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11 - Mind the Gap

Dis/Continuities in the UK Assessment of L1 English Language

from Part IV - Assessing English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2019

By
Angela Goddard
Edited by
Christopher J. Hall  and
Rachel Wicaksono
Christopher J. Hall
Affiliation:
York St John University
Rachel Wicaksono
Affiliation:
York St John University
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Summary

This chapter explores how the subject of L1 English Language is currently assessed in England at different stages of learning, drawing on official requirements as set out by the United Kingdom Department for Education (DfE), on test papers and assessment arrangements devised by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), on the subject criteria as defined by the exams regulator for English qualifications (Ofqual), and on the qualifications that have been developed by the various exam boards, termed ‘Awarding Bodies’ or ‘Awarding Organisations’, within the United Kingdom.

Keywords

assessmentEnglish languageSATsliteracytransitioncurriculum reform
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Ontologies of English
Conceptualising the Language for Learning, Teaching, and Assessment
 , pp. 209 - 230
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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