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Scotland s traditional exams should be abolished after pandemic, SNP advisers recommend
17 December 2020 • 7:06pm
The Scottish Government s education advisers have recommended that end-of-year exams be abolished
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Scotland s traditional secondary school exams should be abolished altogether following their cancellation during the Covid-19 pandemic, the SNP government s education advisers have told ministers.
The Scottish Government s International Council of Education Advisers (ICEA) said the end-of-year National, Higher and Advanced Higher exams are essentially an out-of-date 19th and 20th century technology.
Instead they recommended more continuous self-assessment and exams that can be taken and retaken like driving tests throughout the school year. 
They argued this would be a better system than a one-time, high-stress, win/lose moment at the end of the academic year and said traditional exams have long been seen as poor predictor ....

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