on September 30, 2015
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) – London is an educational success story, with especially good schooling results for more disadvantaged pupils. This is a dramatic reversal of fortunes. This paper uses a combination of administrative and survey data to document these improvements and understand more about why the performance of disadvantaged pupils in London […]
Posted in Assessment Matters, Performance Data |
on September 30, 2015
TES News – Almost half of primary headteachers are worried about the marking of this summer’s key stage 2 national tests, research shared exclusively with TES reveals.
Posted in News, Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on September 29, 2015
GOV.UK – Key Stage 1 statutory guidance for headteachers and local authority assessment co-ordinators assessing and reporting the national curriculum for 2015 to 2016.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on September 29, 2015
GOV.UK – Statutory guidance for headteachers and local authority assessment co-ordinators assessing and reporting the early years foundation stage (EYFS) during the 2015 to 2016 academic year.
Posted in Early Years, Statutory Assessment |
on September 29, 2015
STA – Statutory assessment update sent to schools 29 September 2015.
Posted in Primary, Statutory Assessment |
on September 26, 2015 | updated October 2, 2015
Education Week – For many years, I secretly worked on my research. I say “secretly” because, once upon a time, researchers simply published their research in professional journals—and there it stayed. However, my colleagues and I learned things we thought people needed to know. We found that students’ mindsets—how they perceive their abilities—played a key role […]
Posted in Growth Mindset |
on September 26, 2015
TES News – The Scottish government’s decision to withdraw from a major international maths and science survey may have been a serious error that paved the way for ineffectual teaching techniques to become commonplace, research has found.
Posted in Assessment Matters, International Comparisons |
on September 26, 2015
TES News – The head of Ofsted Sir Michael Wilshaw has challenged a key government policy that will force all secondary students to sit GCSEs in the core academic subjects that make up the English Baccalaureate.
Posted in Examinations Reform, News, Secondary |
on September 26, 2015
TES News – British pupils could have their GCSE papers marked in countries including Spain and South Africa by overseas teachers who may not have previous experience of the syllabus. The plan is being considered by OCR, one of England’s three main school exam boards, to tackle a shortage of examiners, TES can reveal.
Posted in Examinations and Qualifications, News, Secondary |
on September 24, 2015
GOV.UK – Provisional information on the 2015 phonics screening check and assessments at key stage 1, including breakdowns by pupil characteristics. GOV.UK – Focus on phonics vindicated by results.
Posted in National Data, Performance Data, Primary |
on September 20, 2015
YouTube – Sean Harford talks about what inspectors will look at when considering a school’s assessment system.
Posted in Assessment Matters, Inspection guidance |
on September 20, 2015
The Telegraph – Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, warns of serious concerns about whether the exam system is robust.
Posted in Examinations and Qualifications, Secondary |
on September 20, 2015
The Telegraph – Markers are more generous when they re-mark A-level and GCSE papers right after the summer results because they “feel really bad” about penalising pupils, the chair of the exams regulator has said.
Posted in Examinations and Qualifications, Secondary |
on September 20, 2015
TES News – England’s biggest exam board has signed a deal with a major Chinese education group, which will see it help schools in Beijing and Shanghai to assess maths and science. The AQA board is set to share best practice in assessing maths and science, in a way that “encourages teaching of critical thinking, problem […]
Posted in Assessment Matters |
on September 20, 2015
TES News – Giving children tests on their times tables is creating “huge damage”, a leading educationalist said today.
Posted in Assessment Matters |
