DR FRAN WILBY, RETHINKING ASSESSMENT, UK
Internationally, there has been some challenge in recent years to the efficacy of exams as the sole measure of a young person’s life and work readiness. In some regions, learner profiles are garnering particular interest as an alternative. Student-owned digital records may offer an opportunity to highlight learning, strengths and evidence across a spectrum of areas of achievement and provide a richer view of capabilities, enabling learners to better understand themselves, while broadening how and what is assessed – and valued – in formal education. In England, many have argued that the current assessment system is no longer fit for purpose. Only 43 per cent of disadvantaged children reached age-related expectations at Key Stage 2 (DfE, 2023a). Many young people ‘leave compulsory education without high quality qualifications’ – in 2022, nearly 20 per cent did not achieve L2 by the age of 19 (DfE, 2023b, p. 12). About one in five c
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