Profiles and Records of Achievement: a real alternative

Records of Achievement will shortly be introduced for all school‐leavers in England and Wales. In preparation for this a number of pilot schemes are currently being conducted. The national evaluation of these pilot schemes, for which the author is jointly responsible, will be the focus for this paper. It will consider the longer term possibilities for such alternative forms of assessment, both in the UK and other countries, in spelling the end of the era of more traditional forms of examination.