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Carter, Ian – School Science Review, 2014
From September 2015, schools in England will be teaching new A-level science specifications that have been developed by examination boards to encompass new higher levels of demand developed by the Department for Education. Integral to these new specifications is a radical change to the contribution of practical science to the A-level grade of the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Secondary School Science, Exit Examinations, High Schools
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Allen, Martin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2013
Well before the examinations grade crisis of 2012, Michael Gove had set out clear intentions for reforming public examinations. Though he claimed to be improving examinations and assessment by replicating practices that took place in high-performing countries and thus improving the ability of the UK economy to "compete", this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Standardized Tests
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Chitty, Clyde – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2013
Michael Gove has made examination reform a marked feature of his period as Education Secretary in the coalition government, although he has not always found it easy to bring about the changes he feels so strongly about, in the face of widespread opposition from teachers and educationists. This article seeks to analyse the Education Secretary's…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Politics of Education, Educational History, Educational Change
Zhang, Ying – Center on Education Policy, 2009
The report draws from Center on Education Policy's eight-year study of high school exit exams to identify long-term trends in state policies and student performance. It highlights a growing trend among states to establish alternate pathways to graduation for students who are struggling to pass exit exams. The report also analyzes exit exam pass…
Descriptors: High Schools, Exit Examinations, Testing Programs, Nontraditional Education
Hearne, Jill; Ramey, Madelaine – 1998
A large urban northwest school district is engaged in the construction of a central accountability policy that depends on school-based implementation. As part of this effort, the district has implemented a standards-based exit policy. Each school has identified students as either meeting grade-level standards or not meeting these standards. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary School Students