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Read the latest articles on education and assessment written by teachers, school leaders and assessment experts.

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Data matters

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 better teaching and learning through practices such as tracking pupil progress, setting targets,...

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Evidence-Based Practice: What it is and what it isn’t

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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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 with schools and governments in the UK and around the...

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Translating Evidence into Improvement: why is it so hard?

In February Schools NorthEast held their Evidence-based Excellence event, bringing together school leaders, practitioners and experts from across the...

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Children raising their hands in the classroom

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Sense and Accountability

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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Assessment and accountability

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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Navigating Evidence

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

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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Pupils taught well in Reception do better in their GCSEs

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Pupils taught well in Reception Class do better in their GCSEs

By Professor Christine Merrell Cambridge Insight was formerly known as the Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring (CEM). Research from academics at CEM...

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How can evidence help schools spend money wisely?

By Kate Bailey, Managing Director, Cambridge Insight The Queen’s speech after this year’s general election pledged to deliver fairer funding for...

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