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Letter to AAIA Members - April 2020

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Individual, school and organisational membership options are available. For further details go to Join AAIA. Not a member of AAIA yet? – This leaflet tells you about the benefits of membership. Please download, print and share it. If you are already a member, share it with others to encourage them to join.

Understanding Assessment in the Classroom, written by AAIA members, is a new self-study course exploring the principles and purposes of formative assessment, available to AAIA members at no cost. Join AAIA to use these materials.

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Assessment as Learning

Assessment as learning is fundamental to the development of independent learners.

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Statutory Assessment

Statutory assessment arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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Examinations and Qualifications

Qualifications, awarding bodies and the regulation of examinations and qualifications in all parts of the UK.

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Performance Data

Links to sites providing and supporting the use of data for school self evaluation and target setting.

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Assessment Matters

Aspects of curriculum and pedagogy where assessment has a key role to play.

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Useful links

Links to a range of education and assessment websites

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Assessment Without Levels

Guidance for both primary and secondary teachers in addressing the opportunities and challenges for assessing without levels within the National Curriculum

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Secondary School Accountability

Key documentation for secondary school accountability in England

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Primary School Accountability

Key documentation for primary school accountability in England

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News and ArticlesView all

Responsibility for autumn GCSE, AS and A level exam series

5th June 2020

Secondary, Examinations and Qualifications

Responsibility for autumn GCSE, AS and A level exam series

Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings

4th June 2020

Assessment Matters

Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings

Coronavirus (COVID-19): cancellation of GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2020

22nd May 2020

Secondary, Examinations and Qualifications

Coronavirus (COVID-19): cancellation of GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2020

School reports on pupil performance: guide for headteachers

21st May 2020

Reporting

School reports on pupil performance: guide for headteachers

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Delegate to the 2019 Annual Conference

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Delegate to the 2019 Annual Conference

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Delegate to the 2019 Annual Conference

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