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More than 90% of the world’s schools have been affected by the pandemic this year. That’s hundreds of millions of students faced with school closures.
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I left teaching because there were ten-year-old children in tears over the SATs in my class. There were several other reasons why I walked away, but the SATs were my tipping point...
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This summer – this whole year – has been unprecedented in many ways. For those working in education and assessment, the challenges have been considerable...
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It’s a common complaint from students, teachers, the press, and even the odd politician: there’s just too much testing in schools...
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Teachers are not fortune tellers or magicians despite the wonders they can often work...
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At CEM, we make predictions by applying statistical techniques to the data we have on the exam performances and baseline measures of students...
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The COVID-19 crisis has caused widespread school closures in 188 countries and 1.7 billion children, young people and their families have been disrupted as a direct result (OECD, 2020)...
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As the new school year draws near, many teachers will be planning the ‘educational journey’ for their new students, and knowing precisely where all of your students are starting from is invaluable...
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Assessment in education has always been an important issue, and each school has its own approach...
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Data has always played a critical role in making good decisions in commerce and in the health sector, but education has lagged behind a bit...
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Teachers, school leaders, schools, and education systems around the world are increasingly expected to use data to inform practice.
The Australian school system in which I work is grounded in the 2008 Melbourne Declaration on Education Goals for Young Australians. Among other things, the Declaration outlines the need for schools to have reliable, rich, good quality data on the performance of their students in order to improve outcomes for all students by: supporting successful diagnosis of student progress; supporting designing of high quality learning programs; and informing school approaches to provision of policies, programs, resourcing, relationships with parents and partnerships with community and business. It additionally notes that information about the performance of students helps parents and families make informed choices and engage with their children’s education...