In April, I started a new job as executive director of the A Level Content Advisory Board (ALCAB), which had been set up in response to an invitation from the government to the Russell Group of universities.
My previous experience of A levels had been as the first CEO of Ofqual, the regulator of qualifications and exams in England, followed by three years working for Cambridge International Examinations in South East Asia and living in Singapore.
As I flew back to the uncertain British summer, I wondered what I had let myself in for.
Policy decisions on assessment for A level had already been made: a move from modules to terminal exams, the controversial “decoupling” of the AS qualification, and a stiff regulatory test to be applied before “non-exam assessment”, such as coursework, could be included.
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