Confidence in Standards: Regulating and developing qualifications and assessment

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On 26 September, Ed Balls (Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families) announced that the Government would establish an independent regulator of qualifications and tests in England. “Confidence in Standards: Regulating and developing qualifications and assessment” sets out the detail of these proposals. The Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator will be the guardian of standards across the tests and qualifications systems, building on the regulatory work of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. The QCA will develop into a development agency for curriculum, assessment and qualifications. This consultation will run until 10 March 2008.

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This consultation started on 17th December 2007 and ended on 10th March 2008.

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