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. 

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