The digital exam news stories from H2 2025.

20 years ago on November 1 2005, the UK Citizenship Test was launched . An online one-hour high-stakes exam, delivered across 90 independent test centres. Life in the UK (LitUK) is one of many global tests that facilitates the citizenship and naturalisation processes. You read that correctly – the UK government with the digital exam sector have been delivering an online exam for 20 years. Not on paper. Or as a locally downloaded file to a server - a method perfected in the mi

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.

Here are 15 myths of digital school exams dispelled.

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

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

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

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.

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

Are digital exams given a free (green) pass? Environmental evidence is still sparse, but lower power, sustainable computers may be an answer

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

Moving a 1.5M paper test to on-screen delivery

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...

As trade press gossip intensifies on Ofqual’s potential new interim leader, England’s exam regulator has published a new report – looking...