Author: Professor Jannette Elwood
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A levels and GCSE Results 2020: a (inequality) virus in the examinations system?
Following the cancellation of this year’s A level and GCSE examinations due to the pandemic, Professor Jannette Elwood looks at how qualification regulators across the UK have had to fall back on alternative systems of awarding which only serve to make the inequalities in examination outcomes more evident.
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Why we should ask students what they think about GCSEs
Despite recent changes to the way GCSEs are assessed, students themselves have been left out of the debate says Professor Jannette Elwood and Dr Rhian Barrance from Cardiff University.