Waddell (1978)

Notes on the text

Part I

Preliminary pages Contents, Membership
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Educational matters
Chapter 3 Structure of the examining system
Chapter 4 Cost
Chapter 5 Conclusions
Appendices

Part II

Preliminary pages Contents, Membership

Report of the Education Study Group (ESG)

Glossary, Introduction
Chapter 1 Feasibility of common exam system
Chapter 2 English
Chapter 3 Mathematics
Chapter 4 Science
Chapter 5 History
Chapter 6 Geography
Chapter 7 Modern languages
Chapter 8 Classics
Chapter 9 Commerce
Chapter 10 Social science
Chapter 11 Religious studies
Chapter 12 Craft design and technology
Chapter 13 Technical drawing
Chapter 14 Home economics
Chapter 15 Needlecraft and dress
Chapter 16 Art
Chapter 17 Music
Chapter 18 Further work
Appendix A List of witnesses
Appendix B Questions
Appendix C Statistics
Appendix D Joint examinations

Report of the Cost Study Group (CSG)

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Costs in 1976
Chapter 3 Costing a common system
Chapter 4 Changeover costs
Annexes

Report of the Steering Committee established to consider proposals for replacing the General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level and Certificate of Secondary Education examinations by a common system of examining

Chairman: Sir James Waddell CB

Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Education and Science and the Secretary of State for Wales by Command of Her Majesty July 1978

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1978
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.

Part I: Cmnd 7281-I
Part II: Cmnd 7281-II

Part II - CSG Report

Annexes
[pages 166 - 186]

[NB: The following is a summary of the contents of the Annexes to the CSG Report.]

Annex A Forms for completion by exam boards

Schedule 1: Total expenditure for a 12 month period relating to:

DIRECT EXPENDITURE

Salaries and Wages Computer
Payments to examiners Expenses to examiners
Other payments related to examiners' meetings
Payments to teachers in schools
Expenses to teachers in schools
Printing and stationery
Carriage and postage

General Administration
Computer
Premises
Research
Special Studies

1 Salaries and Wages
2 Computer
3 Payments to examiners
4 Expenses to examiners
5 Other payments related to examiners' markings
6 Payments to teachers in schools
7 Expenses to teachers in schools
8 Printing and stationery
9 Carriage and postage

Salaries and Wages
Computer
Payments to examiners
Expenses to examiners
Other payments related to examiners' meetings
Payments to teachers in schools
Expenses to teachers in schools
Printing and stationery
Carriage and postage

(Illustration)

(1) SYLLABUSES
Subject panel met for ... days or half days at the Board's premises
Payments to Chairman, Ass Sec and Chief Examiner
Payments to panel members
Syllabus printed
... Sets to schools

(2) EXAMINATIONS
Paper I - 'Title' (Written)
Chief Examiner sets paper
Paper moderated by subject panel sub-committee
'x' copies of paper printed by external printers
Paper II - 'Title' (Objective Test)
Chief Examiner sets paper
Paper pre-tested
Paper moderated by subject panel sub-committee
'x' copies of paper by external printers
Paper III - 'Title' (Oral)
Tapes purchased

(3) MARKING

(4) RESULTS

Annex B

Table 1 Total expenditure of boards including research and extraordinary items

Table 2 16+ examinations expenditure (by CSE and GCE boards)

Table 3 CSE Boards: Subject entries by mode

Table 4: Certificate of Secondary Education - all Modes

Table 5: GCE O Levels - all Modes

Table 6 16+ examinations - Costs per subject entry for CSE boards

Table 7 16+ examinations nly - Cost per subject entry for Mode II examinations

Table 8 Details of resources

Annex C

Form 1: for completion by schools relating to the academic year 1976-7, including number of pupils on roll; number of teaching staff; description of timetable; summary of teacher deployment for the whole school (excluding invigilation); number of subject entries; administrative, secretarial and clerical staff etc.

Form 2: for completion by teachers, indicating their role in the school; teaching load; time spent both in and out of school on GCE O Level and CSE examination work in the academic year 1976-7.

Notes on completing the forms.