Naomi Winstone
Published 15 Dec 2020
Dr Naomi Winstone is a researcher at the University of Surrey…
Katy Finch
Published 5 Mar 2020
The University of Manchester’s annual Inclusion and Inspiration Conference is a chance for teachers and academics to share their experiences of working in diverse schools with student and recently qualified teachers…
Emma Armitage
Published 12 Jan 2018
Emma Armitage weighs up consistency versus compensation in the Great British Bake Off and the world of assessment…
Charlotte Stephenson
Published 6 Nov 2017
Charlotte Stephenson considers how the EPQ can reduce the risk of subject choice…
Ruth Johnson
Published 3 Nov 2017
Ruth Johnson thinks about how to assess collaborative problem solving in the classroom…
Yaw Bimpeh
Published 30 Oct 2017
Yaw Bimpeh explains why it’s so difficult to validate a test…
Ben Smith
Published 27 Oct 2017
Ben Smith investigates how we can measure marking reliability…
Kate Kelly
Published 28 Apr 2017
'Standards only move in one direction…
Ben Smith
Published 14 Mar 2017
Ben Smith discovers the power of propensity score matching…
Kate Kelly
Published 19 Jul 2016
What does that innocuous ‘%’ symbol really mean…
Ben Jones, Emma Armitage
Published 20 Apr 2016
Emma Armitage and Ben Jones dispel some of the myths that surround the evolution of standards, as historic A-level Computer Science papers come to light…
Ben Smith
Published 18 Feb 2016
Ben Smith investigates claims that there is a ‘North-South’ divide in exam attainment, and offers an alternative analysis…
Kate Kelly
Published 22 Dec 2015
This blog post comes with a public service announcement: look away now if you have yet to learn the results of Strictly Come Dancing’s final, for here be spoilers…
Victoria Spalding
Published 17 Dec 2015
As the latest instalment of Star Wars hits our screens, Victoria Spalding explains tongue firmly in cheek how Han Solo can help with mark scheme design…
Emma Armitage
Published 30 Oct 2015
The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is back in the limelight as the focus of an autumn consultation…
Kate Kelly
Published 15 Oct 2015
Kate Kelly explains how low scores in the populist TV dance competition encourage fairness…
Victoria Spalding
Published 22 Sep 2015
CERP’s Assessment Expertise Training Developer Victoria Spalding considers the challenges of question writing…
Stuart Cadwallader
Published 22 Jan 2015
Coming from someone who works for an awarding organisation, the above question might appear a little petulant…
Anna Nagle
Published 7 Aug 2014
When I was sitting my GCSEs, I remember getting pitying looks from friends at other schools when they learned that we would be taking exams with the board that had a reputation for setting ‘harder’ papers…
Anne Pinot de Moira
Published 1 Jul 2014
Children born later in the academic year appear less likely to choose to study 'facilitating subjects' favoured by top universities, according to a recent CERP analysis…
Anna Nagle
Published 12 Jun 2014
There may be concerns about the number of girls choosing STEM subjects at A-level, but tens of thousands more girls (and boys) are studying science post-16 than in the ‘90…
William Pointer
Published 27 Mar 2014
William Pointer looks at the reliability of marking of GCSE science exams and asks: is it ok for examiners to mark biology, chemistry and physics items…
Neil Stringer
Published 12 Dec 2013
Neil Stringer explains how we combine exam paper scores to produce a subject grade, what this means for grade boundaries, and why we maintain standards at subject level…
Christopher Wheadon
Published 17 Oct 2013
Chris Wheadon looks at whether pupil progress is a fair basis for determining performance-related pay…
Debra Malpass
Published 31 Jan 2013
We use tests and exams to measure students’ ability, but can tests themselves improve learning…