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Effective assessment and feedback strategies using educational technology
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Jun 21, 2021
Integrating evidence into mathematics teaching - addressing assessment
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Mar 1, 2021
7 questions colleges have for Ofqual
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Apr 22, 2020
Teaching intelligence: improving students’ assessment literacy
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Feb 27, 2020
Five efficient marking and assessment strategies
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Aug 19, 2019
Pedagogy focus: Assessment
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Aug 19, 2019
Tes FE Podcast: How should college groups be assessed?
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Jul 26, 2019
Teachers assess more generously than Sats at KS1
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Jul 9, 2019
Sats results 2019: How did you do?
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Jul 9, 2019
Statistics: key stage 2
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Jul 9, 2019
Scaled scores for 2019 key stage 2 SATs announced
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Jul 9, 2019
Government needs to listen on Sats
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Jul 9, 2019
Was the Sats reading paper fair for children with Send?
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Jul 9, 2019
Primary teachers support NEU’s campaign for an alternative to SATs
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Jul 9, 2019
Teachers back campaign to scrap Sats exams in primary schools, union ballot suggests
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Jul 9, 2019
97% of primary teachers support campaign to scrap SATs – NEU poll
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Jul 9, 2019
Let’s ensure students get the best value from assessment
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Jun 17, 2019
Let’s value excellent assessment too!
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Jun 16, 2019
Does university assessment still pass muster?
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May 23, 2019
Accountability and assessment
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Apr 17, 2019
An historic week for primary education
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Apr 16, 2019
How to improve your assessment of apprentices
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Apr 16, 2019
How do we know pupils are making progress? Part 3: Assessment
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Mar 26, 2019
Scotland: Proven cases of qualifications 'malpractice' soar
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Mar 12, 2019
Storytelling for assessment
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Feb 28, 2019
Approaches to assessment without levels in schools
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Dec 13, 2018
Secondaries asking for pupil data every two weeks
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Dec 13, 2018
Scrapping ‘levels’ led to confusion between schools, warns new research
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Dec 13, 2018
'Ofsted is the biggest bully in our playgrounds'
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Dec 13, 2018
End of national curriculum levels has 'undermined' teacher confidence
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Dec 13, 2018
UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment (UKSCQA) Report and Consultation
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Nov 29, 2018
Ofqual looking at alternatives to exam marking
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Nov 27, 2018
Dear Damian Hinds, please stop wrecking poetry for children | Michael Rosen
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Nov 27, 2018
Why assessment may tell you less than you think (part 2)
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Nov 24, 2018
Multiplication tables check: assessment framework and development update
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Nov 13, 2018
Testing times: how can we build a system that will assess what we value?
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Nov 13, 2018
Future assessment of GCSE computer science
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Nov 5, 2018
Ofqual: ‘Not possible’ to use non-exam assessment in computer science
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Nov 5, 2018
Assessment only route to QTS: criteria and supporting advice
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Oct 12, 2018
NFER Classroom launches free ‘Assessment Hub’ resource for teachers
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Oct 1, 2018
DfE phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessment provisional figures
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Sep 27, 2018
Teaching ideas to bin: Work scrutinies
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Sep 22, 2018
Maximum expectations against limited support - How can FE teachers and assessors become more digitally capable?
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Sep 10, 2018
OfS seeks higher education providers to pilot TEF at subject level for the second year
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Sep 3, 2018
Teachers and parents sound off to Swinney on education policy
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Aug 17, 2018
Secondary academies testing primary pupils on summer visiting days
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Jul 17, 2018
Tracking pupil strengths in real time 'boosts progress'
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Jul 13, 2018
Government´s exams `fetish´ is ruining children´s lives - Philip Pullman
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Jul 6, 2018
How can we measure and report progress meaningfully?
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Jun 18, 2018
Rethinking standardised test scores
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Jun 18, 2018
To tackle student cheating, we need to reimagine university assessment | Jon Scott
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Jun 13, 2018
Key issues in learning, teaching and assessment in an internationalising higher education
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Jun 11, 2018
How does question difficulty order affect evaluations of test performance? (part 2)
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May 27, 2018
DfE to scrap attainment targets for SEND pupils
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May 25, 2018
'Sats are forcing schools to behave immorally'
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May 20, 2018
Assessment without Levels: Using CEM data
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May 17, 2018
Call for evidence on assessment of qualifications in centres
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May 16, 2018
Ofqual announces its decision on teacher involvement in the development of confidential assessment materials
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May 14, 2018
Kirsty Gunn: Education is about more than cramming for exams
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May 14, 2018
Latest information and updates from the Standards and Testing Agency (STA)
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May 11, 2018
NEU comment on Ofqual: teacher involvement in content of exam papers
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May 11, 2018
Manifesto idea #1: Professor Tim Quine
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May 11, 2018
Call for evidence on assessment of qualifications in centres
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May 10, 2018
Need to know: Key stage 1 Sats
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Apr 30, 2018
Ofsted’s new provider monitoring and subcontracting visits explained
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Apr 30, 2018
Exam period under way for thousands of young Scots
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Apr 30, 2018
GCSE computer science assessment arrangements
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Apr 20, 2018
Computer science GCSE to be exam-only until 2020
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Apr 20, 2018
Scotland's poor education image blamed on 'wild misreading' of research
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Apr 13, 2018
Developing writing. Exploring the process from YR to Y6.
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Apr 8, 2018
Summer-born pupils disadvantaged by ‘unfair’ 11-plus test, adjudicator rules
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Apr 3, 2018
Tests and narrow curriculum behind 'explosion' in mental ill health, says union
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Mar 28, 2018
Rwanda: A Study on Teaching and Electronic Assessment Methodologies for the KFIT Project
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Mar 22, 2018
AAC2018: Some apprentices might not have an end-point assessor this year, IfA admits
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Mar 21, 2018
Ofqual launches a further consultation into the involvement of teachers in the development of confidential assessment materials
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Mar 20, 2018
Royal college director attacks 'steady decline' of music in state schools
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Mar 14, 2018
Reporting the evidence: what research can tells us about how assessment data is used
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Mar 13, 2018
Scrap GCSEs and prepare students for life after 16
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Mar 13, 2018
Teachers: don’t give up in March – you can make it over ‘the wall’!
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Mar 9, 2018
Heads call for ‘long-term plan for education’ to avoid ‘blizzard of change’
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Mar 9, 2018
CBI attacks government education reforms and ‘fixation’ on exams
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Mar 9, 2018
NASUWT comments on National 4 reforms
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Mar 8, 2018
Moderation of writing assessment: know what the moderators have been told
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Mar 6, 2018
Getting learners engaged with student-generated rubrics
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Mar 5, 2018
Hacking could cause you 'significant harm', Ofqual warns exam boards
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Mar 2, 2018
OCR fined £125k after GCSE exam answers found in textbooks
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Mar 2, 2018
Ofqual to fine OCR over textbooks that gave answers to GCSE computing controlled assessments
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Mar 2, 2018
'Why is the law forcing us to label 11-year-olds as failures?'
