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Assessment & Teacher Wellbeing
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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How baseline assessments can support you when schools return
The COVID-19 crisis has caused widespread school closures in 188 countries and 1.7 billion children, young people and their families have been...
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Beginning a journey
As the new school year draws near, many teachers will be planning the ‘educational journey’ for their new students, and knowing precisely where all...
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How does assessment data impact student learning?
Data has always played a critical role in making good decisions in commerce and in the health sector, but education has lagged behind a bit.
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5 reasons to use adaptive tests
Assessment in education has always been an important issue, and each school has its own approach. Schools can find it challenging to embed a...
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5 Steps to make assessment work for you
"To be able to evaluate impact, we need to know where we are starting from. For this we need baseline data. From this starting point, we can evaluate...
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Why assessment may tell you less than you think – Part 2
By Rob Coe In part 1 of this blog post, I posed five questions about these uses of assessments. I’m going to take these questions in reverse order.
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Why assessment may tell you less than you think – Part 1
By Rob Coe I was inspired to write this blog by reading Harry Fletcher-Wood's book ‘Responsive Teaching’. I really enjoyed the book and would...
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Guess the Misconception
When I am lucky enough to talk to a group of maths teachers, whether it is in my school or one I am visiting, I often like to play the game, Guess...
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Finding the ‘Sweet Spot’ of Teaching, Learning and Assessment
By Mark Frazer, Teaching and Learning Lead, Cambridge Insight In my previous blog post, I considered some of the findings from the 2015 PISA study....