‘We need extra time now’: Students with additional needs call for State exam changes
Many neurodiverse pupils are high achievers, but the education assessment system can present them with unique challenges
State Examinations Commission (SEC)
Students from Republic missing out on UK places because of junior cycle marking
Everyone wants senior cycle reform to succeed, but if junior cycle is an indication, there are real grounds for concern
Junior Cycle results: Percentage scoring highest ‘distinction’ mark falls in most subjects
Almost 73,000 students will receive their Junior Cycle results on Wednesday, a week earlier than last year
One in five Leaving Cert results upgraded after rechecks
Thirty-one students who did not appeal results get upgrades following quality assurance checks
CAO offers: Major effort to minimise use of random selection
Minister for Education Norma Foley announced in April that there will be no change from last year, with grades to stay at the same level
Will CAO points go up next week? Your Leaving Cert questions answered
Brian Mooney on students’ queries to The Irish Times Leaving Cert results helpdesk
Inflated Leaving Cert grades to reduce ‘step by step’ from next year, says Norma Foley
Minister for Education says exam authorities will ‘give an opportunity for students to return to pre-Covid levels’
Five key lessons from this year’s Leaving Cert, from an avalanche of maths bonus points to a fierce CAO points race
Joy at getting high grades may be short lived for some when they access their CAO offers next Wednesday
Leaving Cert results 2024: Bumper grades for students set to keep CAO points at high levels
Almost 61,000 students receiving their exam results from 10am on Friday
Decision to scrap exam fees contributed to State Examinations Commission’s €2m deficit
Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exam oversight body paid out €60,000 in a legal settlement, accounts show
Key dates for Leaving Cert 2024: Results, script viewing, appeals and offers
Timeline of this year’s Leaving Certificate results, with dates and deadlines for viewing exam scripts, appealing subjects and CAO offers
Leaving and Junior Cert exams begin with record numbers of students sitting
‘Gradual’ return to normal Leaving Cert results without ‘postmarking adjustment’ to begin next year
‘It’s revolutionising the classroom’: Meet the teachers embracing AI
There are risk with the use of AI in education, but it also has huge potential to improve teaching and learning
Leaving Cert supervisor says mileage claims docked for taking ‘rational’ route to school
Daniel Murphy says he would have gotten stuck ‘behind silage traffic’ when taking route to Kells suggested by State Examinations Commission
Sharp rise in sexual images generated by primary school pupils, Foley warns
Teachers' conference hears State regulator is aware of more predators using social media to extort children
‘We’re disadvantaged’: Maths exams do not add up for dyslexic students
A transition year student’s award-winning investigation has shone a light on readability issues for many sitting Junior Cycle maths papers
‘This is about fairness’: Call for dyslexic students to be given extra time in Leaving Cert exams
Lauren Lynch ‘ended up in a class for students who teachers didn’t want to teach’ and says too many pupils labelled ‘stupid’ for disability
Leaving Cert reforms watered down after plans for teachers to assess their own students shelved, records show
Norma Foley ‘deferred’ school-based assessments last year, citing need to research impact of artificial intelligence
Leaving Cert oral exams to be held during Easter holidays, despite opposition from students and teachers
Representatives had called for return to term-time assessments to give candidates a ‘much-needed break’
Feeder Schools: Explaining the progression charts of Irish secondary schools
It is important to understand the component parts: there are two key numbers associated with each school listed.
State exams body reviews whether to hold Leaving Cert oral exams during Easter holidays
Students and teachers want return to term-time to give candidates a ‘much-needed break’
State exams body defends low proportion of top grades at Junior Cycle
Those achieving highest grades must demonstrate ‘high level of mastery’ of knowledge, understanding and skills
It took almost 20 years to deliver. So what have Junior Cycle reforms delivered?
Junior Cert: Signs of positive shift in teaching and learning, but concerns voiced over student stress and workload
Record number of Junior Cycle students set to receive results today
Bolstered supply of examiners facilitates results being issued a month earlier than last year
Artificial intelligence use by Leaving Cert students in coursework could see them lose all marks
Teachers will need to monitor coursework to be able to verify it is candidates’ own work, says State Examinations Commission
‘It’s very frustrating. The whole system seems so unfair’: Upgraded students denied access to college places
More than 100 students who secured enough CAO points for their preferred courses are told their programmes are oversubscribed
If AI teachers ever learn to care about students, that will be the least of our worries
Latest AI learning tools don’t just offer answers, they prompt students to figure things out for themselves
Leaving Cert: Unions welcome ‘sensible’ deferral of plans for teachers to mark students for exams
Norma Foley had proposed that 40% of students’ work would be assessed by teachers
Leaving Cert: Is ‘AI threat’ just cover for shelving teacher-based assessment?
Problems facing Norma Foley show end of school exams so deeply embedded in education system that reform is far easier said than done
Leaving Cert: Revised reform plans do not include teacher-based assessment
Revised subjects - including biology, physics, chemistry and business - will include externally assessed project work or practicals
Q&A: What do latest Leaving Cert reform plans mean for students, teachers and parents?
Biology, chemistry, physics will have a greater emphasis on externally assessed project work and practicals
Leaving Cert reforms may be impacted by ‘game-changing’ artificial intelligence
Minister for Education Norma Foley requests report on challenges technology poses to 'fair' assessments of students in the Junior and Leaving Cert exams
Leaving Cert 2023: Foley defends decision to inflate grades amid warning over ‘credibility’ of results
Minister for Education says move to keep grades at record-high level of recent years was out of ‘fairness’ to students
Leaving Cert 2023: Drop in top higher level maths grades amid criticism of ‘unfair’ paper
Maths paper one exam drew heavy criticism for being excessively hard and unfair
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