Graeme Paton in The Telegraph:
Examiners will be expected to enlist the help of at least 20 British universities when drafting exam syllabuses and test questions as part of a major drive to raise standards, the Telegraph has learned.
All new qualifications will require a formal “sign-off” from universities – particularly leading research institutions – before being sat by sixth-formers.
The reforms, to be outlined on Tuesday by Ofqual, the qualifications regulator, are intended to ensure teenagers have the appropriate levels of subject knowledge and study skills required to get the most out of a degree course.
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