The School Examinations and Assessment Council
The sub-fonds comprises records relating to the development of the system of assessment for the national curriculum in England and Wales, 1989-1991.
School Examinations and Assessment Council
The unit comprises agenda, minutes and papers of council meetings and correspondence, 1988-1991.
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The series comprises minutes and papers of meetings 6, 7-13, 1989-1991.
The series comprises correspondence concerning assessment attainment in curriculum subjects, 1988-1991.
The file includes letters sent by SEAC regarding the development of national assessment system; minutes of the KS3 (Welsh SAT's) Steering Committee, Feb. 1990; a report on a series of five conferences for local education authorities in England and Wales on National Curriculum Assessment Arrangements, Feb. 1990; a report on Examinations Post-16 Developments for the 1990's, March 1990, and a copy of National Curriculum Assessment Arrangements: Secretary of State's Reponse to SEAC Advice, March 1990.
The file includes letters sent to council members regarding council meetings and business; a copy letter from John MacGregor to P H Halsey, Chairman of SEAC, regarding the definition of core skills, November 1990, and copy letters from SEAC to Kenneth Clarke regarding assessment in Key Stage 4, December 1990.
MacGregor, John 1937-
The file includes a copy letter from Kenneth Clarke concerning amendments to the SEAC Corporate Plan, January-February 1991; minutes of KS3 Development Steering Committee, February 1991 and a copy of `An Evaluation of the 1991 National Curriculum Assessment: Report 2: Initial Evaluation of the SAT: Manageability' produced by the NFER/BGC Consortium, May 1991.
Clarke, Kenneth 1940-
The file includes a copy of the report `An Evaluation of the 1991 National Curriculum Assessment: Report 3: Further Evidence on the SAT: Manageability and Relationships with Teacher Assessment', from the NFER/BGC Consortium, June 1991; papers for council meetings, and a copy letter to David Hunt, Secretary of State for Wales, from SEAC regarding the development of SAT's in Welsh and Welsh as a second language, July 1991.
Hunt, David, 1942 May 21-
The group comprises records relating to the review of A and AS level syllabuses, 1989-1990.
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The series includes copies of letters concerning the modification of the syllabus, reports from national curriculum working groups and minutes of various sub-committees.