Education: A Testing Issue - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Scotland has cancelled its National 5 school exams next summer - should the rest of the UK follow?

On The Briefing Room David Aaronovitch asks if exams should go ahead next year, and can governments ensure assessments are fair?Contributors:

Branwen Jeffreys, BBC education editorProf Anna Vignoles, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

Laura McInerney, former editor of Schools WeekNatalie Perera, executive director at the Education Policy Institute

Prof Lindsay Paterson, University of Edinburgh.Producers: Kirsteen Knight, Bob Howard and Rosamund Jones
Editor: Jasper Corbett

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