Dearing and Beyond: 14-19 Qualifications, Frameworks and Systems

From the 1991 White Paper to Dearing Report - a conceptual and historical framework tracks and frameworks - an assessment of the Dearing proposals A levels and the general education track GNVQs and up-grading the full-time vocational route YT, Modern Apprenticeships and NVQs using credit for qualification reform core skills and breadth in the post-curriculum - an international comparison modularization and frameworks? asessment and achievement student guidance for lifelong learning value-added and institutional strategies for supporting student learning the Scottish experience of reform from a framework approach to a unified system.