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Has the assessment sector lost the digital exam story?
The story of digital exams and assessment is at risk of being hijacked. How so? Journalists conflating online exams with remote proctoring. Regulators saying ' written essays are the purest assessment '. Government advisors and policy folk absently forgetting digital exam trials and deployments over the last 20 years . Digital assessment and exams are at risk of becoming politically toxic. Not because digital is bad, but because they’re often badly explained by the sector, w
Apr 73 min read


Has the exam awarding sector just had its Ratner moment?
What happens when a sector leader 'Does a Ratner' and degrades his own company's qualifications?
May 22, 20252 min read


Got issues? Don’t let Mr Angry stop the digital exam debate
Why do angry educators try to shut down the school digital exam debate? Read how mis-trust, inarticulacy, and passivity prevents advocacy.
Jun 7, 20243 min read


Digital exam readiness: think gas central heating, not smart meters.
What the digital exam sector can learn from the UK's move to 'wonderfuel' gas.
May 7, 20242 min read
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