What is Controlled Assessment in the New GCSE Curriculum?
What is controlled assessment? Controlled assessment is replacing coursework from September 2009 for GCSEs. This has been introduced by the QCA to address some of the issues raised in coursework reviews, such as plagiarism, teacher assistance, and parental intervention. What are the benefits of controlled assessment? The benefits of controlled assessment include more straightforward marking – for most subjects learners are provided with worksheets to submit their work on – and improved reliability and validity. There will also be varying levels of control – teachers will know at the start of the course what is required to help them manage the assessments and their time more easily. Greater confidence in authenticating learners’ work as their own and greater ease in fitting assessments into normal teaching programmes are also seen as benefits. How will it be introduced? Controlled assessment is embedded in the specifications and will be introduced when the specifications become availabl
