The screening works by analysing data gleaned from the exam boards' online marking system.
Volunteers take an online exam about the risks they face before they are allowed into the program.
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Five days before any exam, go online and find as many midterms you can about that subject matter from many universities.
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So if you'd like some advice on your exam results, log onto BBC Online Scotland and email your question.
Students may enter their exam number and get their grades online, along with the grade distribution for the rest of the class.
But it would be a mistake to conclude that online courses fulfill the same role in a person's life as a college education, just as it would be an error to equate four years of high school with some online study and a GED exam.
Enrolled Penn students who complete the online option can take a departmental exam to prove their knowledge and pass into higher-level math classes, just as they can after finishing an AP class.
Most business models for operators of massively open online courses (MOOCs) rely heavily on exam revenue to cover costs and generate a potential return for investors.
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If such open access online courses no longer required A-levels as an entry exam, she raised the question about what this would mean for the future of the qualification.
Coursera and other champions of large-scale online courses until recently have been talking mostly about having students come into traditional exam halls if they wanted to take tests for credit.
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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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