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In 2010 Ofqual began a programme to look at the demand of qualifications internationally. These are the results of that research.
Research papers by Ofqual and QCA on the comparability of different qualifications.
A research report from the Institute for Employment Studies
A review of international approaches to inter-subject comparability across 30 countries.
An introduction to Ofqual's inter-subject comparability research.
An overview of QCA's studies to address the issue of standards across A level subjects.
A review by Ofqual of existing literature and research on inter-subject comparability.
Ofqual’s research on the comparability of different GCSE, AS and A level subjects in England and related reference papers.
Our decision on grading standards in A level science and modern foreign language subjects.
A graphic describing the outcomes for 4 possible policy options relating to inter-subject comparability.
A collection of research papers for QCA. Edited by Newton, Baird, Goldstein, Patrick and Tymms (2007).
Broad comparability work against the Local Government pension scheme in England and Wales.
A paper exploring 4 inter-subject comparability policy options that are available to adopt.
Research by Ofqual and QCA into the comparability of qualifications.
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