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2nd April: Exams, Coursework or Both? What the OECD Found Across 38 Countries with Lena Gray and Rebecca Frankum
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Dr Lena Gray and Rebecca Frankum, a consultant assessment researcher and a policy analyst at the OECD respectively. They discuss:
The findings from the OECD's major new report mapping 71 upper secondary certificates across 38 education systems worldwide
Why polarised debates around exams versus teacher-based assessment don't hold up in practice, and the four principles, relevance, credibility, fairness and manageability, for evaluating fitness for purpose
How higher education, assessment culture and political pressures shape reform, and why there…
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