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Soon, English and some other subjects will see controlled assessments replaced by exam-only syllabi.
Controlled assessments are not properly scrutinised by line managers and exam boards, a problem that gets worse every year.
An end to multiple exam entries, national curriculum levels and controlled assessments are further celebrated by the English subject leader at Huntington Secondary School in York.
Obviously it won't help controlled assessments, but it might give you some breathing space somewhere else, and my children really enjoy it.
In April I found students in the library "redrafting" controlled assessments for the sixth or seventh time when they should not be attempted more than once.
Looking ahead, the challenge will be the introduction of the compulsory Ebacc for pupils starting secondary school this September as well as the new specifications or exam classes (which start in September 2016) in which controlled assessments no longer exist.
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We support reform of controlled assessment.
Controlled assessment will be removed in core subjects.
Controlled assessment – work done in the classroom, supervised by teachers under exam conditions – was introduced in 2009.
It was down to schools to decide when pupils submitted their controlled assessment work and sat the exams.
Smithers explains this as follows: Having narrowed a little since 2000 it has widened again as English was one of the few subjects in 2009 to adopt 60percentnt controlled assessment (coursework under standard conditions).
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