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How schools can engage with research and evidence
It makes sense that the most effective teaching methods are used in classrooms, and that the most effective leadership and governance practices are...
Evidence-informed practice (2)
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Evidence-based education: expectations, barriers and pitfalls
By Dr Deborah M. Netolicky Teachers, school leaders, schools, and education systems around the world are increasingly expected to use data to inform...
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Evidence-Based Practice: What it is and what it isn’t
Introduced by Professor Rob Coe We are delighted to host this piece by Gary Jones, in which he draws out the parallels between guidance on the...
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Translating Evidence into Improvement: why is it so hard?
In February Schools NorthEast held their Evidence-based Excellence event, bringing together school leaders, practitioners and experts from across the...
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Navigating Evidence
In recent months there has been a real surge of interest in the ways that evidence and research can be used to help support and improve teaching and...
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Classroom observation: it’s harder than you think
by Professor Robert Coe We’ve all done it: observed another teacher’s lesson and made a judgement about how effective the teaching was. Instinctively...
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Baseline assessment, to test, or not to test, that is the question…
To test, or not to test? That is the question which provokes one of the most keenly fought debates in education policy, and which can lead to soul...