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Mar 2, 2018
Launch of new practitioner-led investigation into the teaching, learning and assessment of apprenticeship standards
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Mar 1, 2018
Thousands of Scottish pupils still sitting tests reserved for 'exceptional circumstances'
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Feb 22, 2018
Analysis: Teachers defy guidance in pursuit of National 4 safety net for pupils
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Feb 22, 2018
Sats: New 'flexible' writing assessments to stay – despite teachers' concerns
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Feb 20, 2018
National tests and focus on disadvantaged 'could be bad for special needs pupils'
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Feb 14, 2018
Fears that linear exams would see pupils pushed into 'safe option' unfounded
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Feb 13, 2018
We know Amy is struggling. The question is what we do about it.
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Feb 13, 2018
How should we use technology in assessment and qualifications?
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Feb 9, 2018
NAHT in the news – January 2018
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Feb 7, 2018
Sats: Most teachers say writing assessment will not produce accurate results
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Feb 5, 2018
Designation of a body to perform the assessment functions for higher education in England
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Jan 30, 2018
Geldof condemns England's opt-out from Pisa global understanding tests
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Jan 29, 2018
US and England opt out of fake news test designed to assess how well children spot fake news
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Jan 26, 2018
New research questions results from the PISA 2015 study
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Jan 26, 2018
Assessment of writing: schools can now access moderator training materials
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Jan 24, 2018
Extension to the initial teacher education, and assessment and quality assurance qualifications
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Jan 23, 2018
15 key lessons learned in the EEF’s first six years
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Jan 23, 2018
11-plus test provider goes to tribunal over secret scoring methods
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Jan 23, 2018
Assessment too often fails to prioritise learning – let's change that
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Jan 23, 2018
Extension to the initial teacher education, and assessment and quality assurance qualifications
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Jan 18, 2018
New year, new opportunities?
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Jan 17, 2018
Why 2018 should be the year of inclusivity for further education
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Jan 17, 2018
Ofsted's call for more teaching in reception year prompts backlash
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Jan 16, 2018
Proposed tests for reception children ‘verging on the immoral’
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Jan 16, 2018
Ofsted’s Bold Beginnings report on reception class curriculum is flawed
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Jan 16, 2018
The SpringBoard Bursary Foundation impact assessment: year 4
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Jan 12, 2018
The long-term impact of effective teaching
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Jan 12, 2018
Policy Eye - Highlights of the week ending 12th January 2018
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Jan 12, 2018
End-Point Assessment or End-Point Achievement?
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Jan 12, 2018
How to encourage a love for learning
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Jan 10, 2018
Bingley Grammar School charges pupils £5 a week to take their music GCSE
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Jan 9, 2018
Scotland: Tories urge relaunch of curriculum
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Jan 9, 2018
Revised arrangements for GCSE computer science
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Jan 8, 2018
Ofqual announce their decision on GCSE computer science assessments
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Jan 8, 2018
GCSE computer science pupils will get no coursework marks
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Jan 8, 2018
Computer Science GCSE students will receive no marks for coursework amid widespread cheating fears
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Jan 8, 2018
Botched computing test won’t count towards final GCSE grades, Ofqual confirms
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Jan 8, 2018
GCSE computer science pupils to receive no marks for coursework, Ofqual confirms
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Jan 8, 2018
“Global competence” to be tested by OECD
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Jan 5, 2018
Six principled practices for intelligent schools
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Dec 31, 2017
Comment on EPI report on access to ‘high performing’ schools
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Dec 21, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 15 December 2017
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Dec 15, 2017
Daily roundup 15 December: Erasmus, harassment advice and childcare funding
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Dec 15, 2017
Analysis: KS2 assessment results in England, 2017 (revised data)
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Dec 14, 2017
Primary school performance tables: 2017
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Dec 14, 2017
Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2017
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Dec 14, 2017
National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2016 (revised)
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Dec 14, 2017
National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2017 (revised)
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Dec 14, 2017
Primary league tables: Special-needs pupils struggle with new tests
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Dec 14, 2017
Number of GCSE and A-level grades changed on review rises by 40%
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Dec 14, 2017
Daily roundup 13 December: Child protection, global competence and city design
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Dec 13, 2017
Comment: EPI on Primary Education
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Dec 13, 2017
Test reliability, and why it matters for primary school performance tables
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Dec 13, 2017
English education: world class in primary?
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Dec 13, 2017
The four pillars of great assessment: value
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Dec 11, 2017
Teachers must abandon rote learning, says top neuropsychologist
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Dec 11, 2017
GCSE and A-level remarks: What you need to know
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Dec 11, 2017
End looms for handwritten exams in Scottish schools
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Dec 8, 2017
Times-tables tests 'will cause anxiety and waste money', says former chief maths adviser
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Dec 8, 2017
Handwritten school exams to be 'phased out' in next ten years
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Dec 8, 2017
EEF seeks schools for rapid marking and handwriting trials
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Dec 8, 2017
Trial of new assessment method for GCSE resit students announced
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Dec 8, 2017
New qualifications are ‘open to gaming’
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Dec 8, 2017
Register of end-point assessment organisations: how to apply
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Dec 6, 2017
Memorisation and learning - Paul A Kirschner at SSATs conference
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Dec 6, 2017
Requests for special consideration in GCSE and A levels rise by 19%
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Dec 6, 2017
Exam special consideration requests up 19%
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Dec 6, 2017
An exploration of learning gain at UEA
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Dec 5, 2017
At a glance: How Pirls ranks 10-year-olds around the world in reading
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Dec 5, 2017
How similar are the PISA and TIMSS studies?
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Dec 4, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 1 December 2017
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Dec 1, 2017
What does the TIMSS 2015 international encyclopedia tell us about how our curriculum and assessment compare with other countries'?
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Dec 1, 2017
Apprenticeship standards left in limbo by IfA red tape
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Dec 1, 2017
Children as young as two are branded 'low ability' at nurseries
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Dec 1, 2017
Children as young as 3 grouped by 'ability' to prepare for Sats
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Dec 1, 2017
Nick Gibb: 'Teachers will lead the move back to textbooks'
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Nov 30, 2017
Comment on Ofsted report on reception education
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Nov 30, 2017
Comment on Primary Assessment
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Nov 30, 2017
Teachers ‘should have to pass assessment test’ to qualify
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Nov 30, 2017
Cumulative compensatory assessment in engineering education
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Nov 29, 2017
Early Excellence pulls out of bid for 'unworkable' Reception baseline test
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Nov 29, 2017
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Nov 29, 2017
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Nov 28, 2017
Assessment: The 'worrying' rise in exam malpractice – and four other trends discussed by experts today
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Nov 28, 2017
Tough new intervention trigger for FE Commissioner
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Nov 28, 2017
Head teacher accused of changing pupils' test scores to appear better than they were
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Nov 28, 2017
Coursework for computer science GCSE set to be dropped amid fears of widespread cheating
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Nov 27, 2017
Ofqual considers changes to computer science GCSE after ‘widespread’ rule breaches
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Nov 27, 2017
ASCL comment on GCSE computer science
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Nov 27, 2017
NASUWT comments on Ofqual proposals on computer science
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Nov 27, 2017
Ofqual announce NEA consultation
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Nov 27, 2017
Consultation on revised arrangements for GCSE computer science
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Nov 27, 2017
Computer science GCSE in disarray after tasks leaked online
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Nov 27, 2017
Ofqual says marks for computing coursework should end after widespread malpractice in GCSE
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Nov 27, 2017
New Scottish standardised tests ‘cannot give a valid national picture’
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Nov 24, 2017
New digital English test from Cambridge
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Nov 23, 2017
The four pillars of great assessment: Value
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Nov 20, 2017
The Tes podcast: Academy leaders earning more than the PM, the truth about free schools, and testing four-year-olds
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Nov 17, 2017
England’s school accountability system is damaging children’s education
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Nov 16, 2017
Pupils being harmed by schools 'gaming' the system to climb league tables
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Nov 16, 2017
School removes board displaying pupils' GCSE progress scores with emojis
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Nov 13, 2017
Unionlearn SkillCheck is go!
