Cambridge CEM

Changes in Education Throughout the Years

At the end of December, Professor Peter Tymms retired from his role as a Director of CEM.

In...

Celebrating World Teachers Day

‘Teaching is far and away the most important of all professions. Teachers make more difference...

Signs of progress: what can we learn from results?

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no...

Spotlight on Research – getting to grips with what’s available

“We need to make sure that research findings get into the hands of teachers in ways that are most...

Assessment without Levels: Using CEM data

Has the removal of national curriculum levels in England created a broader interest in...

Reporting the evidence: what research can tell us about how assessment data is used

Katharine Bailey is Director of Policy here at CEM, and for many years she has been working...

Sense and Accountability

The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has published a report today calling for...

Assessment and accountability

How many webpages, teacher forums and parent chat rooms abound with acerbic, defensive and...

Navigating Evidence

In recent months there has been a real surge of interest in the ways that evidence and research can...

Let’s give teachers the information they need to improve children’s academic outcomes

Since the early 1990s CEM has offered a baseline assessment for primary schools.

We know it is...