If almost 10% of learners were impaired by an outdated exam regime, wouldn't you change it? Read how a UK Medical College is challenging exam owners to change their exam access arrangements that are failing learners. thebusinessofassessment.substack.com/p/has-the-uk...

With trust in assessment being corroded by trad paper exams and dogmatists, read how digital-enabled design re-builds trust, and gives more time for assessment supervision to benefit everyone. thebusinessofassessment.substack.com/p/how-do-we-...

How will Martyn's Law change UK exam delivery? Organisations must re-assess their emergency preparedness. Read why candidate safety underpins this new era in exam delivery security. thebusinessofassessment.substack.com/p/will-marty...

There are stunts for max reach. And there are carefully planned and financed campaigns to hold back assessment progress. Read how the assessment sector needs to re-gain authority and set the agenda. substack.com/home/post/p-...

LMS-delivered exams were cyber-attacked. Using dedicated test software helps, but read how agentic AI skips this step to give more assessment supervision opportunities. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Has the assessment sector lost the digital exam story? open.substack.com/pub/thebusin...

Should V Levels be digital by design? open.substack.com/pub/thebusin...

Keep calm and debunk the myths. Read how the digital exam and learner equity debates make many feel like Yesterday's Man. How should the sector bring everyone on the digital journey? thebusinessofassessment.substack.com/p/are-educat...

It was our first Student Advisory Group meeting of 2026 yesterday, and we welcomed new members, a new Student Chair, a new Trustee Chair, and a new Executive Sponsor. On the agenda were digital exams, Citizenship, and the new National Youth Strategy with special guests UK Youth and Girlguiding.

Talking with PSI's Isabelle Gonthier on Balancing Innovation and Sustainability in the Future of Assessment. youtu.be/sEQG7xZg-6E?...

Is ACCA right to abandon remote exams? open.substack.com/pub/thebusin...

Behavioural rehabilitation. 1000’s of ambulances on stand-by with oxygen tanks. Faulty electrician apprenticeships. Government and insurgents co-operating to deliver exams in a war zone. Read the digital exam stories from H2 2025. www.linkedin.com/pulse/2025-h...

The Curriculum and Assessment Review – A sparkling mandate for digital exams or a complete washout? Read how the Review clings to paper assessment, while struggling to comprehend assessing digital literacy and digital AI skills. www.linkedin.com/pulse/curric...

How did the UK Citizenship Test pioneer 20 years of online digital exams? www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-di...

What will happen as City & Guilds becomes a commercial company subsidiary? How appropriate was the 'easier and safer' sale option? Read how this deal is era-defining, but questions remain. www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-sa...

Do exam owners declare their energy usage? Is the exam sector in denial about its energy usage? Read how AI and video assessment is causing a quantum leap in energy usage. And feel the irony that it's neither benchmarked nor measured! www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-exa...

The exam sector is haunted by fears of fulfilling special accommodations, grappling with AI and evolving social norms. Read how this week's TPAC conference revealed the sector's concerns, but gave hope for the future. www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-a... via @LinkedIn

My learned and very knowledgeable friend @geoffchapman.bsky.social taking part in the #TPAC conference discussing the overcoming the challenges of assessor and examiner recruitment to awarding organisations.

A scramble to update - what does Digital Sovereignty mean for digital exams and e-assessment? www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-d...

The e-Assessment Association Conference: an island of progress, innovation, and perseverance. But what next? www.linkedin.com/pulse/e-asse... via @LinkedIn

Is our love for a less-than-transparent world blighting trust in exams and assessment? Read how digital exams and e-assessment are being held back by opacity, and our willingness to look the other way. www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-dig... via @LinkedIn

Can Multi-Modal Assessment sweep away the AI froth? Read how a diverse basket of assessment instruments can increase objectivity, reduce risk, and maximise outcomes. linkedin.com/pulse/can-mu... via @LinkedIn

England's school exam system doesn't work for learners. Latest blog discusses if it has Jumped The Shark and what can be done to improve it. www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-do...

Let's banish those digital exam myths. 15 fallacies debunked in this new blog. www.linkedin.com/pulse/dispel...

Is Ofqual worth £2M? How an expanded remit and higher quality threshold could make it even better value. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ofqual...

Cyber criminal hostage negotiators, bungling Victorians, April 1 bike exams, and influencers on their exam journey. Here are the half-year stories from the digital exam sector! www.linkedin.com/posts/geoffc...

