Page 3 - Alternative Certification Model News Today

Glasgows schools convener is urging the new Education Secretary to direct an overhaul of Scotland’s “unfair” and “inflexible”…

John Swinney has been told the growing alternative assessment controversy is “fast becoming the first scandal of the new parliament”. Friday’s heated exchanges in the Holyrood debating chamber saw Scottish Conservative Jamie Greene warn the Education Secretary that “pupils are at breaking point, teachers are their wits’ end and parents are furious”. He revealed one parent had informed him their child endured 43 “exam-like” assessments in five weeks. It comes after this y...

West Lothian councillor queries whether exams are cancelled in schools this year Bathgate Conservative Charles Kennedy says some teenagers or parent have complained about the new assessment process 12:06, 6 MAY 2021 (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newslett...

“I know we are not calling them exams but pupils will treat each assessment as such.” Mr Bruce was speaking as the council was presented with a report on the Covid-19 response over the last year across all services. The SQA, Scotland’s exam body, cancelled its formal exams after Deputy First Minister John Swinney took the decision not to go ahead with them in December. The report told councillors: “Following the cancellation of SQA examinations for sessions 2022/21, all local au...

TEACHERS will have to rely to an “unfortunately excessive extent” on “pseudo exams” to assess senior pupils in Scotland this year, according to an education expert. Lindsay Paterson, ­professor of education policy at the University of Edinburgh, said this was because the Scottish ­Qualifications Authority (SQA) had cancelled most of the normally assessed course work this year, “a failure that has not been widely enough commented on”. The national exam diet was called off bec...

Fears Scotlands exam system could descend into chaos for second year running There is currently no uniform policy for assessing pupils’ grades and parents fear some pupils will suffer. Many parents say it is a postcode lottery Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll in...