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Please continue to read below for details of past events.
Information Authority Report on sector data issues
The IA recently asked Oakleigh Consulting to investigate the data burden experienced by colleges.
Such was the level of concern identified in the Oakleigh research that the IA have rapidly called a meeting with the awarding bodies, QCA, Ofqual, plus MIS suppliers and college representatives. One of the appendices to the full report reproduced in full our recent Examinations Restructuring paper and it is now being used to set the context for that discussion. We will keep you informed of progress.
DIUS/DCSF Consultation Paper: Confidence in Standards: Regulating and Developing Qualifications and Assessments.
You will recall that as part of the campaign to get some further attention on the problems associated with the transfer of examinations data from educational institutions to awarding bodies, we made a submission to this consultation. Although the focus of the consultation was concerned with the proposal to appoint an independent regulator as part of the process of separating the powers currently carried out by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) we thought that there was some relevance with our concerns.
The DCSF has now produced an analysis of the responses to the consultation. Not surprisingly, the issues we raised have been generally subsumed in the general comments. However, we are pleased to see that there is support for regulation provided that it has a high level of quality assurance (response to Question 2). Of particular note was the evidence that there was a high level of support (79%) for the regulator having powers to direct an awarding body (Question 10b). Therefore the sector ‘merely’ needs to convince Ofqual that there is indeed an issue with data processes that they need to address!