Tried and Tested

Enabling Computer Science students’ skills to be assessed by using a computer may sound obvious, but it actually represents a milestone in school assessment.

When you first ‘hear’ a narrator in a book, what are your initial thoughts? When the author introduces you to a new character, what assumptions do you make? The gender is normally pretty clear, and age is always up there – how attractive they are often features highly too!

New Pearson Edexcel Computer Science qualification will see written exam replaced with first UK practical onscreen assessment to reflect real-life programming in the modern world.