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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 reception, teachers are exposed to the unknown. Each child will have a different yearning for the start 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...
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This summer – this whole year – has been unprecedented in many ways. For those working in education and assessment, the challenges have been...
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The short answer: it all depends on how you use the data. Teachers are not fortune tellers or magicians despite the wonders they can often work....
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By Andrew Lyth, Statistician, Cambridge Insight "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." - Nils Bohr At Cambridge...
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The COVID-19 crisis has caused widespread school closures in 188 countries and 1.7 billion children, young people and their families have been...