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Nov 13, 2017
Assessment: Reducing children to numbers
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Nov 13, 2017
Assessment and feedback: getting the balance right
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Oct 25, 2017
Review of new qualifications must be 'accelerated'
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Oct 20, 2017
More children hit government's benchmark at end of Reception
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Oct 19, 2017
Schools must restart 20-hour computer science test amid security concerns
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Oct 19, 2017
Designation of a body to perform the assessment functions for higher education in England
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Oct 19, 2017
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Oct 19, 2017
Christian A-level equivalent exams 'don't equip pupils to survive on earth'
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Oct 18, 2017
EYFS, KS1 and KS2 assessment and reporting arrangements for 2017/2018
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Oct 17, 2017
The four pillars of great assessment: validity
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Oct 11, 2017
Alternative providers: debunking the myths
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Oct 11, 2017
Ofsted publishes curriculum review preliminary findings
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Oct 11, 2017
Multiple-choice testing: are the best practices for assessment also good for learning?
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Oct 10, 2017
Swinney admits he added to teachers' workload woes
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Sep 20, 2017
National Reference Test 2018
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Sep 18, 2017
Policy Eye - highlights of week ending Friday 15 September 2017
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Sep 15, 2017
EPI report: access and waiting times in children and young people’s mental health services
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Sep 15, 2017
Conditions for organisations on the register of end-point assessment organisations
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Sep 15, 2017
‘Collusion’ banned in tough new EPA guidance
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Sep 15, 2017
P-levels will be scrapped as government accepts Rochford Review
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Sep 14, 2017
Greening confirms times-tables check for year 4 pupils
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Sep 14, 2017
U-turn over exam paper access for teachers
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Sep 13, 2017
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Sep 12, 2017
Recruitment and retention of EPA assessors continues to challenge the FE sector
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Sep 8, 2017
Scotland: Teachers under pressure to enter students into qualifications that don't suit them
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Sep 7, 2017
European students will have to prove they speak English
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Sep 7, 2017
Ofqual lists current external quality assurance of end-point assessments
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Sep 6, 2017
A journey through the looking glass
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Sep 5, 2017
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Sep 4, 2017
Are girls under-represented in the boardroom for precisely the same reasons that they perform so well at school?
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Sep 2, 2017
More than 20k pupils leave school sixth-forms before end of A-level courses
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Sep 1, 2017
Head who falsified Sats results is struck off
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Sep 1, 2017
What’s happening to reading under the new Key Stage 2 curriculum and assessment regime?
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Aug 31, 2017
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Aug 31, 2017
Sats results: KS2 writing assessments 'more consistent than last year'
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Aug 31, 2017
The four key trends in the 2017 KS2 primary test results
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Aug 31, 2017
Year 7 pupils make more progress in maths than English
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Aug 29, 2017
Our education system may be far from perfect, but criticism should at least be based on solid research...
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Aug 28, 2017
Performance management in schools
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Aug 25, 2017
Wales could ban teenagers from taking GCSEs early after grades slump
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Aug 24, 2017
New GCSE maths paper requires just 15 per cent for a pass
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Aug 24, 2017
Could you pass maths GCSE?
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Aug 24, 2017
Should exams become obsolete?
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Aug 23, 2017
Assessors face unique challenges adjusting to the new EPA rules
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Aug 22, 2017
Confused about new GCSE grades? You've 'not thought about it hard enough', says Ofqual board member
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Aug 21, 2017
Less than a fifth of parents think new GCSE grading system is a 'good idea'
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Aug 18, 2017
Michael Gove’s reforms appear to be working
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Aug 18, 2017
Let’s keep A levels but scrap outdated GCSEs
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Aug 18, 2017
What is new about this year's A-levels?
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Aug 17, 2017
A-levels: Private schools outperform similar state schools on pupil progress
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Aug 14, 2017
Looking back on A-level results day
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Aug 13, 2017
It’s no longer good enough to do what’s right in your school: you must signpost it, so Ofsted can see
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Aug 13, 2017
The new GCSE grades just signal more overly-politicised and largely pointless change
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Aug 12, 2017
A-level results day 2017: Boys could rival girls for top grades
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Aug 12, 2017
Top comprehensives 'outperform' leading independents on A-level pupil progress
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Aug 11, 2017
USA: University of Georgia drops plan to allow students to mark their own exams
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Aug 10, 2017
IGCSE entries slump by two-thirds in UK
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Aug 10, 2017
USA: Professor says students should choose own grades to help reduce stress
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Aug 9, 2017
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Aug 8, 2017
Scottish education shake-up will mean less time on exams
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Aug 8, 2017
DfE call for £600-a-day assessment consultants branded ‘recipe for failure’
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Aug 3, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships announces its External Quality Assurance delivery partner
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IfA appoints small exam board as apprenticeship ‘External Quality Assurance’ delivery partner
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Aug 2, 2017
Political pressure surrounding new pupil tests “risks” their successful roll-out
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Aug 1, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 28 July 2017
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Jul 28, 2017
Results day 2017: a step-by-step guide
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Jul 28, 2017
Campaign to inspire more young people into social care roles launched
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Jul 28, 2017
More than 2,000 exam papers checked for sensitive questions after the summer's tragic events
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Jul 28, 2017
SEND: Round up of recent policy and personnel developments
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Jul 27, 2017
Distinguishing between marking errors and differences of opinion
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Jul 27, 2017
Free school placed in special measures after failing to put any year 11 students forward For GCSE exams
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Jul 27, 2017
DfE leans on free school that entered no Year 11s for GCSEs
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Jul 27, 2017
Third of examiners did not receive training ahead of marking changes, Ofqual survey finds
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Jul 27, 2017
Pupil's GCSE result jumped six grades after a post-results review
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Jul 27, 2017
Free school fails to enter any year 11 pupils for GCSEs because they are 'not mature enough'
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Jul 27, 2017
School fails to enter any GCSE pupils into exams as they were 'neither academically ready nor sufficiently mature'
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Jul 27, 2017
Changing GCSE grading to numbers
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Jul 26, 2017
Government to spend half a million pounds explaining confusing GCSE exam reforms
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Jul 26, 2017
£380,000 of public money spent on explaining GCSE reforms – including numerical grades
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Jul 26, 2017
Scotland: Scottish pupils struggling on reading tests
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Jul 25, 2017
Where is education now? Hope vs despair
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Jul 24, 2017
NAHT secures agreement from DfE that 2017 writing data will not be used as the basis for intervention
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Jul 24, 2017
England lags behind Northern Ireland on pupil literacy improvement, study shows
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Jul 24, 2017
Top NFER research reports to read over the summer
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Jul 21, 2017
Universities Minister's speech – how can universities deliver value for money?
