Ofqual signs national reference tests contract

Monday 20 Apr 2015 @ 09:15
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Ofqual and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) signed contract on 17 April 2015.

These tests will be taken from March 2017.

More information on how the information provided by these tests will be used in the awarding of GCSEs can be found in our previous announcement.

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