Sentence examples for exam specification from inspiring English sources

It is staggering how many teaching staff I know that do not read examiners' reports or even the exam specification and so their class often misses out on marks.

"A number of subjects still haven't even got the approved exam specifications for September.

Universities and employers will finally wrest back control of exam specifications.

These might not feel so onerous if they weren't also happening against the backdrop of severe real-term budget cuts to schools, a retention and recruitment crisis, and rapid reforms to GCSE and A-level exam specifications that have left schools scrabbling to keep up.

It said that it had also assessed the "breadth and depth of the exam specifications" and was confident they were of the appropriate standard set by Ofqual.

It follows reports in the Daily Telegraph that some boards were selling their exam specifications to schools as easier to pass.

It is important that pupils read widely, as they will in future be tested on two unseen texts which can be by authors outside the exam board specification.

Specifications, exam papers and examiner reports, all of which I accessed online, became the backbone of my studies.

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.

"The translating of course specifications into exam questions is very important", Prof Peter Main of the Institute of Physics told BBC News.

Test committees composed of five to seven experienced Freshman English teachers developed each section of the exam using the desired specifications as a blueprint.