on February 10, 2012
TES article – The effects of early education are still felt at 14, research shows. EPPSE 3-14 – Influences on students’ attainment and progress in Key Stage 3: Academic outcomes in English, maths and science in Year 9.
Posted in Assessment Matters, Early Years, National Data, Secondary
on January 22, 2012
TES article – Unions clash with ministers over early years in Wales.
Posted in Early Years, Statutory Assessment
on January 13, 2012
Resolution Foundation – Analysis of a cohort of children born in 2000 finds that, at the start of school, children from low to middle income families are five months behind children from higher income families in terms of vocabulary skills – an important measure of cognitive development – and have more behaviour problems. Resolution Foundation [...]
Posted in Early Years, News, Performance Data
on December 13, 2011
STA has a vacancy for a short term independent educational expert to work on EYFSP 2013 Guidance, Exemplification and Moderation Model (maximum of 10 days work). STA is remitted to produce a suite of EYFSP documents for practitioners and LA strategic leads/moderation managers. STA requires an independent expert who has a strong understanding of EYFSP [...]
Posted in Early Years, Statutory Assessment
on December 9, 2011
Ofqual – National Assessment Arrangements 2010/11 Report.
Posted in Early Years, Primary, Secondary, Statutory Assessment
on November 25, 2011
DfE External Moderator recruitment. We are recruiting a pool of EYFS moderators and senior moderators to review some local authority moderation processes for 2011/2012. The operational moderators will be expected to undertake about three moderation visits after which they will write a report and letter which will go back to the local authority. The senior [...]
Posted in Early Years, Statutory Assessment
on November 18, 2011
DfE data, research and statistics – Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Results in England – 2010/11.
Posted in Early Years, National Data
on October 21, 2011
TES article – Unease about one of the Government’s key changes to early-years education tipped into downright opposition this week when leading researchers described the move as a “backward step”.
Posted in Early Years, News
on August 7, 2011
TES Article – Nursery managers and LA advisers voice their fears about slimmed-down framework.
Posted in Early Years, News, Statutory Assessment
on July 8, 2011
DfE press notice – proposed changes to early years foundation stage. DfE consultation – revised early years foundation stage. TES article -5-year-olds face fewer assessments.
Posted in Early Years, News, Statutory Assessment
on June 21, 2011
TES Cymru article – New assessments for pupils as young as three have been criticised as too complicated after it emerged that teachers will be expected to monitor 114 kinds of behaviour. Under the system being introduced in September children will be assessed within six weeks of starting the play-led foundation phase to provide a [...]
Posted in Early Years, News, Statutory Assessment
on May 19, 2011
Nursery World – How to make the most effective use of the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile is explained by Marie Charlton and Jan Dubiel (readable by subscribers to Nursery World).
Posted in Early Years, Statutory Assessment
on April 26, 2011
Ofqual – Reporting Pupils’ Progress to Parents in the Early Years Foundation Stage (April 2011).
Posted in Early Years, Reporting
on March 30, 2011
DfE consultations – Results of consultation on revised Early Years Foundation Stage. DfE consultations – Consultation on a Revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) (Learning and Development Requirements) (Amendment) Order 2012. DfE – Tickell EYFS Review. DfE EYFS Review – The Early Years: Foundations for life, health and learning, an independent report on the early [...]
Posted in Early Years, News
A booklet to support teaching assistants in the development of assessment for learning practice.