Five basics of baseline assessment
Assessment is the bridge between teaching and learning. When done well, assessment can drive...
How well do we understand wellbeing?
Research in an extraordinary educational era
2020/21 has been a year like no other. The COVID-19...
Next steps in assessment
"It is critical to conduct learning assessments to evaluate their effectiveness, improve their...
Teachers’ tips
It’s been a crazy year, full of changes and challenges. Students and teachers have been in and out...
4 Signs of an effective Early Years Classroom
"Effective early years is the game changer."
– Lydia Cuddy Gibbs, Head of Early Years, Ark
Professor Christine Merrell
On 9th January Professor Christine Merrell, my dear friend and irreplaceable colleague of 25 years,...
ABC’s of CEM
We are starting the year off by going back to basics and looking at what our assessments are all...
COVID-19 and learning loss
There is no research that can show us what the educational impact of COVID-19 school closures might...
4 ways assessment data can support remote learning
More than 90% of the world’s schools have been affected by the pandemic this year. That’s hundreds...
Assessment & Wellbeing
I left teaching because there were ten-year-old children in tears over the SATs in my class.
There...