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

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

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

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.

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...

The main four England and Wales General Qualifications exam owners have set out their digital school exam stall. It's shook many digital...

2023 was a seismic year in assessment. Many learners returned to an exam hall for the first time in a number of years. Three UK exam...

Last week's Federation of Awarding Bodies conference was an eye-opener. But not for the reasons you may think. What’s the...

Everyday, global exam sector stories ping my news trackers - white-hot opportunities to grapple assessment issues. But too often, those...

I'm absolutely delighted at the strides the Further Education (FE) sector has made with e-Assessment since my 2007 FE News article. No...

Back in July, I was intrigued by the use of a chatbot for conducting university admission at Leeds Beckett University, wondering what...

Employers must ensure they have a workforce that is bang up to date with its knowledge, understanding and skills, while minimising the...

This research report from 2014 is now publicly available via the three UK regulators, SQA, CCEA and Welsh Government. It looks at the...