27 November
2024
RM plc
("RM")
RM expands contract with
Cambridge University Press & Assessment
RM, the global EdTech, digital
learning and assessment solutions provider, has signed a new
contract with Cambridge University Press & Assessment
("Cambridge"), extending their existing e-marking partnership and
supporting Cambridge's work in developing its digital
assessments.
Cambridge and RM have worked
together for over 15 years, with Cambridge an early pioneer in
onscreen marking. Over the last five years, Cambridge has marked
over 27 million exam scripts using RM systems, driving improvements
in the quality, speed and security of marking. This contract
extends Cambridge and RM's e-marking partnership for a further five
years and will see a number of digital mock exams to begin to be
taken using their Assessment Master technology.
Cambridge is working with its
international and UK-based schools to develop digital assessments,
focusing on what student and teachers need and informed by rigorous
testing and research. Digital assessments have the potential
to improve students' assessment experience by offering more varied
question formats and by increasing accessibility and
inclusivity.
RM is well positioned to support this work, due to its long-standing
expertise in digital assessment and e-marking, underpinned by its
ability to fully integrate the two through its leading end-to-end
technology. This project is fully aligned with its strategy to
build a Global Accreditation Platform that enables and harnesses
the appetite for the digital transformation of exams.
Mark Cook, CEO of RM, commented: "Cambridge and RM have a
long-standing partnership, so I am delighted to announce that this
is set to continue and expand over the next five years. Our work
since 2009 has demonstrated the significant benefits that on-screen
marking brings to both awarding bodies and learners. We are excited
to be working together in order to help them in navigating this
path towards fully on-screen exams within the next ten
years."
Mark Maddocks, Chief Information Officer at Cambridge
University Press & Assessment, said: "Our number one priority is
ensuring that learners are getting the highest quality assessment
experience possible. We are really pleased
with
how our work with RM over the past 15 years has
contributed
to this through e-marking, and we're looking forward
to the possibilities that digital assessments can
bring for our exams and learners. Digital exams can
be more suited to how students
learn, and this work will ensure
that our assessments continue to
equip learners with the knowledge, skills and understanding they
need to achieve their life goals."
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Notes to
Editors:
About
RM
RM was founded in 1973, with a mission to
improve the educational outcomes of learners worldwide. Fifty years
on, we are a trusted Global EdTech, digital learning and assessment
solution provider, transforming learners, educators, and
accreditors to be more productive, resilient, and sustainable. Our
simple approach enables us to deliver best in class solutions to
optimise accreditation outcomes.
RM is focused on delivering a consistently
high-quality digital experience, acting as a trusted consultative
partner to provide solutions that deliver real impact for learners
worldwide. Our three businesses include:
· Assessment - a global provider of assessment software,
supporting exam awarding bodies, universities, and governments
worldwide to digitise their assessment delivery.
· TTS
(Teacher Technology Solution) - an established provider of
education resources for early years, primary schools, and secondary
schools across the UK and to 80 countries
internationally.
· Technology - a market-leading advisor and enabler of ICT
software, technology and bespoke services to UK schools and
colleges.
Contacts:
RM plc
Rachael Powlesland
Email: rpowlesland@rm.com
Tel: +44 (0)7803 438 393
Headland Consultancy (PR Adviser)
Email: rm@headlandconsultancy.com
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Francklin
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