Monday, 2 September 2013

GCSE English to drop speaking and listening components

Written exams will now make up the bulk of English GCSE grades. Photograph: Jim Wileman/Alamy
Speaking and listening assessments will no longer count towards GCSE English grades, the exams regulator has announced, saying that last year's chaos over the qualification showed it was impossible to guarantee fair and consistent marking.
Tens of thousands of students received lower grades than expected in English GCSE last year after the regulator, Ofqual, raised grade boundaries between exams in

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