"Proposals in a consultation launched on Thursday could see GCSEs in smaller-entry subjects, including certain languages, and most A-level exams excluding maths moved onto screens by the end of the decade. Ofqual is asking for views on allowing each of the four exam boards to propose two new specifications for on-screen assessment, replacing traditional pen and paper."
"Under the proposals, exam boards will not be able to put forward on-screen exams in subjects taken by more than 100,000 pupils in a year, which includes many of the main GCSE subjects, as well as A-level maths. Ofqual chief regulator Sir Ian Bauckham told the Press Association: If any more on-screen assessment is going to happen, it needs to be done in a way which is managed and in the interests of students, commands public confidence and is deliverable, importantly, for schools and colleges."
Ofqual launched a consultation proposing that a number of GCSE and A-level exams could be taken on screens by 2030. The proposal would allow each of the four exam boards to submit two new on-screen specifications, potentially creating up to eight new GCSE, AS or A-level qualifications with a digital component. Subjects taken by more than 100,000 pupils a year, including many core GCSEs and A-level maths, would be excluded. Sir Ian Bauckham said any expansion of on-screen assessment must be managed, be in students' interests, command public confidence, and be deliverable for schools and colleges.
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