United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 124008
Secondary Education: Assessments
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16 January 2023
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24 January 2023 · Answer
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Education
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24 January 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of moving 16 year olds from exam-based assessments to a system which uses a wider range of assessment measures.
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16 January 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of moving 16 year olds from exam-based assessments to a system which uses a wider range of assessment measures.
Source: Commons
24 January 2023
Answer
Examinations are the best and fairest way of judging pupils’ performance. They have a level of impartiality that other forms of assessment do not have, with everyone being assessed on the same material in the same amount of time. They are marked in the sa...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-16/124008
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1567179
- uk · wq-1567179 · source updated 24 January 2023