Why science matters

76% of maths teachers responding to Pearson’s 2024 School Report stated that teacher recruitment and retention was a top challenge for their school to manage. Followed by budget pressures (51%) and teacher/school leader workload (41%).

These are all widespread issues affecting many maths teachers, day in and day out. They require whole-sector collaboration to improve. But there are also solutions available now to help ease the strain.

 “How do we use it well? What can we use it for? What are the pros and cons?” These are just a few of the elements secondary students want to learn about when it comes to Generative AI, with three quarters believing it’s important to learn about AI and the role it will play in the future.

Student performance across onscreen and paper-based exams

We believe that exams should be a fair and accurate reflection of students’ performance – regardless of whether an exam is taken onscreen or on paper.

That’s why our research focuses on many aspects of comparability – including student performance across paper and digital exams.