§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what assessment he has made of the value of target-setting techniques in the Suffolk science course in drawing up the assessment scheme for the GCSE in science;
(2) if he will allow periodic assessments to continue to be included in final assessments of GCSE achievement.
§ Mr. EggarMy right hon. and learned Friend is currently considering advice from the School Examinations and Assessment Council about the future assessment arrangements of modular GCSE courses. He expects to announce his decisions, based on that advice, very shortly. It will then be for the GCSE examining groups to develop assessment arrangements consistent with those decisions.