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Jul 20, 2017
Links found between university drop-out rates and student behavioural preferences
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Jul 20, 2017
Assessments key to good SEN support in schools, research finds
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Jul 20, 2017
Jo Johnson outlines plans for subject-level Teaching Excellence Framework and a crackdown on vice chancellor pay
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Jul 20, 2017
Sats: Prepare for 'secure-fit' writing assessments to be scrapped soon, heads told
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Jul 20, 2017
Sats: Writing assessment changes need time 'to bed in', says Greening
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Jul 20, 2017
NAHT secures agreement from DfE that 2017 writing data will not be used as the basis for intervention
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Jul 19, 2017
Progress 8 methodology to change next year after angry school leaders raise concerns about outliers
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Jul 19, 2017
EBacc has not caused drop in entries to GCSE arts subjects, DfE claims
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Jul 19, 2017
Justine Greening confirms 90 per cent EBacc target to be pushed back
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Jul 19, 2017
Five steps to (self-assessment) heaven
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Jul 19, 2017
NAHT advises members to anticipate changes to writing assessment in September 2017
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Jul 18, 2017
New project aims to raise learning outcomes in South Africa
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Jul 18, 2017
New GCSEs threaten children's chances of receiving 'broad and balanced' education, Ofsted warns
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Jul 17, 2017
The changing faces in UK higher education classrooms: challenging stereotypes and leading change
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Jul 17, 2017
Most teachers believe maths mastery improves pupils' engagement, poll shows
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Jul 17, 2017
Scholars want data from tests on five-year-olds
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Jul 17, 2017
Towards an assessment paradigm shift
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Jul 16, 2017
GCSE reforms risk losing 'real substance of education', Ofsted boss says
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Jul 16, 2017
PISA tests for 5-year-olds – organiser defends pilot amid pupil pressure fears
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Jul 14, 2017
Our children’s education has been wrecked by Sats. Time to say no more | Letters
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Jul 13, 2017
NAHT warns testing culture must change as students are marked down for the shape of semi-colons
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Jul 12, 2017
Pupils lose marks for unshapely semicolons
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Jul 12, 2017
Don’t judge schools by SATS data alone, says NAHT
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Jul 11, 2017
#Satsshambles: Heads demand publication of 'secret' marking guidance
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Jul 11, 2017
Three-quarters of parents have not heard of Progress 8, poll shows
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Jul 11, 2017
Teachers raise concerns over Sats marking
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Jul 11, 2017
More than third of schools enter less than 50 per cent of pupils for EBacc
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Jul 11, 2017
Primary school children lose marks in Sats tests for misshapen commas
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Jul 10, 2017
Mental health issues prompt growing student demand for extra time in exams
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Jul 10, 2017
#Satsshambles: Teachers angered by 'unprecedented' marking errors
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Jul 10, 2017
Less than a third of businesses understand next month's new numerical GCSE grades
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Jul 10, 2017
Quick-fix approach to SEND is poor strategy
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Jul 9, 2017
Sats: One in 10 teachers 'forced to cheat'
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Jul 7, 2017
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Jul 7, 2017
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Jul 7, 2017
Sats reform could threaten future of infant schools
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Jul 7, 2017
DfE confirms participation in ‘baby PISA’ pilot
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Jul 6, 2017
Majority of teachers think Sats are unfair, snap poll finds
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Jul 6, 2017
My child won't benefit from Sats exams – so we're boycotting them
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Jul 6, 2017
As new children's minister I want to empower social workers
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Jul 6, 2017
Markers unable to use exam board AQA's online system as GCSE deadlines loom
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Jul 5, 2017
Four in ten pupils fail to meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths tests at the end of primary school
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Jul 4, 2017
Statistics: key stage 2
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Jul 4, 2017
National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2017 (interim)
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Jul 4, 2017
Primary school tests show schools rising to the challenge
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Jul 4, 2017
KS2 scaled score conversion tables
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Jul 4, 2017
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Jul 4, 2017
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Jul 4, 2017
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Jul 4, 2017
SATs are not fit for purpose and are damaging for children’s education
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Jul 4, 2017
SATs tests reveal reading, writing and maths standard unmet by two in five primary pupils
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Jul 4, 2017
Primary tests: Two-fifths fail to meet standard
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Jul 4, 2017
Sats results show 39% of primary pupils failed to meet standard
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Jul 4, 2017
KS2 results confirm children are capable of rising to the challenge of tougher exams
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Jul 4, 2017
Sats: Today's results should be taken 'with a pinch of salt', heads warn
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Jul 4, 2017
Don’t judge schools by SATS data alone, says NAHT
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Jul 3, 2017
Sats: Anxious wait for test results in reading, writing and maths
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Jul 3, 2017
Chief executive of Cambridge Assessment group to step down
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Jul 3, 2017
Simon Lebus resigns as Cambridge Assessment chief executive
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Jul 3, 2017
UTCs want ‘best fit’ pupils
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Jul 1, 2017
Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations
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Jun 30, 2017
Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations
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Jun 30, 2017
Councils warned over dangers to pupils and teachers of over-testing
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Jun 30, 2017
‘Data monster’ warning over new standardised school testing plan
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Jun 30, 2017
Teachers warn Swinney against releasing test results ‘data monster’
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Jun 30, 2017
Don’t gloss over the gap for pupils in care, ministers in Scotland told
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Jun 30, 2017
Insights on equality and diversity for the next REF
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Jun 29, 2017
BERA response to the DfE consultation on primary assessment in England
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Jun 27, 2017
Peter Lauener discusses the quality focus of the Institute for Apprenticeships (video)
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Jun 27, 2017
A cautionary tale for employer providers
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Jun 27, 2017
Research round-up 23 June 2017
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Jun 27, 2017
Ofsted says non-stop testing is bad for kids. Too late, mate
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Jun 26, 2017
A-level exam 'leaks': Fury after maths and economics papers are 'disclosed' hours before tests
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Jun 26, 2017
Phonics test pass mark published today
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Jun 26, 2017
NUT survey: SATs having damaging consequences for both children and schools
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Jun 25, 2017
Here’s your school development plan – no, really, don’t thank me
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Jun 25, 2017
This much I know about...how curriculum, assessment and teaching & learning are so inextricably linked
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Jun 24, 2017
Fascinating Finn and a pedagogy of possibilities
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Jun 23, 2017
Fascinating Finn and a pedagogy of possibilities
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Jun 23, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 23 June 2017
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Jun 23, 2017
NAHT response to the consultation on the Rochford Review recommendations
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Jun 23, 2017
We can and must do better for our primary children – ATL responds to primary assessment consultations
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Jun 22, 2017
North-south divide in GCSE language entries
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Jun 16, 2017
Workload is "unacceptable", say 6 out of 10 primary teachers
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Jun 15, 2017
Schools told by Ofqual to expect 'more variability' in exam results this year
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Jun 15, 2017
Falls in language and science GCSEs: five key points from today's exam entry figures
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Jun 15, 2017
Exam board AQA apologises after error in A-level chemistry exam
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Jun 13, 2017
Phonics check risks distorting learning, says NAHT
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Jun 13, 2017
Anger as OCR exam board makes third mistake this summer – this time in biology A-level
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Jun 13, 2017
How to develop an apprenticeship standard: guide for trailblazers
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Jun 12, 2017
Kevin Stannard: I worry about political interference in the grade boundaries of the new GCSEs
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Jun 10, 2017
Teachers threaten boycott over controversial testing plan
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Jun 9, 2017
Changes to apprenticeship assessment: life beyond the Regulated Qualifications Framework…
