On-screen assessments are more inclusive and environmentally sustainable, a report by England’s largest exam board suggests.
Pupils in England could be assessed digitally in some of their GCSE and A-level exams under proposals.
A report by AQA said that the first exams will largely replicate the existing paper exams on screen, but it said there is much potential for “more innovative and interactive assessment” in the longer term. Students’ devices will be offline in the exam hall and they will not be able to search for information on the internet, nor will they be able to access artificial intelligence tools, the exam board said.The proposals come after AQA has spent years piloting digital exams.
“Our ambition is that students will sit a large-entry subject – that means, in our case, hundreds of thousands of simultaneous exams – digitally by 2030. Tom Middlehurst, curriculum, assessment and inspection specialist at the Association of School and College Leaders , said: “It is very encouraging that exam boards are continuing to explore ways of moving towards digital exams.
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