Is our love for a less-than-transparent world blighting trust in exams and assessment? Read how digital exams and e-assessment are being held back by opacity, and our willingness to look the other way.

Using a basket of assessment instruments as part of a Multi-Modal Assessment can deal with both the benefits and hazards of artificial intelligence.

Learners, families, and stakeholders are rejecting England’s school assessment system. A recent letter to a UK newspaper noted the...

Here are 15 myths of digital school exams dispelled.

Is Ofqual worth 2M? Could an expanded remit and higher quality threshold make it better value?

The key digital exam stories from the first half of 2025.

What happens when a sector leader 'Does a Ratner' and degrades his own company's qualifications?

This is the story of one big volume UK digital test that re-shaped test design and delivery for maximum impact.

How gatekeepers need to tune in to the reality of how the assessment system doesn't work for learners.

I visited the 2025 Next Generation Assessment Conference , only 10 months since the 2024 edition, I saw progress in digital school exams...

Removal of English and Maths from England's apprenticeships is problematic, especially for post-apprenticeship job seekers.

A curious year for the assessment sector. $25M fines for exam cheating. UK spluttering on plans for digitising school exams. A regulator...

What is the UK exam sector worth?

I read yesterday’s review report on curriculum and assessment, chaired by former Secretary of State for Education Charles Clarke,...

The how and why of school digital exam delivery.

Why do angry educators try to shut down the school digital exam debate? Read how mis-trust, inarticulacy, and passivity prevents advocacy.

Moving to digital exams for schools needs macro messages, not transactional retail offers.

What the digital exam sector can learn from the UK's move to 'wonderfuel' gas.

20 years ago, England's exam regulator set the agenda for school digital exams. A fresh campaign to build consensus is now needed.

A sell-out Next Generation Assessment conference in Manchester this week saw digital exam contributions from learners, student voice,...

The school digital exam vision seems to have stalled. Here are five problems with the vision, and five solutions on how to improve it.

The long-running UK exhibition BETT is a nexus for global ed-tech folk. There are plenty of visitors and booth workers, usually away from...

England’s school exam owners have presented their digital journey to 2030. Railway enthusiasts may scoff, but isn’t seven years too long...

Paper behind glass. It’s often what exam owner’s try when moving to digital exams. The same questions (usually multiple choice) with the...