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Jun 7, 2017
Sats tests: why cheating and cramming mean the numbers don’t add up
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Jun 6, 2017
‘I’m teaching – and I’m cheating’: confessions of a primary Sats teacher
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Jun 6, 2017
Voting for education
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Jun 1, 2017
Advice for student architects: how to survive the crit
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Jun 1, 2017
Things are changing for assessors
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Jun 1, 2017
Research round-up 29 May 2017
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May 31, 2017
Politician takes grammar test to highlight Sats stress
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May 31, 2017
Theresa May is channelling Basil Fawlty with her education policy | Lola Okolosie
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May 30, 2017
Tendering for external quality assurance finally launched
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May 26, 2017
From standing in the classroom to standing for election: Steph Peacock
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May 26, 2017
Technical and creative subjects suffering in majority of schools
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May 24, 2017
Half day briefings: Update your knowledge on assessment and school funding
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May 23, 2017
This year's Sats paper 'more readable'
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May 23, 2017
Dear Justine Greening, how are you going to clean up Michael Gove’s little messes? | Michael Rosen
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May 23, 2017
Schools spend thousands of pounds on ‘question banks’ to improve GCSEs and SATs scores
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May 23, 2017
Pupils angered by error in new AQA English literature GCSE
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May 22, 2017
Eight in 10 heads say EBacc is limiting opportunities for less academic children
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May 22, 2017
Assessment organisations put to the customer service test in our mystery shop
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May 19, 2017
Schools told to expect more Sats 'chaos' as moderators fail to mark pupils' work correctly
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May 19, 2017
More Sats 'chaos' as two thirds of moderators fail to assess pupils' work correctly
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May 19, 2017
What the manifestos say on early years
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May 19, 2017
Why these parents sent their children to a school with no exams
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May 18, 2017
Teachers in Wales urged to stay positive in face of disappointing PISA outcomes
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May 17, 2017
Supporting school leaders' top priorities for education
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May 17, 2017
Labour pledges to scrap planned return to baseline assessments
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May 16, 2017
Delivering the new Trailblazer Standards
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May 16, 2017
Modern Studies exam reprinted due to diagram error
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May 16, 2017
Are you cleverer than a 15-year-old? Take the GCSE quiz
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May 15, 2017
Abolition of SATs among Green pledges to reform school system
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May 15, 2017
Key stakeholders explore different approaches to improve consistency in examining student work and degree comparability
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May 15, 2017
Angela Rayner unveils Labour's three-point plan to transform education and schools
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May 14, 2017
Level 3 apprenticeship consultation is ‘flawed’
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May 14, 2017
Analysis: What is ‘baby PISA’?
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May 14, 2017
School leadership in 12 slides.
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May 12, 2017
GCSEs and A-levels: how are young people coping with exam stress?
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May 12, 2017
DfE reprimands parents for tweeting Sats test questions
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May 12, 2017
Thousands of schoolchildren are turning to counselling to cope with overwhelming exam stress
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May 12, 2017
Teachers attack "last minute" changes to qualifications
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May 12, 2017
Rising numbers of pupils calling helpline with exam stress
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May 12, 2017
Parents told off by Department for Education after tweeting answers to SATs exams
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May 11, 2017
Sats: Children left in tears after their final maths test
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May 11, 2017
Can you pass a SATs exam for 11-year-olds?
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May 11, 2017
Education reform 'imperative' in Scotland after slump in pupils' writing scores
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May 10, 2017
GCSE grading changes mean trauma and chaos for pupils, Labour claims
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May 10, 2017
Holidays and games consoles – how parents reward pupils for passing exams
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May 10, 2017
Assessing pupils engaged in subject specific learning - P4 and above
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May 9, 2017
In the few weeks left until the election, here are five things we can all do
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May 9, 2017
Stopping students cheating: mission impossible?
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May 9, 2017
Justine Greening, Angela Rayner and John Pugh to take part in Tes general election hustings
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May 9, 2017
Pressure of tests 'making children physically sick'
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May 9, 2017
"I'm in charge of worrying - you don’t need to": Teacher's inspirational 'homework' for pupils facing SATs exams
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May 8, 2017
Sats: Reading test 'kinder' than last year
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May 8, 2017
Three-quarters of primary leaders lack confidence in SATs, survey finds
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May 8, 2017
The true impact of SATs exams: 'My daughter should be daydreaming and be full of wonder - not full of stress'
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May 8, 2017
GCSEs have been hijacked for use as a metric by which to judge schools and teachers
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May 6, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 5 May 2017
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May 5, 2017
Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations
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May 3, 2017
NFER comments on Education Committee’s Primary Assessment Report
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May 3, 2017
Assessing pupils not engaged in subject-specific learning
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May 3, 2017
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May 3, 2017
Morpurgo: 'Dark spider' of Sats is bringing fear to classrooms
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May 2, 2017
What does the new solicitor super-exam mean for trainees?
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May 2, 2017
Wales reading and numeracy tests to be taken online
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May 2, 2017
Online assessments will replace test papers for reading and numeracy
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May 2, 2017
Funding cuts are having a detrimental effect on pupils' mental health, find MPs
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May 2, 2017
SATs results put too much pressure on primary schools
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May 1, 2017
SATs are critically flawed - ATL
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May 1, 2017
Primary Assessment – Select Committee Report
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May 1, 2017
Day 3: Annual conference round-up
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Apr 30, 2017
Heads could "explore all options for action" over assessment and accountability
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Apr 28, 2017
Headteachers reject idea of boycotting Sats
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Apr 28, 2017
Teen’s heart-rending message about new GCSE grades exposes ‘ridiculous’ pressure pupils are under
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Apr 28, 2017
“Uneasy peace” breaks out as heads back proposed Sats reforms
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Apr 28, 2017
Ofqual’s position on inter-subject comparability and native speakers in modern foreign languages
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Apr 27, 2017
Pupils are 'crying in toilets' and 'breaking down in class' over tougher new GCSEs, warn students and teachers
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Apr 27, 2017
One in 10 Kent children fails 11-plus but achieves high Sats results, analysis shows
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Apr 27, 2017
ESFA weekly round-up - Issue 356
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Apr 27, 2017
Multiplication check, Early Years Foundation Stage Profile and collecting teacher assessment data at KS2
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Apr 26, 2017
Statement from AELP’s CEO on non-levy apprenticeship allocations
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Apr 26, 2017
Primary assessment report to be published
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Apr 26, 2017
ASCL Code of Ethics Project: what are schools for?
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Apr 24, 2017
School testing plans 'setting up pupils to fail' warns trade unionist
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Apr 24, 2017
Rebalance schools to reflect importance of mental health, charity tells politicians
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Apr 24, 2017
Teachers' union to consider boycott of flagship SNP education policy
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Apr 23, 2017
A-level language grades skewed by results of native speakers – study
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Apr 21, 2017
Setting grade standards in A level modern foreign languages
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Apr 21, 2017
Report cheating, malpractice or wrongdoing, Ofqual urges
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Apr 21, 2017
Ofqual rules out rationing top grades for bright pupils taking 'hard' subjects
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Apr 21, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships announces new appointments
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Apr 21, 2017
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Apr 21, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships announces route panel chairs and apprentice panel
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Apr 21, 2017
English and maths - opportunity or threat?
