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• Fears over poor marking as appeals for A-level and GCSE exams hit new high

  21 Oct 2014: Exams regulator Ofqual reveals surge in number of re-marking requests and increase in higher marks awarded on appeal

• Teachers, is it worth becoming an examiner?

  Guardian Professional, 16 Oct 2014: Repeatedly marking the same question is mind-numbingly boring, but it’s a great insight into how exams are assessed, says teacher Andrew Jones
  

• ‘Damaging’ A-level reform threatens to reverse maths uptake, say advisers

  11 Oct 2014: Government told scrapping intermediate AS-level exam will hit subject’s growth in popularity – especially with girls

• Too many schools fail pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, says report

  6 Oct 2014: Raising performance to half that of best schools in England would have given 60,000 more children good GCSEs last year

• Student rewards such as cash and free trips fail to improve GCSE results

  3 Oct 2014: Major study found that incentives made some pupils work harder in class but had no impact on exam performance

• I know students who buy essays online are being ripped off – I used to write them

  1 Oct 2014: A report this week has exposed online businesses who supply ‘research guides’ for students. Here, a writer explains what it’s like to churn out essays on demand

• Are independent schools paving the way for state schools to deviate from GCSEs?

  Guardian Professional, 30 Sep 2014: Bedales School has broken away from the GCSE curriculum with its innovative courses. Journalist Sarah Marsh considers whether it’s possible for the state sector to follow suit
  

• Could you ace the 11-plus? – quiz

  Guardian Professional, 30 Sep 2014: This week’s Secret Teacher argued too much pressure is being put on children to pass grammar school entrance exams. Can teachers and parents ace the test? Take our quiz to find out

• Former minister’s book revisits playground spat with Ofqual

  30 Sep 2014: Leighton Andrews used FoI requests to get internal emails; Ofsted tried to stop visit after school was notified; TKAT loses another head; and DfE clarifies its free school rating figures

• Secret Teacher: parental pressure is crushing my year 6 class

  Guardian Professional, 27 Sep 2014: Some parents will stop at nothing to ensure their child passes grammar school entrance exams. But the stress leaves some students traumatised

• Modern languages A-levels marking schemes ‘penalised most able pupils’

  26 Sep 2014: Ofqual calls for urgent revision of marking and setting of French, Spanish and German after investigation finds confused advice

• Did primary school teachers in England game the phonics check?

  26 Sep 2014: Marks scored by primary school pupils showed a remarkably similar and unusual profile – until the Department for Education changed the rules. Were teachers cheating or was something else going on?
  

• Teachers’ tales of exam-marking issues: ‘this is only going to get worse’

  23 Sep 2014: Members of Guardian Teacher Network report questionable grades for students and difficulties for markers

• GCSE students given wrong exam grades, say 80% of headteachers

  23 Sep 2014: Ofqual survey reveals four out of five heads believe pupils were marked wrongly and 67% had similar fears over A-levels

• Teachers: are exam papers being marked fairly? – share your experiences

  Guardian Professional, 20 Sep 2014:

  Following reports of inconsistent marking across GCSE and A-level papers this summers, we're inviting teachers and markers to share their experiences

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