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Assessment is the bridge between teaching and learning. When done well, assessment can drive improvement, shape behaviours and maximise student learning. Good assessment means good responsive teaching, and we should use assessments that meet where...
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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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"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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It’s been a crazy year, full of changes and challenges. Students and teachers have been in and out of school, adapting teaching, learning and...
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"Effective early years is the game changer." – Lydia Cuddy Gibbs, Head of Early Years, Ark Why the Reception year is so unique On day one of...
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On 9th January Professor Christine Merrell, my dear friend and irreplaceable colleague of 25 years, died peacefully after a short illness.
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We are starting the year off by going back to basics and looking at what our assessments are all about. When we were pulling this together we...
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There is no research that can show us what the educational impact of COVID-19 school closures might be. Never in our lifetimes have so many schools...
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More than 90% of the world’s schools have been affected by the pandemic this year. That’s hundreds of millions of students faced with school...
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I left teaching because there were ten-year-old children in tears over the SATs in my class. There were several other reasons why I walked away, but...
