Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order amends the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996.
The Order makes the following principal changes—
Article 4 removes the requirement for teachers to administer assessment units to pupils as part of the process of assessment and to take account of the results of assessment units taken by pupils.
Article 5 removes the requirement upon the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment to set in place arrangements for the review of the standards of assessment in a school and the marking of assessment units.