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

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Data-driven, teacher-led: how teaching and learning guidance can empower primary teachers to unlock potential

Think back to the moment you woke up this morning. Before you even got out of bed, you likely encountered some data—maybe your sleep app stats,...

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Still too much testing in schools?

It’s a common complaint from students, teachers, the press, and even the odd politician: there’s just too much testing in schools. Following the...

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Understanding low vocabulary scores - Quick Guide for Teachers

Vocabulary is an integral part of learning. So understanding why a child might be scoring low in the vocabulary section of a baseline assessment...

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Why do baseline tests assess vocabulary? - Quick Guide for Teachers

Vocabulary is important in every aspect of the curriculum. It gives students foundational knowledge that they can use to build their learning on – so...

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How do baseline tests assess vocabulary? - Quick Guide for Teachers

Vocabulary is one of the key building blocks for helping students communicate effectively, but it’s also essential to school performance more widely....

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What affects educational achievement? - Quick Guide for Teachers

The Quick Guides for Teachers collection have been curated by the research and development team at Cambridge Insight to share insight on how baseline...

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Quick Guide for Teachers: An introduction to baseline tests

Understanding student potential and then providing the opportunities for them to fulfil that potential and succeed is the goal of every teacher in...

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5 top tips for NQTs to crack assessment

Your first year of teaching presents you with a wealth of challenges. How do you manage behaviour? How do you cope with the workload? How can you do...

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Confused young girl scratching head

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Evidence-Based Education: Who should be doing what?

Being a teacher is hard enough, without spending unnecessary amounts of time on practices that just don’t make any real kind of an impact. It’s not...

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Assessment and accountability

How many webpages, teacher forums and parent chat rooms abound with acerbic, defensive and downright despondent comments on the system of...

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