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How many of us, I wonder, in our first year of teaching came across that small child who was always reading, always carrying big thick books and invariably introduced as a ‘book worm’? And how many of us quickly figured out that while they were...
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At the end of December, Professor Peter Tymms retired from his role as a Director of CEM. In 1996, Peter and Professor Carol Taylor-Fitzgibbon...
Has the removal of national curriculum levels in England created a broader interest in assessment practices?
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Katharine Bailey is Director of Policy here at CEM, and for many years she has been working with schools and governments in the UK and around the...
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"You’re a teacher. You know how to help people learn hard stuff. Do that." Professor Rob Coe Teaching can be, without a doubt, a complicated...
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We all know that academic progress is an individual thing. Making progress relies on a whole range of influencing factors and students make progress...
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The summer holidays are finally here and offer a long awaited break after SATs, GCSEs and A-levels. There has been a raft of changes which have hit...
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To test, or not to test? That is the question which provokes one of the most keenly fought debates in education policy, and which can lead to soul...
