Article: Pupils face new exams chaos as computer crash hits marking; EXCLUSIVE.

Article: Online exam results fiasco caused by SQA ...
The Scotsman;  August 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Council, who is also an SQA board member, said lessons ... future." This year's exam results revealed the pass-rates ... problems with delivering exam results are not the first experienced ... Qualifications Authority (SQA). In 2000 nearly 17 ...

Article: SQA studies e-mailing exam results
The Scotsman;  August 7, 2004 ;     517 words ...THE agonising wait for exam results to drop through the letterbox ... Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) should use the internet to ... alternative to the current system. SQA officials have told The Scotsman ... useful." Mike Haggerty, an SQA spokesman, said exam officials ...

Article: They said the exam results would be correct first ...
The Sunday Herald;  August 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... it is the credibility of the SQA which is most damaged. Its ... school pupils, all hands at the SQA have been checking and rechecking ... started. Last year 18,000 exam results were appealed, but this year ... become clearer. Staff at the SQA are no longer talking about ...

Article: SQA moves to allay employers' fears over exam ...
Evening News - Scotland;  November 7, 2000 ;     333 words ... ... concerned about the value of this year's exam results. Bill Morton moved to reassure firms ... if it is in anyway connected to the SQA's failings this summer, I think ... to meet business organisations with exam results concerns."

Article: SQA wading through 'wrong' exam results
Evening News - Scotland;  August 30, 2000 ;     468 words ... ... days. The mistakes came to light after the SQA carried out a preliminary check on the results ... sat the papers earlier this summer. The SQA decided to check the results of all 147 ... Morton, interim chief executive of the SQA, said: "The problems that have beset ...

Article: SQA cautiously optimistic over exam results
The Scotsman;  June 16, 2001 ;     591 words ... ... this year. John Ward, the chairman of the SQA board, said the figure related to thousands ... Mr Ward and other senior officials at the SQA went on to give their strongest commitment ... no show-stoppers." Bill Morton, the SQA's chief executive, said he could not ...

Article: SQA still late with 100 exam results
Evening Times;  December 15, 2000 ;     377 words ... ... appeals would be processed by today. An SQA spokesman said the 100 pupils, from 50 ... with insufficient information. He said the SQA was being flexible by allowing the exam ... deadline date. It's not the first time the SQA has missed a promised deadline since the ...