Lisa Bowett

Bowett, L. (2025). Research News. Research Matters: A Cambridge University Press & Assessment publication, 40, 121-123.

A summary of recent conferences, reports, blogs and research articles published since the last issue of Research Matters.

• Foreword Gill Elliott
• Editorial Victoria Crisp
• Wanted dead or alive: Canonical authors for literature in English curriculaJude Brady, Dominika Majewska and Jackie Greatorex
• Comparing open-book and closed-book exams in international literature in English assessmentsEmma Walland
• Highlights from research on the progression of Key Stage 4 and 5 cohorts impacted by the COVID-19 pandemicCarmen L. Vidal Rodeiro and Carmen H.J. Lim
• The ethics of deploying Large Language Models in high-stakes automarkingFrank Morley and Emma Walland
• Filled with skills: An analysis of four International AS and A LevelsIrenka Suto, Sarah Nelson, Judith Roberts, Aman Sidhu and Lesley Spence
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• Foreword Tim Oates
• Editorial Victoria Crisp
• The impact of taking Core Maths on students' higher education outcomesTim Gill
• Is one comparative judgement exercise for one exam paper sufficient to set qualification-level grade boundaries?Tom Benton
• Accessibility of GCSE science questions that ask students to create and augment visuals: Evidence from question omit ratesSanti Lestari
• How do candidates annotate items in paper-based maths and science exams?Joanna Williamson
• Learners’ annotations and written markings when taking a digital multiple-choice test: What support is needed?Victoria Crisp, Sylvia Vitello, Abdullah Ali Khan, Heather Mahy and Sarah Hughes
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• Foreword Tim Oates
• Editorial Victoria Crisp
• Troubleshooting in emergency education settings: What types of strategies did schools employ during the COVID-19 pandemic and what can they tell us about schools’ adaptability, values and crisis-readiness?Filio Constantinou
• How long should a high stakes test be?Tom Benton
• Core Maths: Who takes it, what do they take it with, and does it improve performance in other subjects?Tim Gill
• Does typing or handwriting exam responses make any difference? Evidence from the literatureSanti Lestari
• Comparing music recordings using Pairwise Comparative Judgement: Exploring the judge experienceLucy Chambers, Emma Walland and Jo Ireland
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Bowett, L. (2024). Research News. Research Matters: A Cambridge University Press & Assessment publication, 37, 84-86.

A summary of recent conferences, reports, blogs and research articles published since the last issue of Research Matters.

• Foreword Tim Oates
• Editorial Tom Bramley
• Extended Reality (XR) in mathematics assessment: A pedagogical visionXinyue Li
• Does ChatGPT make the grade?Jude Brady, Martina Kuvalja, Alison Rodrigues, Sarah Hughes
• How do approaches to curriculum mapping affect comparability claims? An analysis of mathematics curriculum content across two educational jurisdictionsNicky Rushton, Dominika Majewska, Stuart Shaw
• Exploring speededness in pre-reform GCSEs (2009 to 2016)Emma Walland
• A Short History of the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM)Chris Jellis
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Bowett, L. (2023). Research News. Research Matters: A Cambridge University Press & Assessment publication, 36, 88-90.

A summary of recent conferences, reports, blogs and research articles published since the last issue of Research Matters.

• Foreword Tim Oates
• Editorial Tom Bramley
• The prevalence and relevance of Natural History assessments in the school curriculum, 1858–2000: a study of the Assessment ArchivesGillian Cooke
• The impact of GCSE maths reform on progression to mathematics post-16Carmen Vidal Rodeiro, Joanna Williamson
• An example of redeveloping checklists to support assessors who check draft exam papers for errorsSylvia Vitello, Victoria Crisp, Jo Ireland
• An analysis of the relationship between Secondary Checkpoint and IGCSE resultsTim Gill
• Synchronous hybrid teaching: how easy is it for schools to implement?Filio Constantinou
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Bowett, L. (2023). Research News. Research Matters: A Cambridge University Press & Assessment publication, 35, 94-97.

A summary of recent conferences, reports, blogs and research articles published since the last issue of Research Matters.

• Foreword Tim Oates
• Editorial Tom Bramley
• Creating Cambridge Learner Profiles: A holistic framework for teacher insights from assessments and evaluationsIrenka Suto
• A conceptual approach to validating competence frameworksSimon Child, Stuart Shaw
• Teachers’ and students’ views of access arrangements in high stakes examinationsCarmen Vidal Rodeiro, Sylwia Macinska
• Who controls what and how? A comparison of regulation and autonomy in the UK nations’ education systemsPia Kreijkes, Martin Johnson
• Assessment in England at a crossroads: which way should we go?Tony Leech
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Bowett, L. (2022). Research News. Research Matters: A Cambridge University Press & Assessment publication, 34, 98-100.

A summary of recent conferences, reports, blogs and research articles published since the last issue of Research Matters.

• Foreword Tim Oates
• Editorial Tom Bramley
• Learning loss in the Covid-19 pandemic: teachers’ views on the nature and extent of loss Matthew Carroll, Filio Constantinou
• Which assessment is harder? Some limits of statistical linking Tom Benton, Joanna Williamson
• Progress in the first year at school Chris Jellis
• What are "recovery curricula" and what do they include? A literature review Martin Johnson
• What's in a name? Are surnames derived from trades and occupations associated with lower GCSE scores? Joanna Williamson, Tom Bramley
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• Foreword Tim Oates
• Editorial Tom Bramley
• A summary of OCR’s pilots of the use of Comparative Judgement in setting grade boundaries Tom Benton, Tim Gill, Sarah Hughes, Tony Leech
• How do judges in Comparative Judgement exercises make their judgements? Tony Leech, Lucy Chambers
• Judges' views on pairwise Comparative Judgement and Rank Ordering as alternatives to analytical essay marking Emma Walland
• The concurrent validity of Comparative Judgement outcomes compared with marks Tim Gill
• How are standard-maintaining activities based on Comparative Judgement affected by mismarking in the script evidence? Joanna Williamson
• Moderation of non-exam assessments: is Comparative Judgement a practical alternative? Carmen Vidal Rodeiro, Lucy Chambers
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Bowett, L. (2022). Research News. Research Matters: A Cambridge University Press & Assessment publication, 33, 123-125.

A summary of recent conferences, reports, blogs and research articles published since the last issue of Research Matters.