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Apr 20, 2017
Irish teenagers are stressing out over exams
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Apr 20, 2017
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Apr 20, 2017
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Apr 19, 2017
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Apr 19, 2017
Mary Brown: Higher pay encourages cheating students
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Apr 19, 2017
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Apr 19, 2017
General election will give schools an 'organisational headache'
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Apr 18, 2017
Teachers opt not to disrupt primary tests
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Apr 18, 2017
NUT will 'break' primary assessment unless Sats are changed, says Courtney
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Apr 18, 2017
New GCSE grades will put more pressure on stressed out students, warn teachers
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Apr 18, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships: operational plan
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Apr 18, 2017
Information slides published to explain the different charts and tables in RAISEonline
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Apr 18, 2017
Announcement of a General Election
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Apr 18, 2017
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Apr 17, 2017
USA: absences, fitness, atmosphere - new ways to track schools
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Apr 17, 2017
Primary test could face new boycott
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Apr 17, 2017
Vote on boycott of primary tests postponed
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Apr 16, 2017
Scottish government knew assessment changes would disadvantage borderline pupils
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Apr 14, 2017
Five proven hacks to help students tackle revision
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Apr 12, 2017
6 things to get right in every school
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Apr 12, 2017
Tens of thousands of AQA examiners have personal details stolen in cyber attack
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Apr 12, 2017
Maths classes should be taught in the morning to improve attainment, study finds
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Apr 12, 2017
ATL votes to explore boycott of primary tests
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Apr 12, 2017
ATL votes overwhelmingly to 'explore' Sats boycott
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Apr 12, 2017
Teacher assessment of writing: remove “secure fit” and change the teacher assessment frameworks
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Apr 11, 2017
Redressing the balance - a summary
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Apr 10, 2017
Major exam board predicts 'hundreds' will get straight grade 9s in new GCSEs
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Apr 7, 2017
Are ‘closed book’ examinations a bad idea?
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Apr 6, 2017
Vast majority of primary teachers feel 'overworked' after assessment changes
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Apr 5, 2017
We need to stop saying 'I'm crap at maths' like it's a badge of honour, says Rachel Riley
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Apr 5, 2017
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Apr 5, 2017
City and Guilds Group CEO received £690,000 in pay and benefits
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Apr 4, 2017
MPs to debate whether texts should be taken into GCSE English literature exam
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Apr 4, 2017
The assessment system is unsustainable: how can we make it better?
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Apr 4, 2017
Brian Cox: Don't use children as 'measurement probes' to test schools
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Apr 3, 2017
Hull university threatens to mark down students who don't use gender neutral pronouns
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Apr 3, 2017
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Apr 1, 2017
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Mar 31, 2017
What's worse than being a teacher in this system? Being a child at the mercy of it
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Mar 31, 2017
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Mar 31, 2017
Ofqual unveils corporate plan 2017 to 2020
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Mar 31, 2017
Ofqual omits ‘strong’ grade from new GCSE guidance
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Mar 31, 2017
Ofsted will treat this year's writing assessment with 'caution'
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Mar 31, 2017
Tests at age 7 scrapped to lift burden on pupils and teachers
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Mar 31, 2017
Team UK selection for WorldSkills Abu Dhabi underway
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Mar 30, 2017
Ministers pave way to scrap Sats tests for seven-year-olds
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Mar 30, 2017
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Mar 30, 2017
ASCL welcomes review of national tests for seven year olds
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Mar 30, 2017
NASUWT comments on primary assessment proposals
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Mar 30, 2017
Consultation on the Rochford Review published
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Mar 30, 2017
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Mar 30, 2017
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Mar 30, 2017
Voice welcomes consultation on reforms to primary assessment system
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Mar 30, 2017
Sats: What you need to know about the government's plans to fix primary assessment
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Mar 30, 2017
Sats for seven-year-olds set to be scrapped
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Mar 30, 2017
Sats tests for seven-year-olds in England set to be scrapped
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Mar 30, 2017
Primary assessment consultation: The 5 key proposals
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Mar 30, 2017
Testing times – what it’s like to sit an exam as an autistic child
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Mar 30, 2017
Justine Greening criticised for 'hoisting the white flag' and 'trying to buy off' unions by axing compulsory tests for seven year olds
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Mar 30, 2017
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Mar 30, 2017
Greening proposes scrapping KS1 SATs
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Mar 30, 2017
'Unnecessary' national tests to be scrapped for seven year olds
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Mar 30, 2017
EYFS Profile and new Reception baseline included in primary assessment consultation
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Mar 30, 2017
Campaigners slam reception baseline plans
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Mar 30, 2017
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Mar 30, 2017
Government consults on rehash of failed baseline assessment proposals
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Mar 30, 2017
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Mar 30, 2017
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Mar 30, 2017
Government to consider scrapping Sats tests for seven-year-olds
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Mar 30, 2017
Nine to one – not as easy as ABC
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Mar 30, 2017
Schools won't be judged on fast-track ECDL IT qualification from next year
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Mar 29, 2017
Climbdown on shake-up of GCSE grading: Education Secretary softens mark for a 'pass' after critics complain new scale would create confusion
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Mar 29, 2017
Test fewer pupils on more subjects: campaigners offer alternative primary assessment plan
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Mar 29, 2017
GCSE grading goes ga-ga
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Mar 28, 2017
GCSE pass grade confusion deepens: EBacc requires grade 4 for pupils but grade 5 for schools
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Mar 28, 2017
New GCSE ‘pass’ lowered from grade 5 to 4 in DfE U-turn
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Mar 28, 2017
GCSE 9 to 1 grading: Justine Greening’s letter
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Mar 28, 2017
New GCSE 9-1 grading expectations
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Mar 28, 2017
ASCL welcomes clarification over GCSE grading
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Mar 28, 2017
Welcome clarity provided on reformed GCSE grading system
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Mar 28, 2017
ATL comment on benchmark ‘pass’ grade for the new GCSEs
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Mar 28, 2017
New GCSEs: 'Only two pupils in England will get all top marks'
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Mar 27, 2017
Representing school leaders for 120 years
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Mar 27, 2017
The Bell-Curve Cage: something must break
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Mar 26, 2017
Panel debates end-point assessment and RoATP
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Mar 24, 2017
Digital skills: Let's unleash Britain's potential
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Mar 24, 2017
The road to the Responsible Research Metrics Forum
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Mar 24, 2017
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Mar 24, 2017
Ofqual boss: lack of end point assessment organisations is ‘not irresponsible’
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Mar 24, 2017
Parents and employers will be 'confused' by new numerical GCSE grades, Ofqual chief admits
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Mar 23, 2017
Number of appeals against GCSE and A Level results drops by quarter
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Mar 21, 2017
2017 key stage 2: assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA)
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Mar 21, 2017
Educational organisations provide an approach to developing a whole school assessment that supports each and every learner
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Mar 21, 2017
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Mar 21, 2017
A moment for REFlection
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Mar 21, 2017
No funded qualifications for over a third of approved standards
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Mar 18, 2017
Maths teachers 'demoralised' as their subject slides in popularity
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Mar 17, 2017
Pressure from schools forces government to rethink Progress 8
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Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted rates dozens of new schools 'outstanding' without exam results
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Mar 17, 2017
Self-assessment report published
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Mar 16, 2017
Teaching and assessment for top-end success in new GCSEs
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Mar 12, 2017
Government's bid to reduce workload has made things worse, say teachers
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Mar 10, 2017
DfE could water down 90 per cent EBacc target
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Mar 9, 2017
Incoming ASCL general secretary warns of confusion over new GCSE grading system
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Mar 7, 2017
Ofqual ramps up publicity amid 'confusion' over numerical GCSE grades
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Mar 6, 2017
David Laws warns of added pressure on schools due to GCSE reforms
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Mar 3, 2017
New Ofsted crackdown on schools 'gaming the system
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Mar 2, 2017
Film industry education boss lands ‘hand grenade’ assessment job at Institute for Apprenticeships
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Mar 1, 2017
OTLA Technical Skills programme deadline extended to 10am 10 March 2017
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Mar 1, 2017
Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations
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Feb 28, 2017
Teachers believe pushy parents are responsible for pupils being misdiagnosed with SEN
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Feb 24, 2017
Pupils of 11 to sit specific times tables tests for the first time next year as part of their Key Stage Two exams
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Feb 23, 2017
Schools must help students choose BTEC qualifications most valued by universities, says report
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Feb 23, 2017
Fast-track ECDL IT qualification dropped from league tables after 'gaming' fears
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Feb 22, 2017
Primary school test breaches 'unlikely to have been spotted', Ofqual official says
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Feb 22, 2017
Ofqual ‘extremely cautious’ about more primary testing changes
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Feb 22, 2017
Putting a limit on time spent marking and preparing lessons can stop exodus of teachers, says MPs
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Feb 21, 2017
Sats-style maths exam for university applicants 'could help post-Brexit Britain compete'
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Feb 21, 2017
Awarding, assessment and apprenticeship reform?
