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18/05/2012 OCR admits to exam failings
The OCR board has confirmed that dozens of its markers have been reprimanded after it was found that they had calculated students' GCSE and A-level results inaccurately. Four of them, in fact, were dismissed by OCR, while another 78 were ordered to "improve their performance", the Daily Telegraph reports. However, OCR said that while scores on hundreds of tests were incorrectly added up, the...
18/05/2012 Ofqual suggests GCSE reforms
Ofqual, the exams regulator, has suggested introducing a radical overhaul of GCSE tests in the UK. Under new Ofqual proposals, it could soon be the case that GCSE grades no longer range from A* to G. The regulator has confirmed that it wants to see grading system overhauled, questioning whether it is currently serving its intended purpose. However, Professor Dylan William, of University o...

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