Cambridge CEM Blog

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

What makes a good early years assessment?

By Dr Pat Preedy

In the 1990s, I was invited to be part of the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring...

Barriers to making data-based decisions in education

By Suzanne Crocker, Product Manager, Cambridge International

As human beings we make thousands of...

­­­Guide to assessment in the first term

The beginning of a school year is always the busiest. There’s so much to consider and do and plan...

Data Quality at CEM

Each year CEM processes the results for hundreds of thousands of students participating in our...

A broader perspective on data

By Jonathan Allday, Independent Consultant

Schools are complicated, multi-faceted and evolving...

Establishing a Healthy Data Culture

By Sarah Turner, Education Manager, Cambridge Assessment

Anyone that has worked in a school will...

Get Creative with Online Teaching and Assessments

By Mary George, IGCSE and IB Educator, Consultant in International Education

Using formative assessment to support student resilience

By Natasha Arain, CEM Assessment Lead, Cambridge Assessment, and Mark Frazer, Teaching and Learning...

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...