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Feb 20, 2017
Students will be able to request GCSE and A Level coursework re-marks from 2018
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Feb 16, 2017
Is skills policy now too ‘employer-led’?
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Feb 16, 2017
Petitions against new GCSE exams attract tens of thousands of signatures
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Feb 15, 2017
Graduate nursery staff have 'little effect' on children
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Feb 14, 2017
Latest news from our Assessment Campaign
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Feb 13, 2017
High-stakes exams making a comeback, Scottish teachers warn
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Feb 13, 2017
More GCSE maths pupils could be denied chance of securing top grades, research suggests
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Feb 10, 2017
Staff at Bethnal Green school suspended amid claims of 'exam irregularities'
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Feb 10, 2017
Schools will have to take GCSE and A-level drama pupils on theatre trips, following DfE intervention
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Feb 9, 2017
The more things change with the REF, the more they stay the same
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Feb 8, 2017
Register of apprentice assessment organisations: how to apply
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Feb 7, 2017
National testing pilots fail to take off in Scotland
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Feb 6, 2017
Do not rely on grade boundary predictions for new GCSEs, Ofqual warns
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Feb 3, 2017
SEND: Highlights of January and upcoming events and consultations
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Feb 3, 2017
Almost half of pupils who take the phonics check for a third time fail, DfE trial shows
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Feb 2, 2017
Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations
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Feb 1, 2017
Project to boost outstanding teaching, learning and assessment
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Jan 27, 2017
Seven thousand more markers 'needed to cope with exam reforms'
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Jan 20, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 20 January 2017
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Jan 20, 2017
GCSE results: Nearly 300 secondary schools fall below new Progress 8 floor standard
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Jan 19, 2017
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Jan 19, 2017
Secondary school performance data proves EBacc is not the right measure for schools
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Jan 19, 2017
SFCA comment - DfE Performance Tables
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Jan 19, 2017
Primary assessment: 5 reforms proposed by experts today
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Jan 18, 2017
Scrapping primary school levels 'has made teacher training harder'
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Jan 18, 2017
Only 1 per cent of parents understand Progress 8, say teachers
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Jan 18, 2017
End tests for seven-year-olds and bring back Reception baseline assessment, say heads
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Jan 18, 2017
Assessment Review Group publishes report on the future of assessment
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Jan 17, 2017
It is a myth that pupils are overtested, says new Ofsted chief inspector
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Jan 15, 2017
Most parents and students don't understand new numerical GCSE grades
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Jan 13, 2017
East of England primaries most likely to be 'coasting'
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Jan 12, 2017
East of England has highest proportion of coasting primary schools
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Jan 12, 2017
Primary assessment: accountability measures and impact examined
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Jan 12, 2017
Skills Funding Agency to remain in charge of assessment organisation register
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Jan 9, 2017
Register of apprentice assessment organisations: how to apply
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Jan 9, 2017
EBacc: Schools could have to wait until summer to see government's consultation findings
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Jan 6, 2017
A happy New Year for primary assessment?
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Jan 6, 2017
AQA boss Andrew Hall postpones retirement to help with major exam reforms
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Jan 4, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships consultation launched
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Jan 4, 2017
Clarity still needed after government issues draft strategic guidance to the new Institute of Apprenticeships
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Jan 4, 2017
Firing underperforming veteran teachers is 'far harder' than it should be, study claims
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Dec 22, 2016
What will be caught on the primary assessment enquiry line?
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Dec 20, 2016
Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations
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Dec 19, 2016
Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations
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Dec 19, 2016
Errors in exam papers tripled this year, Ofqual report reveals
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Dec 18, 2016
Justine Greening appoints new chair of Ofqual from health sector
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Dec 16, 2016
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 16 December 2016
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Dec 16, 2016
Four reasons for the sharp drop in challenges to GCSE and A-level marks
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Dec 15, 2016
2016 key stage 2 SATs: Fewer primary schools below floor standards
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Dec 15, 2016
2016 assessment data should not have been published, says NAHT
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Dec 15, 2016
NASUWT comments on primary school performance tables
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Dec 15, 2016
Primary assessment: Five reasons teachers are calling for reforms to the system
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Dec 14, 2016
Primary test reforms are ‘some of the worst ever seen’, MPs told by teachers
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Dec 14, 2016
Primary Assessment impact on teaching, learning and pupil wellbeing examined
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Dec 14, 2016
Cheating teachers on the rise: Number of staff illicitly helping children pass exams trebles
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Dec 13, 2016
Inside the second chance high schools for 21 year-olds
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Dec 13, 2016
Exam malpractice by school staff up by 48%
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Dec 13, 2016
End the misuse of assessment, says NAHT
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Dec 13, 2016
Joint unions statement on school funding
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Dec 13, 2016
Joint unions statement on school funding
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Dec 13, 2016
Joint unions statement on school funding
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Dec 13, 2016
AELP's Mark Dawe: what are the opportunities for 2017?
