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

Effective teaching (3)

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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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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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Five basics of baseline assessment

Assessment is the bridge between teaching and learning. When done well, assessment can drive improvement, shape behaviours and maximise student...

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Teachers’ tips

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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4 Signs of an effective Early Years Classroom

"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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ABC’s of CEM

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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Baseline Assessment Blog

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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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