Assessment Matters

Information: cancellation of 2019/20 national curriculum assessments...

Key stage 1 SATs replacement to be rolled out from September...

Grammar school scoring is wrong, says father – and hopes finally to prove it...

Data, data everywhere…...

How attainment gaps emerge from Foundation Stage to Key Stage 4, part one...

School workload reduction toolkit (including Data management and Feedback and marking)...

Unexplained pupil exits from schools: Further analysis and data by multi-academy trust and local authority...

Sats are no better than teachers at predicting pupil's GCSE and A-Level results, study finds...

School exclusions review...

Class privilege remains entrenched as social mobility stagnates...

DfE - Materials to help school leaders and teachers review tasks associated with data management, so they can reduce workload....

DfE - Advisory group report on removing unnecessary workload associated with data management and the government’s response....

DfE is proposing the removal of floor standards and coasting measures and that, instead, all schools judged as Requires Improvement by Ofsted will be eligible for support and that schools with two consecutive Requires Improvement judgements will be eligible for...

Ofsted - The draft education inspection framework for 2019 sets out how Ofsted proposes to inspect schools, further education and skills provision and registered early years settings. BBC News - Ofsted pledges new ranking for schools in tough areas. The Guardian - Ofsted plans overhaul...

The Sutton Trust - As the academies programme has developed, policymakers have increasingly seen academy chains, and especially multi-academy trusts (MATs) as the best way of working to improve the performance of previously struggling schools and the educational outcomes of their...

Ofsted - Ofsted's Annual Report presents our findings for the areas we inspect in early years childcare, schools, further education and skills and social care....

Institute of Fiscal Studies - ... those who attend grammar schools do, on average, somewhat better than similar children in the comprehensive system.  On the other hand, those in selective areas who don’t get into grammar schools do worse than they...

Education Endowment Fund - This guidance report is relevant to the teaching of all students, within any subject area. Most of the examples included are from Key Stages 1 to 4, where the research is strongest. It introduces a simplified framework...

Education Endowment Fund - Metacognition and self-regulation approaches have consistently high levels of impact, with pupils making an average of eight months’ additional progress. The evidence indicates that teaching these strategies can be particularly effective for low achieving and older pupils....

Education Endowment Fund - Marking plays a central role in teacher's work, yet there is very little evidence on which strategies are most effective....

TES - In seeking to satisfy the demands of big data, we mustn't forget the psychological needs of our children, argues James Glasse....

Ofsted - Ofsted's Annual Report presents our findings for the areas we inspect in early years childcare, schools, further education and skills and social care....

TES - When they were first proposed, the coalition suggested free schools would drive up educational standards. But have they?...

Education Endowment Foundation - Our Early Years Toolkit – an accessible summary of educational research – has been updated. Education Endowment Foundation - an accessible summary of educational research for early years teaching....

GOV.UK - The ethnicity facts and figures website brings together information from across government about how ethnicity affects people's everyday lives.  Education attainment data shows there are disparities in primary school which increase in secondary school, with Chinese and Asian pupils tending...