Chair: Elizabeth Rynne
Secretary: Paul Weeden
Assessment & Examinations Working Group
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Our Aims
The remit of the Assessment and Examinations Working Group is to maintain an overview of developments in assessment and examinations and to advise the GA Education Standing Committee and members.
What we do
We meet three times a year, twice in Birmingham and once in London, to discuss contemporary issues in assessment at all phases of education. We also try to devote some time to improvements in assessment practice.
We have a regular 'Assessment Matters' column in Teaching Geography, and we make occasional contributions to Primary Geographer. We are always on the lookout for new material on assessment, so if you have produced something do send it to us.
We have also produced publications on assessment – details of which can be viewed in the GeographyShop, and contributed a special supplement on assessment to the October 2001 issue of Primary Geographer.
The results of further research and development of the theme of gender and attainment were published in Teaching Geography during 2004. Wherever possible these include potential material from a Best Practice Research Initiative on assessment.
In order to identify and monitor trends associated with performance indicators in geography during 2004 and 2005 we collected and evaluated data on Key Stage 3, GCSE, AS and A2-level results from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and awarding bodies. These results culminated in articles, pamphlets and the publication of research data.
Exam Results 2008
AEWG Secretary Paul Weeden has provided summaries of the GCSE, AS and A-Level examination results for 2008.
Download: GCSE Geography Results Analysis 2008 (PDF, 229k)
Download: AS and A-Level Geography Results Analysis 2008 (PDF, 364k)
Other information
AEWG is a mixture of teachers from primary, secondary and post-16 backgrounds, from advisory services and higher education. New members are always welcome.
(updated 23.07.09)
