Exams board commissions expert research to finalise format of new Leaving Cert curriculum

Under the new Leaving Cert model, 60% of marks will be available through traditional written exams and the remaining 40% will come from “assessment components additional to the conventional written exam”.

Expert research has been commissioned by the State Examinations Commission (SEC) to help determine the delivery of Leaving Cert reform that will see two-fifths of a student’s grade determined outside the written exam.

The SEC wants to determine how other jurisdictions operate such exams, and what the implications are for students, teachers and schools from this new process.