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Bring in mock online GCSEs as soon as next year, says academic

Every 14/15-year-old in the country should sit a mock online GCSE as soon as next year, John Jerrim, Professor of Education and Social Statistics at University College London’s Institute of Education, has told a Cambridge University Press & Assessment event. In his talk he focused on “mode effects” – the impact on students’ results of sitting a digital exam as opposed to a pen-and-paper exam.

Research Matters Issue 33 Spring 2022

The latest issue of Research Matters is now available as individual articles and as a complete issue. In this special issue we cover recent developments in Comparative Judgement research, examine the reliability and validity of the method, and consider the new possibilities it presents for future assessment practice.

We also report on how UK exam board, OCR, used comparative judgement for the first time to help set grade boundaries for several GCSEs and A Levels in autumn 2020.

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