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

Barriers to making data-based decisions in education

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Barriers to making data-based decisions in education

By Suzanne Crocker, Product Manager, Cambridge International As human beings we make thousands of decisions everyday based on the information (or data) entering via our senses into our brains. Yet, as educators our blood might run cold when asked to...

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­­­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 and prepare for that it can feel overwhelming....

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Data Quality at CEM

Each year CEM processes the results for hundreds of thousands of students participating in our assessments. The results from those assessments are...

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A broader perspective on data

By Jonathan Allday, Independent Consultant Schools are complicated, multi-faceted and evolving institutions. However, they are frequently modelled as...

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Establishing a Healthy Data Culture

By Sarah Turner, Education Manager, Cambridge Assessment Anyone that has worked in a school will understand the pressure of being wholly responsible...

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Get Creative with online teaching and assessments

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Get Creative with Online Teaching and Assessments

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

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Using formative assessment to support student resilience

By Natasha Arain, Assessment Lead, and Mark Frazer, Teaching and Learning Lead Resilience (or the ability to ‘bounce back’) is a valuable trait that...

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Five basics of baseline assessment

Assessment is the bridge between teaching and learning. When done well, assessment can drive improvement, shape behaviours and maximise student...

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How well do we understand wellbeing?

Research in an extraordinary educational era 2020/21 has been a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on all of...

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Next Steps in assessment, child climbs steps made of books

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Next steps in assessment

"It is critical to conduct learning assessments to evaluate their effectiveness, improve their implementation and to pave the way for hybrid...

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