Our position paper for onscreen assessment for GCSEs 5 December 2022

The Mathematical Association has noted that Awarding Bodies have begun to trial onscreen assessment for GCSE Mathematics.

Ofqual’s corporate plan 2022 to 2025 encourages this approach: “We plan to … support the use of innovative practice and technology and remove regulatory barriers where innovation promotes valid and efficient assessment” (Ofqual, 2022).

The recent pandemic brought the limitations of the current examination system into sharp focus and there are other reasons why it might now be appropriate to explore change, not least the significant cost of examination fees....Vist we say to read this paper in full