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Beware of celebrities. How does the assessment sector re-gain its authority and drive change?
Are celebrities deliberately undermining the assessment sector? There are simple stunts for max reach. And there are carefully planned and financed campaigns to hold back assessment progress. Read how the assessment sector needs to re-gain authority and set the agenda.
May 223 min read


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


Does the act you've known for all these years need a refresh?
20 years ago, England's exam regulator set the agenda for school digital exams. A fresh campaign to build consensus is now needed.
Apr 20, 20243 min read


It's a Vision Thing. 5 problems with the Digital School Exams vision, and how to improve it.
The school digital exam vision seems to have stalled. Here are five problems with the vision, and five solutions on how to improve it.
Feb 29, 20243 min read


Who needs facts when a shrieking headline does the job?
This week, a well-known publication ran an exam tech story, about insecure software being used. You might know that Adobe doesn't support...
Jan 16, 20211 min read
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