Contents

NEWS

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Profession backs plans for on-screen marking; Ofqual scrutinises reliability; new chair for CIEA

10 - News focus

Chartered assessors make their mark in Southwark

REGULARS

22 - How to...

Employ the assessment framework in a training institution

29 - Problem solver

Assessing pupils on their home languages

30 - Opinion

Head-to-head on gender differences in education

32 - Institute news

Masters degreee woos recruits; report from AEA-E ninth annual conference

34 - Letter from Canada

How the second largest country in the world raised standards

FEATURES

12 - E-assessment

Why a new method of assessing KS3 ICT could lead to a better understanding of how pupils learn

14 - A day in the life

Jill Richford describes her responsibilities for whole school assessment at Cedar Mount High School in Manchester

18 - Break free from high-stakes tests

Wynne Harlen analyses their impact and questions the reasons for keeping them

24 -Winds of change

Peter Tymms predicts the future for assessment