To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effects of mid-course changes to GCSE qualifications on (a) schools and (b) students taking such examinations in the current academic year.
The Department for Education has made no mid-course changes to GCSE courses in the current academic year.
Changes were announced on
In August the qualifications regulator, Ofqual, announced changes to the way in which the assessment of speaking and listening is reported for GCSE in both English and English language. These changes will take effect from summer 2014. The regulator made this decision, following consultation, having reviewed evidence that current assessment arrangements do not produce fair outcomes for all students. Ofqual, which is independent of the Department, concluded that changing the reporting of speaking and listening mid-course was the best way to safeguard standards.
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