an existing two-year partnership to foster ‘open-minded global learners’
![IB acquires Tony Blair Institute’s global citizenship education programme](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2025-02/IB%20Generation%20Global.jpg?itok=RPtnpB8n)
7 essential revision techniques for students
Simply telling students to revise won’t cut it, advises Mark Enser, so here are the key approaches to guide them in preparing for exams
![7 essential revision techniques for students](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2025-02/Revision%20techniques.jpg?itok=LWG_2Vo3)
Thursday
30th Jan 2025
SQA promotes anti-racism by changing language used in courses
Scotland’s exam body also calls on schools to stop using textbooks that contain ‘outdated language and depictions of enslavement and colonialism’
![SQA takes steps to promote anti-racism by changing language used in courses](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2025-01/black-and-white-swan.jpg?itok=lSVERyI8)
4 questions to make your assessments more effective
Understanding exactly what we want to know is the key to creating assessments that are useful and targeted, writes Zoe Enser
![Man looking at four question marks](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2025-01/Four-assessments.jpg?itok=eYDYImKo)