Assessment Matters
Assessment processes are integral to learning and teaching. This part of the site focuses on aspects of curriculum and pedagogy where assessment has a key role to play or that have implications for assessment practice, and includes links to relevant reports, research articles and sites.
Following on from Sonia Thompson's keynote at the AAIA 2021 conference you may be interested in The Open University/Reading for Pleasure - Whole school development and teachers' reading groups
- Learning, progress and the curriculum - in an exclusive video for AAIA, Mary Myatt considers key issues about learning and assessment; other materials from Mary Myatt, Tom Sherrington and Jenny Short expand upon key points.
- Returning to School - Resources Supporting Learning and Well-being
Left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds: response to the select committee report
Left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds: response to the select committee report...
Read moreDfE considering return of SATs at 14 and axing teaching hours limits....
Read moreRemote schooling through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, England: April 2020 to June 2021
Remote schooling through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, England: April 2020 to June 2021...
Read moreLet’s not return to flawed exams. We have better ways to assess our children...
Read moreCoronavirus (COVID-19): assessment processes for selective school admissions...
Read moreGCSE attainment and lifetime earnings...
Read morePoorer white pupils let down and neglected - MPs...
Read morePupils' progress in the 2020 to 2021 academic year: interim report...
Read moreScottish exams body to be reformed amid grades row...
Read moreOfsted national education director Sean Harford to take early retirement...
Read moreHave disadvantaged pupils fallen further behind during the pandemic?...
Read moreLearning recovery and the role of diagnostic assessment...
Read moreNew Commissioner appointed to oversee education catch-up...
Read moreGove adviser admits schools' policies were incoherent...
Read moreExploring the relationship between teacher workload and target setting...
Read moreDepartment for Education’s handling of pupil data ruled illegal...
Read moreWhat maintained schools must publish online...
Read moreEducation in England: Annual Report 2020...
Read moreGetting transition right – four practical, evidence-based strategies to support pupils moving from Year 6 to Year 7
Getting transition right – four practical, evidence-based strategies to support pupils moving from Year 6 to Year 7...
Read moreGuidance for full opening - schools...
Read moreSchool reports on pupil performance: guide for headteachers...
Read moreHarvey Goldstein obituary...
Read moreFurther details on exams and grades announced...
Read moreInformation: cancellation of 2019/20 national curriculum assessments...
Read moreKey stage 1 SATs replacement to be rolled out from September...
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