Cambridge, for example, simply rejects, reasonably, the benchmark based on exam grades (which equates a handful of good results with many indifferent ones).

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The coroner will wait until a full report based on the toxicology exam findings is available in six to eight weeks, Miller said.

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There was also strong opposition to a number of other proposals, including whole-school performance bonuses based on test and exam results (76% disagreed with this) and the "fast-tracking" of bright graduates onto higher salaries (54% were opposed).

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Last year, Ray Cross, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, told Inside Higher Ed that he expects some students will simply take a free MOOC (massive online open course) offered by another school and then opt to write their competency exam based on the what they learned therein or knowledge they acquired independently.

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Under the deal, at least 20% of a teacher's overall score would in many cases be based on how much progress students make on a state standardized exam.

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Mr Gething said he believed exam reforms were based on "ideology" in England and changes in Wales should be based on evidence and the needs of learners.

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Creating an exam-lite system based largely on teachers' assessments will be a huge and costly task.

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On Wednesday, lawyers for the exam boards told the court they had raised the mark needed for a GCSE English C grade based on their judgement of the quality of the work.

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