A B reader is a physician certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as demonstrating proficiency in classifying radiographs of the pneumoconioses. 1  1 History.  2 Objectives of the B reader program.
On the subject of pupils taking fewer GCSE exams, Mr Dodd added: The whole accountability system is changing and they will focus on GCSEs in eight subject areas. Candidates won't be doing 12 GCSE's, as some have done in the past, because the whole accountability system will drive candidates to do fewer subjects..eachers will be able to choose between two papers for their pupils: higher maths, which offers pupils a pass at grades 4 to 9, and a less testing paper, which offers only grades 1 to 5.
Most complaints surrounded GCSE English where grade boundaries appear to have been dramatically raised compared with previous assesments. In one controlled assesment task set by the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance in January, pupils needed just 54 per cent to gain a C grade.xam board chief: no pressure to toughen GCSE marking. On Thursday, examiners admitted grade boundaries had been changed in some subjects but denied that results had been deliberately depressed in English.