48
In the last stage of my work, I carried out two additional interviews. The first, in June
2005, was with the newly appointed Director General and his Deputy at AQA; the
second, in September 2005, was with the Chief Executive Officer and President of
Pearson Assessments & Testing now leading Edexcel. I felt that I needed current
views on the ever-changing qualifications scene to validate my conclusions. Because
Figure 2-lInterview Prompts
Factors 1991-2002 which destabilised the Boards
A External Factors
- The ‘Standards Debate’: norm referencing v. criterion referencing
- Marketisation and Competition
- The changing Regulator and increasing regulation
- Mergers (from 1997) and the management of change
B Internal Factors
- Personnel issues: increases in appeals, decline of markers
- Keeping up with technology
- Financial issues resulting from all these
these interviews were focused more on the future than the past, I wanted the subjects
to speak freely rather than be bound by particular issues I might raise. Therefore I did
not record them, but took notes of what was really an open-ended conversation in
response to my request for their views on ‘possible ways forward for the examining
boards’. In neither case was any restriction placed on my using anything that was said
during the interview.
Analysing the interviews and incorporating the evidence
I decided against the use of software such as NVivo or NUDIST for analysing the
interviews. I admit to a certain prejudice here, but despite receiving training in their
effective use, I could not overcome my perception that such software, while eminently
More intriguing information
1. Estimated Open Economy New Keynesian Phillips Curves for the G72. The name is absent
3. Disentangling the Sources of Pro-social Behavior in the Workplace: A Field Experiment
4. The name is absent
5. The effect of globalisation on industrial districts in Italy: evidence from the footwear sector
6. AN EXPLORATION OF THE NEED FOR AND COST OF SELECTED TRADE FACILITATION MEASURES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS
7. Determinants of Household Health Expenditure: Case of Urban Orissa
8. The Variable-Rate Decision for Multiple Inputs with Multiple Management Zones
9. Pursuit of Competitive Advantages for Entrepreneurship: Development of Enterprise as a Learning Organization. International and Russian Experience
10. Olive Tree Farming in Jaen: Situation With the New Cap and Comparison With the Province Income Per Capita.