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.
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.
Have 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...
Read moreGrammar school scoring is wrong, says father – and hopes finally to prove it...
Read moreData, data everywhere…...
Read moreHow attainment gaps emerge from Foundation Stage to Key Stage 4, part one...
Read moreSchool workload reduction toolkit (including Data management and Feedback and marking)
School workload reduction toolkit (including Data management and Feedback and marking)...
Read moreUnexplained pupil exits from schools: Further analysis and data by multi-academy trust and local authority
Unexplained pupil exits from schools: Further analysis and data by multi-academy trust and local authority...
Read moreSats are no better than teachers at predicting pupil's GCSE and A-Level results, study finds
Sats are no better than teachers at predicting pupil's GCSE and A-Level results, study finds...
Read moreSchool exclusions review...
Read moreClass privilege remains entrenched as social mobility stagnates...
Read moreDfE - Materials to help school leaders and teachers review tasks associated with data management, so they can reduce workload....
Read moreDfE - Advisory group report on removing unnecessary workload associated with data management and the government’s response....
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