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An 'examination board' is an organization that sets examinations and is responsible for marking them and distributing results. As such, examination boards have the power to award qualifications to students (such as SAT scores). Most exam boards are run as not-for-profit organizations.

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List of examination boards

China

Hong Kong

United Kingdom

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Scotland

United States

West Africa

Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia

List of examination boards

China

Hong Kong

★ Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (including the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) and Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE))

United Kingdom

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

The examination board regulator in the United Kingdom is the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA).
The members of this list all provide A-Level, GCSE and vocational qualifications:

★ CIE

★ AQA

★ CCEA

★ Edexcel

★ OCR

★ WJEC

★ NEBOSH

★ NCFE
Traditionally, schools were restricted to one of a large number of regional examination boards, but now they can use any (though few outside Northern Ireland choose to use the Belfast-based CCEA). Furthermore, a number of boards have merged making a much lower number overall.

Scotland

★ SQA (including Advanced Highers, Highers and Standard Grades)

United States

★ College Board (administers the SAT)

★ ACT, Inc (administers the ACT)

West Africa

Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia

★ West African Examinations Council (administers the WASSCE)