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Knowledge use in examinations and assessment policy formation during Covid

The Project

The research proposed examined the interplay of expertise and politics in the response to the pandemic in education in England, with a specific focus on examinations and assessment policy.

Professor Margaret Arnott – Co-Investigator, University of the West of Scotland

Luke Saville (Oxford), Niclas Hell (UWS) and Karen Hammond (UWS) – Research Assistants

Project funded by the John Fell Fund

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Project Details

End date: February 2023
Theme: Centre for Educational Assessment; Theme 1: Language, Cognition and Development