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Paul Steer, Head of Policy at OCR, looks at the trends emerging from this summer's exam results.

At what time of day were the most exam-related tweets sent this summer? New research from our Data and Analytics team reveals the trend behind this phenomena.

Paul Steer comments on some of the issues featured in the latest issue of OCR's Policy Briefing.

Exam question changes in the past two decades have often been made for clarity and "accessibility", says Tim Oates. But A-level questions from decades ago now available on the web, are proving that there is still a huge appetite for demanding physics.

Peter Monteath of Cambridge International Examinations explains how we design exams to meet the needs of 160 countries worldwide.

Paul Steer, OCR Director of Policy and Strategy, on measuring how our education system performs.

Virtually every prison in the country uses OCR qualifications – vocational or academic. Here, Robert Mills, OCR's expert in adult and juvenile prison education, outlines his key principles of prison reform and we hear from Stephanie Dowen at HMP Oakwood.

The Cambridge Mathematics team visit Estonia to learn more about the country's teaching style.

Taking part in a panel debate at the Global Educational Skills Forum in Dubai, Simon Lebus opposed the motion - 'This house believes we are becoming slaves to testing and standardised assessment'

Teachers constantly refer to the importance of past paper questions as an integral part of the resourcing of their teaching and learning, but are they useful when taken out of context?

More than 300 contributions in 34 languages have been submitted via our social media channels to the question ’What is Knowledge?’

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Understanding Assessment: A Practical Course for Teachers

CPD accredited online courses

Global assessment community reaches one-year milestone

This summer's exam results trends

Data Bytes - Tweeting about exams

The last word

Just like Goldilocks, exam questions should be 'just right'

Meeting the needs of 160 countries

'M' is for metric

Prison education in the spotlight

Mathematics education, Estonia style

Are we becoming slaves to standardised testing?

Are past paper questions always useful?

What is knowledge? We have the answer in 34 languages