The Irish Times: The consultation with students and parents as part of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) review of the Leaving Cert, reveals a surprising ignorance on how the exam has been radically transformed, as revised curriculums across a wide range of subjects have been introduced. Calls for the exams to be spaced out, and a broader array of assessment methods used, will surprise many teachers who are currently delivering these revised curriculums. The days in which a student’s performance in a single written exam in June have long since passed, but the public perception has failed to register this reality. Read article