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SUMMARY:What’s going on with students taking GCSEs early? Is getting a G
 CSE or two in Year 9 or 10 a good thing? - Beth Black (OCR)\, Tim Gill (Ca
 mbridge Assessment) and Chung-Pak Cheung (OCR)
DTSTART:20130320T153000Z
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CONTACT:Elizabeth Ford
DESCRIPTION:Since KS3 tests were abandoned in 2010\, there has been a sign
 ificant increase in the proportion of students entered for GCSEs early –
  e.g. in Year 9 or Year 10\, rather than at the end of Year 11.\n\nLooking
  at both OCR data and national data\, we will discuss the magnitude of ear
 ly entry\, look at whether early entry has any negative impact on candidat
 es achieving good grades\, and whether there is any evidence that early en
 try has an impact upon A level subject choices and subsequent attainment a
 t A level. We will also discuss future scenarios and whether the ‘linear
 isation’ of GCSEs is likely to increase or decrease the practices of ear
 ly entry in schools.
LOCATION:Hughes Hall Cambridge University  Mortimer Road CB1 2EW Cambridge
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