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China signs agreement with UK to work together on assessment and skills

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Assessment expertise from the UK is being exported to China to help the country’s schools encourage critical-thinking and creativity in science and maths education.

Exam board and education charity AQA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese Society of Education – China’s leading academic educational organisation and a major influence on education and teaching reform across the country.

The partnership will see UK best practice in assessment of science and maths being shared in a bid to support the development of China’s high school curriculum reform programme. The focus is to be on encouraging skills in critical-thinking, problem-solving and creativity. The programme will launch in the autumn of 2016 and will be delivered to 50 schools in Beijing and Shanghai. Teacher trainers from the UK will travel to both cities, and Chinese teachers will visit the UK to see assessment in action.

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