Contents

NEWS

7

Academic diplomas set for 2011 start; new professional qualification; should teachers be made to assess exams?

10 - News focus

Awarding bodies gear up for 2008

REGULARS

22 - How to...

Instil formative techniques in all subject areas with the professional framework

29 - Problem solver

How to embed a consistent approach to marking and assessment

30 - Opinion

Does one awarding body or many give students and schools the best result?

32 - Institute news

Institute news Unicef chief backs assessors; members test recognition route; and more

34 - Letter from India

Students go through a highly regulated system and take few national exams - but they learn to debate philosophy

FEATURES

12 - E-assessment

New research suggests that the quality of electronic marking is as good as, if not better than, manual systems. Steve Smethurst reports

14 - A day in the life

Jackie Blackwood champions a variety of benchmarking methods across her school

18 - Values Driven innovation

We are transforming assessment with technology. But, asks Tim Oates, should it be 'green lights all the way' or 'proceed with caution'?

24 -Classroom Craftsmen

Ten years on from Inside the Black Box, co-author Dylan Wiliam feels teachers still need support to engineer effective practice