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By Dr Deborah M. Netolicky 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...
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There is broad agreement in research that effective use of data is vital to school improvement. We know that the effective use of data can promote...
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Introduced by Professor Rob Coe We are delighted to host this piece by Gary Jones, in which he draws out the parallels between guidance on the...
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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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In February Schools NorthEast held their Evidence-based Excellence event, bringing together school leaders, practitioners and experts from across the...
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The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has published a report today calling for reforms to the system for judging England’s primary...
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How many webpages, teacher forums and parent chat rooms abound with acerbic, defensive and downright despondent comments on the system of...
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In recent months there has been a real surge of interest in the ways that evidence and research can be used to help support and improve teaching and...
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Since the early 1990s, Cambridge Insight (formerly CEM) has offered a baseline assessment for primary schools. We know it is vital that teachers have...
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By Professor Christine Merrell Cambridge Insight was formerly known as the Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring (CEM). Research from academics at CEM...
