All Insights

A cultural inheritance in Asia places great importance on examinations and pressure on teachers and students to get good outcomes. We brought together education experts to share practical techniques.

The DfE has identified a number of areas where it wishes to make changes to the current GCSEs. Tiering and Grading are amongst the most challenging. Read our views on structural and technical issues.

Assigning grades to students’ work in the UK is a complicated and large scale process. Our simple guide to the process is aimed at teachers, parents and students.

Whilst international comparisons should be treated with caution, many believe that England needs to raise its attainment in maths. If so, what can be done?

Taking place in Vietnam on 25 March 2013, the first 'Cambridge Educational Leadership Seminar' addressed the benefits and implications of establishing a bilingual programme.

Qualification reform plans in England are gathering pace, there have been many changes already and there is therefore a growing demand worldwide for information about what is happening and why. Learn about the Cambridge View.

Our vision for Science qualifications in England is to provide an appropriate foundation for those wishing to progress to further Science study, whilst also offering a grounding in the fundamentals of Science for those students who do not continue the subject after 16.

Our vision for Maths qualifications for England is to develop a curriculum and assessment model that emphasises the richness and power of Mathematics, is comparable in intellectual rigour to the best in the world, and encourages the continued study of the subject.

Our vision for English qualifications in England is to develop a curriculum and assessment model that helps young people explore communication, culture and creativity, develop their critical and independent thinking and engage with the richness of our language and literary heritage.

Qualification reform in England has encouraged us to bring together the various strands of our research on international comparability. Find out about more about our work on GCSE reform.

What does research suggest are the most powerful influences on student learning and what does this mean in Asia?

Do students who take GCSEs early perform better in their chosen examinations, or are they giving up their chance of getting a higher grade?

Our publications

Understanding Assessment: A Practical Course for Teachers

CPD accredited online courses

Global assessment community reaches one-year milestone

School-based assessment: prospects and realities in Asian contexts

The Cambridge View on structural and technical issues

Marking and grading: a simple guide

Has mathematics education in England improved?

Implementing Bilingual Education: Pedagogy and Management

Raising the game – new 14-16 qualifications in England

The Cambridge View on Science

The Cambridge View on Mathematics

The Cambridge View on English

The Cambridge Approach to Comparability

Influences on student learning in Asia

What’s going on with students taking GCSEs early?