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Blog TransparencyUncategorised
Securing public confidence in algorithms – lessons from the 2020 exam awards
26 March 2021
Last March, schools and colleges across the UK were closed and the qualification regulators (Ofqual, Qualification Wales, SQA and CCEA) were directed by the respective governments of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to oversee the development of an approach […]
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News ChildrenCOVID-19EducationSkills
OSR publishes its review of the approach to developing statistical models to award 2020 exam results
2 March 2021
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review of the approach to developing statistical models to award 2020 exam results. As the regulator of official statistics in the UK, it is our role to uphold public confidence in […]
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Publication Transparency
Ensuring statistical models command public confidence
2 March 2021
Learning lessons from the approach to developing models for awarding grades in the UK in 2020 Executive Summary Purpose of this report In March 2020 the ministers with responsibility for education in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland announced the […]
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Blog Uncategorised
OSR in 2021
15 January 2021
2020 was a year in which statistics and data were at the centre of public life. We became a nation of armchair epidemiologists. There’s no sign that this will change in 2021. We expect statistics to remain in the public […]
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News COVID-19
OSR Statement regarding transparency of data related to COVID-19
5 November 2020
The UK Statistics Authority’s vision is simple: Statistics should serve the public good. By championing high standards, we seek to uphold public confidence in statistics that serve the public good. As part of governments’ communications on the pandemic there have […]
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Guidance
18 June 2020
Our guidance documents provide detailed information for users and producers of statistics. Our guidance applies the three pillars Trustworthiness, Quality and Value from the Code of Practice. Code of Practice The Code of Practice for Statistics sets the standards producers […]
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Correspondence HealthSocial Care
Ed Humpherson to Sir Ian Diamond: Review of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection survey
14 May 2020
Dear Sir Ian CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) INFECTION SURVEY I am writing to endorse the approach taken by ONS and partners in developing new statistics on COVID-19 infection. The statistics, published first from a pilot study in England estimate how many people […]
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Correspondence Justice
Statistics on Prison Population Projections
12 February 2019
Dear Mark STATISTICS ON PRISON POPULATION PROJECTIONS Thank you for your recent review of the Ministry of Justice’s Prison Population Projections and for confirming the publication’s ongoing compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics. The due diligence you provide […]