We had exam previews in uni a few years back. A trade off that you make as a student is that you get marked a lot harsher because better preparation is expected, though I’m not sure it makes sense for school exams
I’ve had exam previews in professional exams before, it was useful to get in the right mindset but the marking is obviously a bit harder.
I’m an English teacher. For my school, a quarter of the Literature GCSE was already scrapped last year and parts of one paper given extra time. The pre-release material for the Language GCSE is about as helpful as pre-release material for that qualification can be. Similar has happened with both A Level qualifications. On top of this, there has been a commitment to mark all exams more generously.
Removing too much content from exam papers and giving so much information beforehand the exams would turn them into intense controlled coursework sessions that could very easily gamed and accordingly as unfair as any other solution. My year 11s and 13s wouldn’t have been happy unless the entire exams series was cancelled, to be frank, and teachers moan for the sake of moaning sometimes.
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We had exam previews in uni a few years back. A trade off that you make as a student is that you get marked a lot harsher because better preparation is expected, though I’m not sure it makes sense for school exams
I’ve had exam previews in professional exams before, it was useful to get in the right mindset but the marking is obviously a bit harder.
I’m an English teacher. For my school, a quarter of the Literature GCSE was already scrapped last year and parts of one paper given extra time. The pre-release material for the Language GCSE is about as helpful as pre-release material for that qualification can be. Similar has happened with both A Level qualifications. On top of this, there has been a commitment to mark all exams more generously.
Removing too much content from exam papers and giving so much information beforehand the exams would turn them into intense controlled coursework sessions that could very easily gamed and accordingly as unfair as any other solution. My year 11s and 13s wouldn’t have been happy unless the entire exams series was cancelled, to be frank, and teachers moan for the sake of moaning sometimes.