Quality check: are your assessments giving you the best data?
Schools need to be able to trust that the assessment data they have is reliable and robust. But how...
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Assessment Data
Striking a balance between student potential and teacher expectations
As a classroom teacher I had many conversations about flight paths and the validity of GCSE target...
Assessment for growth: Turning data into action in multi-academy trusts
With government expectations that every school will join a multi-academy trust (MAT) by 2030, how...
What is the relationship between CEM assessments and IGCSE grades?
By Dr Matthew Carroll, Research Division, Cambridge University Press & Assessment
When we produce...
4 steps to data-based decision making for school improvement
Sue Holt has extensive experience in international education, holding various posts over 30 years...
Turning insight into action
A conversation with Jonathan Allday
Jonathan Allday has worked as a teacher, head of department,...
Turning data into insight
By Tony Emmerson, Senior Deputy Head, The English College in Prague
That the use of data in schools...
Predictions, aspirations, expectations and outcomes
Have schools got the ‘perfect’ system where every student achieves the grade they want? Unlikely....
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...