Too many England educators catastrophise about digital, while their schools pay huge sums to compensate for inadequate (re)marking of paper scripts. And complain bitterly about halls and rooms being out of bounds for weeks. Countries that already do digital are pointing and laughing.

Has the UK awarding body and assessment sector just had its 'Ratner' moment? www.geoffchapman.com/post/has-the...

Over 25 years of high stakes digital exam delivery in the UK. This is the story of one big volume digital test that re-shaped test design and delivery for learners to maximise impact. Delivered every working day. To over 750k learners a year. www.linkedin.com/pulse/25-yea...

Is Comparative Judgement really 'the gold standard' of human judgement? Fascinating study that used crowd-sourced non-experts vs. expert raters. Tl;DR "Non-expert raters were reliable, and their scores were moderately correlated with expert ratings." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Blog: Who moved my cheese? How should change be handled for England's assessment system? www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-mo...

How lovely to see a UK press article mention psychometrics. First one I've seen in 25+ years. But sadly, exam length is not an indicator of reliability. Never let an economist anywhere near the construction of a high stakes exam.

When a society believes summative exams is the only way, this is the behaviour it drives. Westerners often patronise and lecture on exam malpractice - but they're often blissfully unaware of the criminality and 'soft' exam cheating that goes on in their own country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Blog: Why is recognition of digital exams still elusive? Why does trad media still indulge assessment heritage acts, such as handwriting hobbyists and manuscript martyrs? www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...

Blog: Why is removing Maths and English from England’s apprenticeships so problematic? www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-re...

Smudgy, sweaty palms. Inelegant phalange bumps. Paper cuts. 7 different items crammed into a dusty case. Dysgraphia and dyslexia worries. Do yourself a favour, forget Laszlo Biro, and tell the exam owner you take your exams on-screen. www.standard.co.uk/shopping/esb...

"Digital assessment is always held to a higher standard than analogue...it shines a harsh light on sub-optimal practice. That makes some people extremely uncomfortable." Me on the Victvs Podcast reviewing some of the 2024 sector stories, trends, and future predictions. youtu.be/BaGwE4CFnhs?...

Looking forward to conversation about fairness, testing and AI on Friday with an OECD panel. @ioe.bsky.social @uclpress.bsky.social #WeAreIOE www.oecd-events.org/ai-wips2024/...

Cheating accountants, sweary solicitors, out-to-lunch politicians, dodgy academics - here are the exam and assessment stories of 2024! www.geoffchapman.com/post/2024-re...

On-screen adoption means fair, valid, and reliable delivery for SEN learners locked out by paper delivery. Would be good to see more SEN use cases. And a spotlight shone on all the other digital assessment tools - not just on-screen typed essays. inews.co.uk/news/gcse-al...

Well done eAssessment Association. All the #CurriculumandAssessment evidence that policy folk need that proves digital assessment for schools is reliable, scalable, and inclusive. Exemplars, benefits, and 'plenty more where that came from'! www.e-assessment.com/news/the-e-a...

PSA: A GCSE is a qualification, not an assessment. An essay/ viva/ oral/ aural etc., are assessment instruments, not qualifications.

What's the UK exam sector worth? A short post on UK high stakes exam owners, and their exposure to exam income. www.geoffchapman.com/post/the-res...

🆕 Plans to test alternative ways of assessing apprentices have been kicked into the long grass feweek.co.uk/apprentice-a...

🆕 Youth organisations have banded together to form their own 'shadow' curriculum and assessment review, mirroring the government review led by Becky Francis feweek.co.uk/nus-to-lead-...

"We absolutely must resist the digitisation of exams at all costs." Saw this phrase today, wrote a thing about that. TL;DR SEN learners are being held hostage by paper exam delivery. Or Manuscript Martyrs, if you prefer. www.geoffchapman.com/post/hey-pap...

Accusations of MBA mills and cash for diplomas hit Poland's ruling parties. notesfrompoland.com/2024/11/20/w...

Exam and question writing professionals constantly grapple with ensuring evolving social norms are reflected in exam questions. Methods to reduce confirmation/ implict bias are poorly understood by many exam owners and subject domain experts.

SQA publishes its prospectus to become Qualifications Scotland. Not much for fans of digital. For Transforming Digital Delivery: 'Providing access to marked papers' seems an incredibly modest change. Especially when many exam owners have offered this for years. www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/112288.h...