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Ben Smith; Stephen Morris; Harry Armitage – Education Endowment Foundation, 2021
This guidance is intended for the planning stage of trials -- in particular, trials for which the primary outcome measure being considered is attainment at GCSE (and in particular, GCSE English Language and Mathematics). However, it is generalisable to any other graded qualification or assessment used as an outcome measure, i.e. A-levels. It is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Sample Size, Pilot Projects
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Crisp, Victoria; Novakovic, Nadezda – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2009
Maintaining standards over time is a much debated topic in the context of national examinations in the UK. This study used a pilot method to compare the demands, over time, of two examination units testing administration. The method involved 15 experts revising a framework of demand types and making paired comparisons of examinations from…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Test Reliability, Difficulty Level, Comparative Analysis