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With strong coherence between the curricula, Secondary Checkpoint performance may indicate later achievement. 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It examines whether students in schools offering the Cambridge Lower Secondary programme perform better at IGCSE than students in schools that do not offer it.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":123,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":125,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":127,"site_id":62},644174,1792725724,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":130},{"doc_id":127,"user_id":131,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":132,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":133,"file_id":134,"file_url":135,"file_type":136,"file_size":137,"view_count":4,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":138,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":128,"read_time":143},7971474921005,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_29158cc5080c5b710cf443261637dec0","Research Matters / 36  \nA Cambridge University Press & Assessment publication  \nISSN: 1755-6031  \nJournal homepage: [https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/our-research/all-published](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/our-research/all-published)resources/research-matters/  \nAn analysis of the relationship between Secondary Checkpoint and IGCSE results  \nTim Gill (Research Division)  \nTo cite this article: Gill, T. (2023). An analysis of the relationship between Secondary Checkpoint and IGCSE results. Research Matters: A Cambridge University Press &  \nAssessment publication, 36, 59–74. [https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.101745](https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.101745)  \nTo link this article: [https://](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/research-matters-)[www.c](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/research-matters-)[ambridge](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/research-matters-)[assessment.or](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/research-matters-)[g](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/research-matters-)[.](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/research-matters-)[uk/Images/](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/research-matters-)[resear](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/research-matters-)[ch](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/research-matters-)[-matters-](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/research-matters-)[ ](https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/research-matters-)[36](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[-an-](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[analysis](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[-o](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[f](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[-](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[the](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[-r](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[elationship](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[-](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[be](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[tween-sec](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[ondary](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[-](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[checkpoint](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[-](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[and](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[-](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[igcs](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[e-r](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[esults](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[.](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)[pdf](36-an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-secondary-checkpoint-and-igcse-results.pdf)  \nAbstract:  \nSecondary Checkpoint assessments are taken by students at the end of the Cambridge Lower Secondary programme (aged 14) in countries around the world. Many students continue with Cambridge after this and take IGCSE exams two years later.  \nGiven that there is a high level of coherence between the curricula in the two stages, performance in Secondary Check","cbCaie6Q2UalHNqh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaie6Q2UalHNqh","pdf",1220816,17,"English","# Introduction\n## Cambridge Lower Secondary and the Cambridge Pathway\n## Secondary Checkpoint and progression to IGCSE\n## Correlation between Checkpoint scores and IGCSE grades\n## School programme offering and comparative IGCSE performance","[{\"question\":\"What is Secondary Checkpoint in relation to Cambridge Lower Secondary?\",\"answer\":\"Secondary Checkpoint assessments are taken at the end of the Cambridge Lower Secondary programme for learners aged 14.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article test whether Secondary Checkpoint predicts IGCSE performance?\",\"answer\":\"It calculates correlations between Checkpoint scores and IGCSE grades across a range of subjects.\"},{\"question\":\"Does the article compare schools that offer the Cambridge Lower Secondary programme with those that do not?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. It examines whether students in schools offering the Cambridge Lower Secondary programme perform better at IGCSE than students in schools that do not offer it.\"}]","Research Matters 36 - An analysis of the relationship between Secondary Checkpoint and IGCSE results | PDF",43]