Professor Jo-Anne Baird appointed to panel on national curriculum and assessment

Exams expert Professor Jo-Anne Baird has been selected to be part of a new curriculum and assessment review led by the Government’s Department for Education.

Professor Baird is the Director of the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment and her research focuses on system-wide structures and processes, examination standards, marking and assessment design.

The 12-member independent panel will review the existing national curriculum and statutory assessment system in England, to ensure they are fit for purpose and meeting the needs of children and young people. The panel will be led by Professor Becky Francis, Chief Executive of the Education Endowment Foundation.

Professor Baird said: “I am delighted to be working with Becky Francis and this excellent group of colleagues on a review of curriculum and assessment in England spanning the school years.”