Cambridge Assessment Viewpoints

Learning comes first: shifting the focus from examining to the curriculum

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:35:00 GMT

What makes a good education? View films from our debate on 31 January 2012.

A level reform: what's happening?

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:47:00 GMT

Our UK exam board, OCR, has implemented a wide-ranging HE engagement programme in relation to the next round of A level change. We've also been supporting OCR with a significant programme of research.

Higher Education/exam board interaction for post-16 qualifications: a better approach

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:09:00 GMT

Greater involvement of university academics in setting the content of A levels would both be a better guarantee of school standards and improve the university admissions process.

Is 14 the new 16?

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

On 7 June 2011 we hosted a debate about whether the age at which children take GCSEs should be lowered to 14, as well as the pros and cons of a routed system.

What kind of education enables us to cope with an interconnected world?

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:08:00 GMT

Is there a common set of skills, body of knowledge, level of understanding or a mindset that enables students to flourish in an interconnected world?

Could do better: Using international comparisons to refine the National Curriculum in England

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:11:00 GMT

Recent reviews of the National Curriculum have failed to harness the insights emerging from high quality transnational comparisons...

Understanding and establishing standards in qualifications - the use of rank ordering

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:27:00 GMT

Despite early origins, these scaling methods have been introduced into the world of assessment relatively recently, and have the potential to lead to exciting innovations in several aspects of the assessment process.

School exams: what's really happening to ‘standards’?

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:27:00 GMT

Cambridge Assessment hosted an open and frank debate about examination standards. Watch it now.