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1. Education Excellence Everywhere White Paper.

Subjects
*BRITISH education system, *EDUCATIONAL change, *TEACHER recruitment, *EDUCATION, *SELF-efficacy in students, *ACADEMIES (British public schools), *PRIMARY education, *SECONDARY education
Abstract

The article offers information on the eight chapters of the white paper "Educational Excellence Everywhere," that was published on March 17, 2016. Topics discussed include the education excellence base on the capacity to improve and performance in England, the recruitment of talented teachers, and the empowerment of parents, communities and pupils of high performing maintained primary and secondary schools towards the academisation by 2020.

Published
2016

2. EPI calls for rigorous "back-up" assessments to be taken by pupils instead of mocks, and used if summer exams are cancelled again.

Subjects
*GENERAL Certificate of Secondary Education, *HIGH school exams, *A-level examinations, *EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements, *EDUCATION, *TEENAGERS, *SECONDARY education
Abstract

The article focuses on the recommendations of Education Policy Institute (EPI) on how the government should proceed with testing and examinations for the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and A-level exams in England in 2021. Some of the recommendations include providing greater optionality in exam papers so that students would have a better chance of answering questions, allowing some grade inflation and also forming a back-up plan for exams in the case of cancellation.

Published
2020