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RNS Number : 7408N  RM PLC  27 November 2024

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 (mailto:rpowlesland@rm.com)

Tel: +44 (0)7803 438 393

 

Headland Consultancy (PR Adviser)
                Email: rm@headlandconsultancy.com
(mailto:rm@headlandconsultancy.com)

Chloe
Francklin
Tel: +44 (0)20 3805 4850

Dan Mahoney

 

 

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