New education watchdog to monitor exam standards
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A-Levels and GCSEs are to be monitored by a new independent watchdog to ensure that school exam standards are maintained, Schools Secretary Ed Balls will tell the Labour Party conference on Wednesday.
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GCSE coursework has been hit by league tables, targets and performance pay, the exams watchdog says.
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Students have developed a web-based tool which can automatically spot and update broken weblinks.
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Slimmed-down curriculum would give teachers greater freedom, says exam watchdog head.
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U.S. officials gave employers new  tools on Tuesday to try to determine whether a degree comes  from a bogus "diploma mill" or a genuine school of higher  education.
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An official government inquiry is announced into the financial management of two education boards.
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Assessing value for money The Department for Education and Skills is to run a pilot for the new Whitehall Procurement Capability Reviews.â¦
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A new position overseeing nothing but test scores and data has been created in the State Office of Education.  The new associate superintendent's job was awarded to state testing director Judy Park.
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Looking for mistakes or fraud can take close examination.
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The Department of Education is showing new leniency on Bush's tough school standards. But the tests aren't going away
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The national exams sat by pupils in England before they are 16 should be scrapped, a watchdog urges.
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Struggling schools are to receive more regular inspections, says education watchdog, Ofsted.
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A new anti-corruption watchdog for Bangladesh has been welcomed by global anti-graft campaigners.
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Can "clearer" school tables tell us what we need to know, the BBC's Mike Baker asks.
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Looks to commercial surveillance tools
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Changes to GCSE coursework, designed to eliminate plagiarism, are announced by the assembly government.
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Plans for the biggest overhaul of the education system for more than 50 years has been unveiled, with a proposal to replace GCSE and A-level exams with a single diploma system.