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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 world, helping them to use assessment data for pupil and school improvement.
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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...
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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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A new report, Testing the Water: How assessment can underpin, not undermine, great teaching, published today by LKMCO and Pearson, calls for more...
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To a busy teacher, producing good assessments can be a time consuming and daunting prospect. When it is done well, an assessment can provide you with...
