Assessment

Students from both state and private schools saw A-level average point scores increase, but the gap in outcomes between the two remains

Robert Burns also no longer features as a discrete writer after low uptake, as SQA adds ‘more modern and diverse texts’ to the list

In response to the review’s call for evidence, sector organisations recommend changes to assessments and the scrapping of performance measures

Curriculum and assessment review submission sees union call for new literacy and numeracy assessments

Plans for all senior students to undertake a project were recently rejected by the Scottish government, but it name-checked several organisations that had impressed with their interdisciplinary work. Emma Seith speaks to one of them

Organisation’s head of assessment talks to Tes about its plan to move to digital exams, which has been broadly welcomed by IB school leaders

Exam board also talks up high-stakes end-of-year exams as a way of assessing students efficiently and fairly

Tes highlights the major trends from the third year of data relating to the Year 4 times tables test

Independent schools could also ‘struggle’ with teacher pay as a result of the tax, sector leaders tell the Schools and Academies Show

Researchers say state school students performed better in English, maths and science but private schools still perform better in creative arts subjects

Ofqual chief says we are likely to see the digitisation of exams happening ‘incrementally’ rather than in a ‘big bang’

The multiplication tables check and phonics screening check are ‘unnecessary’, the NAHT tells the government’s review of curriculum and assessment