summer 2010 examinations briefing for parliamentarians 27 th july 2010
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Summer 2010 examinations
Briefing for Parliamentarians
27th July 2010
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Welcome
Jim Cunningham MP
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Welcome and Setting the Scene
Dame Sandra Burslem, Deputy Chair
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Maintaining standards of qualifications for Summer 2010
Dennis Opposs, Director of Standards
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Some facts and figures
Summer 2009
Nearly 8 million GCE/GCSE student entries
50,000 examiners
16 million exam papers
150,000 queries from schools/colleges/students
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Summer 2010
What’s changed
New A levels
New Level 3 Diploma awards
More Diploma awards at Levels 1 and 2
Business as usual
GCSE
AS
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Guiding principles
Fairness for all learners– in 2009, 2010 and 2011
Accountability
Openness and transparency– for awarding organisations– for teachers/learners/parents– for other stakeholders
Targeted and proportionate
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Ofqual’s role
Setting out principles for setting/ maintaining standards
Setting expectations for awarding bodies
Overview of the system
Taking action where necessary
Talking to all stakeholders
Listening to all stakeholders
Micro-managing awarding bodies
Agreements in secret
Quotas
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New A levels
6 to 4 units (for most subjects)
Stretch and challenge
Revised, updated and re-packaged content
Changes to coursework
Standards maintained
New A* grade– Awarded to candidates who have achieved an A grade in their A
level, and 90% overall at A2
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A* examples (4 unit specifications)
Points to note: High uniform marks at AS will not necessarily mean a candidate achieves an
A* grade - candidates will still need 90% at A2 to achieve an A* Some students with grade A will have higher total uniform marks than those
who have achieved an A* if they scored high marks on their AS units
Candidate AS Unit 1
AS Unit 2
A2 Unit 3
A2 Unit 4
Total marks
A2 marks
Grade
1 90 90 95 92 367 187 A*
2 90 95 92 85 362 177 A
3 90 85 95 92 362 187 A*
4 100 100 95 83 378 178 A
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Maintaining standards of qualifications for Summer 2010
Cath Jadhav, Head of Qualifications Standards
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Diplomas
Pass components
Principal Learning
qualification
Project qualification
•Functional Skills in English, maths and ICT
•Additional and specialist learning (ASL)
•Personal learning and thinking skills (PLTS)
•Work experience
+
Level 1 = 5 GCSEs, grades D - G
Level 2 = 7 GCSEs, grades A* - C
Level 3 = 3½ A levels
Graded components
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Diplomas – timetable for introduction
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Phase 1Construction and the built environment
Creative and media
Engineering
IT
Society, health and development
First teaching Sept 2008
First L1/L2 awards Aug 2009
First L3 awards Aug 2010
Phase 2Business, administration and finance
Environment and land-based studies
Hair and beauty studies
Hospitality
Manufacturing and product design
First teaching Sept 2009
First L1/L2 awards Aug 2010
First L3 awards Aug 2011
Phase 3Public services
Retail business
Sport and active leisure
Travel and tourism
First teaching Sept 2010
First L1/L2 awards Aug 2011
First L3 awards Aug 2011
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GCSEs – timetable for changes
Timetable for changes to GCSEs
2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013 on
New unitised GCSEs
English, maths, ICT
Sciences
Firstcertificationpoints
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GCSEs
Final certification of legacy specifications for all except:– English, maths and ICT (last certification summer 2011)– Sciences (last certification summer 2012)
First certification of new (unitised) short course GCSEs
GCSE sciences– Follow up work to 2009 and 2010 reports – Review outcomes of award meetings before results– Ongoing accreditation of new specifications
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Ofqual’s role – summer 2010 and beyond
Reviewing data from awards meetings
Consistency across awarding bodies
Review results before cut-off
Monitoring progress of re-marks
Scrutiny monitoring work
Setting/maintaining standards in 2011
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Maintaining standards of qualifications for Summer 2010
Isabel Nisbet, Chief Executive
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Key dates this summer
19th August
- AS and A level results - Level 3 Diploma results
24th August
- GCSE results- Level 1 and 2 Diploma results
27th August
- Deadline for priority Level 3 Enquiry About Results (EARs) (20 September for other EARs)
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More information…
Ofqual - www.ofqual.gov.uk
AQA - www.aqa.org.uk
Edexcel - www.edexcel.com
OCR - www.ocr.org.uk
WJEC - www.wjec.co.uk
CCEA - www.ccea.org.uk
Post results enquiries (JCQ booklet)
http://www.jcq.org.uk/attachments/published/1257/13.%20Post%20Results%20Services%20Booklet%2010-11.pdf
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Panel Discussion
Panel Chair: Isabel NisbetDennis Opposs, Director of StandardsCath Jadhav, Head of Qualification StandardsRichard Garratt, Programme Leader, Diploma