Cambridge Exams: An Explainer for Parents

About this episode

This episode provides an explainer on Cambridge Exams and the assessment system for parents of high school students.

Look, I'll admit it, I don't know much about the assessment system when it gets to High School. I know you can do NCEA (with potential changes on the horizon) and some students also do Cambridge Exams, IGCSE's and A-Levels. I was among the last to do the Bursary assessment system and with kids still in primary school, I don't really know much about how this all works. So consider this an explainer for those who might also have only a little knowledge about this. If you have a child that is in High School or will soon be, hopefully this gives you some idea of how this particular assessment works as we speak with Chris Wiggin from Cambridge International. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Melissa Chan-Green

Guest: Chris Wiggin

Topics covered

• Cambridge Exams
• High School assessment
• parenting education
• NCEA
• IGCSE
• A-Levels

Keywords

• Cambridge Exams
• NCEA
• IGCSE
• A-Levels
• high school assessment
• parenting
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cambridge International

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