A level consultation responses
22 September 2014
ACME published two consultation responses in response to the
latest A level consultations from the Department for Education and
Ofqual.
The Department for Education response can be found
here.
The Ofqual response can be found
here.
In these consultation responses ACME highlights the need for a
good deal of investment in professional development to ensure that
teachers are equipped to teach the new specifications and are
confident in teaching problem solving and modelling as suggested in
the drafts.
ACME also highlights the need for there to be more analysis of
how to validly assess A level Mathematics and Further
Mathematics.
Further details on the consultations and report can
be found below and on ACME's
A level page:
Department for Education (DfE): The
consultation documents on subject content from
the DfE can be found
here, including the GCE AS and A level
Mathematics subject content and the GCE AS and A level
Further Mathematics subject content.
Ofqual: The Ofqual consultation on the
recommendations for assessment: 'Developing new GCSE, A level and
AS qualifications for first teaching in 2016' can be found
here.
ALCAB: The ALCAB report from the
mathematics and further mathematics panel and the
correspondence to the DfE from Chair of the ALCAB mathematics
panel, Professor Richard Craster are available on the ALCAB website.
Professor Nigel Thrift, Chair of ALCAB wrote a covering letter
to Michael Gove. The letter can be found
here. The
response from Michael Gove is available of the DfE website.
In addition ALCAB has issued a
press notice regarding the reports and letters.