Rhyngddyn nhw, roedd gan aelodau’r Bwrdd wybodaeth, dealltwriaeth, arbenigedd a phrofiad helaeth o ddarparu, llunio, rheoleiddio, gwerthuso ac asesu cymwysterau ar draws y sector ysgolion, y sector addysg bellach a’r sector dysgu seiliedig ar waith, drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg. Cyfrannodd y cyflogwyr a’r ymarferwyr addysg uwch wybodaeth rheng flaen o’r farn am gymwysterau a’r hyn sy’n gwneud cymhwyster yn berthnasol ac yn werthfawr. Mae’n adroddiad annibynnol i Lywodraeth Cymru. Fodd bynnag, roeddwn yn falch o weld fod ei argymhellion yn cydnabod y cyd-destun ehangach o ran polisi. Er enghraifft, mae’n cyd-fynd ac yn datblygu’r gwaith yr ydym yn ei wneud mewn perthynas â llythrennedd a rhifedd. O ran graddio Bagloriaeth Cymru, bydd Aelodau’n ymwybodol ein bod, yn ystod yr adolygiad, wedi penderfynu graddio Bagloriaeth Cymru ar Lefel Uwch o fis Medi 2013, er mwyn cynyddu ei drylwyredd a’i werth. Gwnaed hyn ar sail cyngor gan Fwrdd yr Adolygiad – ac mae’r adroddiad yn cefnogi’r penderfyniad.
The members of the Board had between them a huge wealth of knowledge, expertise and experience in delivering, designing, regulating and assessing qualifications across the school, further education and work-based learning sectors, through Welsh and English.  The employers and higher education practitioners brought front-line knowledge of how qualifications are perceived and what makes a qualification relevant and valued.  Their report is an independent report to the Welsh Government. However I was pleased to note that its recommendations recognise the wider policy context. For instance, they build on and fit with the work we are driving forward in relation to literacy and numeracy.  In relation to grading the Welsh Baccalaureate, Members will be aware that during the course of the Review we decided to grade the Welsh Baccalaureate at Advanced level for teaching from September 2013, to enhance its rigour and value. This was done on advice from the Review Board, whose report supports the decision.