A study into the benefits of school exams is being conducted by researchers from Edinburgh University.
Questionnaires have been sent to 10,000 British teachers in an attempt to determine the impact of data collection and quality assurance on compulsory schooling.
The independent study is part of a series of linked national projects, with equivalent surveys being undertaken in Denmark, Finland and Sweden.
This will be the first time that primary and secondary school teachers in Scotland and England have had an opportunity to voice their opinions on the ways in which teaching and schooling have been affected by mounting requirements for data collection and evaluation.