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

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Adapting formative assessment to support second-language learners

By David Richards, Senior Leader, Vinschool Central Park, Vietnam In international schools, teachers and educators face an additional challenge when preparing students for high-stake examinations. The majority of students are second-language...

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Assessment in English

By Zoe Enser Assessment is one of the most important things we do in the classroom. It is part of the ongoing dialogue between teacher and learner...

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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 (CEM, now Cambridge Insight), the team that...

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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...

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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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