{"id":5623,"date":"2022-05-05T07:37:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T05:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/05\/pens-down-englands-exams-regulator-exploring-online-a-levels-and-gcses\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T07:37:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T05:37:10","slug":"pens-down-englands-exams-regulator-exploring-online-a-levels-and-gcses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/05\/pens-down-englands-exams-regulator-exploring-online-a-levels-and-gcses\/","title":{"rendered":"Pens down: England\u2019s exams regulator exploring online A-levels and GCSEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>School leaders say online exams could allow them to go ahead in lockdown-style conditions in future<\/p>\n<p>Sitting exams using pen and paper could soon be a thing of the past, as England\u2019s qualifications regulator, Ofqual, said it is exploring technology to transform the way GCSEs and A-levels are administered.<\/p>\n<p>The regulator\u2019s latest corporate plan says Ofqual will remove regulatory barriers to allow exam boards to study the use of remote assessment, digital delivery and \u201cadaptive testing\u201d software that tailors exam questions to student responses.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2022\/may\/04\/england-exams-regulator-ofqual-exploring-online-a-levels-gcses\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/32859536ad27a31de86a5bd336e58f7f3e2fe75a\/0_6_3000_1801\/master\/3000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=9f5cd1cdfc94b837cafd2dc691c6b358\" title=\"Pens down: England\u2019s exams regulator exploring online A-levels and GCSEs\" \/>School leaders say online exams could allow them to go ahead in lockdown-style conditions in future<br \/>\nSitting exams using pen and paper could soon be a thing of the past, as England\u2019s qualifications regulator, Ofqual, said it is exploring technology to transform the way GCSEs and A-levels are administered.<br \/>\nThe regulator\u2019s latest corporate plan says Ofqual will remove regulatory barriers to allow exam boards to study the use of remote assessment, digital delivery and \u201cadaptive testing\u201d software that tailors exam questions to student responses. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School leaders say online exams could allow them to go ahead in lockdown-style conditions in future Sitting exams using pen and paper could soon be a thing of the past, as England\u2019s qualifications regulator, Ofqual, said it is exploring technology to transform the way GCSEs and A-levels are administered. The regulator\u2019s latest corporate plan says &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/05\/pens-down-englands-exams-regulator-exploring-online-a-levels-and-gcses\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pens down: England\u2019s exams regulator exploring online A-levels and GCSEs<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5623"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}