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Dec 12, 2016
Big Questions 1. Assessment
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Dec 12, 2016
Primary Assessment impact on teaching, learning and pupil wellbeing examined
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Dec 9, 2016
In today's TES Further: Why WorldSkills is at the 'tipping point'
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Dec 9, 2016
Policy Watch on the latest week in education
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Dec 9, 2016
Northern parents need to copy pushy Southerners, children's commissioner says
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Dec 7, 2016
Register of apprentice assessment organisations: how to apply
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Dec 6, 2016
Wales Pisa results: 'little will be learned'
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Dec 4, 2016
The big questions
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Dec 4, 2016
'Mickey Mouse' qualification is 'utter injustice' to pupils
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Dec 2, 2016
The tick-box route to QTS: four hours’ assessment and no training
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Dec 2, 2016
DfE abandons National Teaching Service
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Dec 1, 2016
Brexit vote linked to resentment over north-south education divide, warns Ofsted boss
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Dec 1, 2016
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Nov 28, 2016
Infant schools three times as likely as juniors to get top Ofsted rating
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Nov 28, 2016
John Swinney insists new assessments will not create extra work
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Nov 25, 2016
Plan for new 'E' grade to reduce exam failures
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Nov 25, 2016
Grade inflation clampdown makes 'little difference' to results in most schools, report argues
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Nov 25, 2016
Education is at risk of drowning in a 'sea of jargon', admits qualifications boss
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Nov 24, 2016
A new government and a new regime
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Nov 22, 2016
Assessment and visiting the Education Select Committee
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Nov 20, 2016
Ministers give ‘biggest hints yet’ of GCSEs U-turn
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Nov 18, 2016
Primary Assessment: Committee publishes written evidence
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Nov 18, 2016
Primary heads condemn use of 'meaningless' test results for judging schools
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Nov 18, 2016
How might the move to End Point Assessment impact upon Apprenticeships?
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Nov 18, 2016
Justine Greening: Don't let young people 'hit a brick wall' in English and maths
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Nov 17, 2016
Food critic Jay Rayner promises to 'help' GCSE students analyse his writing in exam paper
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Nov 15, 2016
Markers disagree with 'correct' grades on half of English literature exam papers
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Ofqual
Nov 14, 2016
NUT and King’s College London research into Key Stage 4
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Nov 14, 2016
Memorandum of understanding signed between Ofqual and CCEA
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Nov 11, 2016
'Poorest students hit the hardest’ by GCSE resits
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Nov 11, 2016
Researchers say thousands of youngsters 'failed' by apprenticeship schemes
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Nov 10, 2016
Inspection raises 'significant concerns' over SEN services
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Nov 10, 2016
Primary assessment webinars on Tuesday 15 November
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Nov 7, 2016
Register of apprentice assessment organisations
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Nov 4, 2016
A new government and a new regime
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Nov 4, 2016
Editor Asks part two: Apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon on employer ownership, assessment organisations and subcontracting
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Nov 4, 2016
Silent army of ‘lost girls’ struggle with reading, experts warn
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Nov 4, 2016
Minister 'pretty sure' assessments will be in place by the time apprentices finish
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Nov 2, 2016
NAHT achieve changes to 2017 external moderation guidance
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Nov 1, 2016
Primary assessment: Heads welcome new DfE guidance placing more trust in teachers
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Oct 31, 2016
Primary assessment moderation changes a step in the right direction, says NAHT
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Oct 31, 2016
I am not a number
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Oct 31, 2016
I am not a number
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Oct 27, 2016
Union ballots on Sats boycott as MPs call for testing to be suspended
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Oct 27, 2016
Key Stage 1 and 2 assessments: 2017 planners
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Oct 25, 2016
Key Stage 1 and 2 assessments: 2017 planners
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Oct 25, 2016
Annual Provider Review
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Oct 24, 2016
Operating model for quality assessment: Annual Provider Review
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Oct 24, 2016
Primary assessment inquiry
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Oct 21, 2016
National programme launched to improve the delivery of independent end-point assessment in apprenticeships
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Oct 21, 2016
Rochford Review: Experts praise ‘brave’ proposals for new SEN assessment
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Oct 21, 2016
Assessment reform announced
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Oct 21, 2016
National programme launched to boost apprenticeship end-point assessment
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Oct 21, 2016
Ofqual boss urged to ‘fight’ for apprenticeship assessment watchdog role
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Oct 20, 2016
Rochford Review: changes to SEND assessment could lower expectations, warns charity
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Oct 20, 2016
More pupils achieve ‘good development’, and 6 other findings from reception assessment data
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Oct 20, 2016
EYFS Profile remains statutory and 'good level of development' on the rise
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Oct 20, 2016
Government u-turns on year 7 resit manifesto pledge
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Oct 19, 2016
Justine Greening announces primary assessment changes
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Oct 19, 2016
Primary education
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Oct 19, 2016
Primary education
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Oct 19, 2016
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Oct 19, 2016
“Promise of light at the end of the tunnel”: Voice welcomes statement on primary assessment
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Oct 19, 2016
Changes to primary assessment welcome but will only make a difference if the Government ensures compliance
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Oct 19, 2016
NAHT comment on government changes to assessment
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Oct 19, 2016
SFA approve just 13% of apprentice assessment organisation applications
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Oct 19, 2016
Sats: Greening ditches Year 7 resits and promises two years without new tests
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Oct 19, 2016
Greening – 'I am listening to teachers on Sats'
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Oct 19, 2016
Sats: Unions welcome primary assessment review but want to see more details
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Oct 19, 2016
Sats analysis: five ways for ministers to prove they are really listening to primary teachers on assessment
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Oct 19, 2016
Let's make end-point assessment part of the solution, not the problem
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Oct 17, 2016
Apprenticeship standards without assessment organisations should not be approved for delivery
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Oct 14, 2016
Lack of assessment organisations ‘disrespectful’ to apprentices
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FE Week
Oct 14, 2016
Teachers who help pupils too much in assessments face clampdown
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Oct 1, 2016
Headguruteacher: Dissecting Progress 8. The good, the bad and the ugly
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Sep 30, 2016
Unit assessments on National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher courses to be removed
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Sep 30, 2016
Dissecting Progress 8. The good, the bad and the ugly.
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Sep 30, 2016
Unit assessments on National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher courses to be removed
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Sep 29, 2016
MillionPlus comments on the Government’s response to the consultation on implementing stage two of the TEF
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Sep 29, 2016
As ‘Show Your Working’ test replaces mental maths at 11, what kind of learning are we valuing?
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Sep 29, 2016
KS1 data shows the expected standard was not realistic
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Sep 29, 2016
Response to government Teaching Excellence Framework plans
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Sep 29, 2016
Statement on TEF technical consultation response
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Russell Group
TEF
Universities
HE
Higher Education
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Sep 29, 2016
Medals system to be used to rate university teaching
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University World News
TEF
Universities
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Sep 29, 2016
Thousands more primary pupils on track to be excellent readers
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DfE
Primary schools
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Literacy
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Sep 29, 2016
England’s universities to have medal-style ratings for teaching
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THE
Higher Education
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Sep 29, 2016
Poorer pupils fall further behind: 5 things we learnt from the KS1 results
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TES
Assessment
Literacy
Numeracy
Disadvantaged pupils
Sep 29, 2016
Poorer pupils fall further behind: 5 things we learnt from the KS1 results
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TES
Assessment
Literacy
Numeracy
Disadvantaged pupils
Sep 29, 2016
Phonics results rise again but writing falls behind at KS1
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Schools Week
Literacy
Numeracy
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Sep 29, 2016
Sats: Big fall in number of seven-year-olds reaching expected standards under tougher testing regime
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TES
Schools
Primary schools
Literacy
Numeracy
SATS
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Sep 29, 2016
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