Assessing the potential to teach: Lessons from an education assessment centre and later classroom practice

Richard Churches and COLIN PENFOLDSeptember 2021

RICHARD CHURCHES AND COLIN PENFOLD EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST, UK Teacher development is complex and takes place over time. This said, despite there being mu...

Supporting early career teachers0 Comments11 min read

Quality conversations: The role of collaboration in assessment

Helen AngellMay 2021

Helen Angell, Director of School Improvement, Cabot Learning Federation, UK It is another extraordinary year. As leaders and teachers in schools and academies ...

Teachers, assessment and learning0 Comments12 min read

Issues of trust in teachers’ assessments: Can the profession move forward?

Mick WalkerMay 2021

Mick Walker, Vice-Chair, Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors, UK The educational establishment has a long history of debates over the technicalities, ...

Teachers, assessment and learning0 Comments17 min read

Principles and purposes of assessment in the classroom

Sarah EarleMay 2021

Sarah Earle, Bath Spa University, UK It might not always feel like it but, as teachers, we are constantly using assessment information to make decisions about ...

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Assessment beyond levels in the Early Years

Julian GrenierMay 2021

Julian Grenier, Headteacher, Sheringham Nursery School and Children’s Centre Director, East London Research School, UK Practitioners working with children in t...

Assessment principles and purpose0 Comments15 min read

The place of public examinations in future school assessment

Alex Standish and David PerksMay 2021

Alex Standish, Associate Professor of Geography Education, UCL Institute of Education, UK David Perks, Principal, East London Science School, UK In 2021, most...

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How can issues of validity and reliability be addressed to strengthen internal school assessment?

Tom Johns, Simon Child and Sally BrownMay 2021

A case study of how teachers can improve the validity and reliability of assessment Tom Johns, Associate Assistant Headteacher - Assessment and Reporting, Ki...

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The four pillars of assessment: What does a focus on validity, reliability, purpose and value in assessment practice look like on the ground?

Samantha FranklinMay 2021

Samantha Franklin, Assistant Headteacher, Long Stratton High School, UK As Rob Coe (2017) describes, assessment is ‘one of those things that you think you know...

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Test obsessed: Improving student perceptions of assessment when generating performance data

Richard LancasterMay 2021

Richard Lancaster, Kellett School, Hong Kong In the aftermath of the U-turn decision regarding the use of teacher assessment for GCSE and A-level grading in Au...

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A SCITT model for assessment: alignment and development

Henry Sauntson and Andrew CurrieMay 2021

Henry Sauntson FCCT, Director and Andrew Currie, Primary Director at Teach East SCITT, UK At the heart of initial teacher education (ITE) lies a diverse range ...

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Using third-party assessments: Deciding when to trust online test scores

Clare WalshMay 2021

Clare Walsh, University of Southampton, UK Educational assessments are, at the best of times, an imprecise science. For many teachers today, regular ongoing as...

Assessment principles and purpose0 Comments11 min read

Secondary modern language students and assessment: Conceptions, metacognition and emotions

Simon BaronMay 2021

Simon Baron,Teacher of Languages, Parkside Community College (Cambridge), UK In the English secondary school context, the focus on the measurement of education...

Formative assessment and effective feedback0 Comments7 min read

The importance of formative assessment and responsive teaching in the post-COVID era

Megan PriceMay 2021

Megan Price, Assessment Lead, Broad Square Primary School, UK As at any point in time, teaching and learning are community activities, so now more than ever it...

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Formative assessment for online learning: Implementing classroom strategies in the online forum

Emily WalkerMay 2021

Emily Walker, Gallions Primary School, UK Feedback is a vital part of classroom practice but how does formative assessment translate to the online classroom? ...

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An alternative to GCSEs: Reuniting curriculum, pedagogy and assessment

Hugh StephensMay 2021

Hugh Stephens, Head of Geography, St Edward’s School, UK We expect from education that our children become knowledgeable, successful learners, equipped to beco...

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Assessment and initial teacher education in Wales at a time of change: Adapting and learning

David James, Alex Morgan, Emmajane Milton, Anna Bryant, Jennie Clement, Judith Kneen and Gary BeauchampMay 2021

David James, Alex Morgan and Emmajane Milton, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK Anna Bryant, Jennie Clement, Judith Kneen and Gary Beauchamp, Ca...

Assessment, practice and curriculum0 Comments10 min read

Why do we make it so hard? Using cognitive science and assessment objectives to reframe the way we teach Shakespeare at Key Stage 4

Tamsin Page and Olivia TolleyMay 2021

Tamsin Page, Director of English, Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust, UK Olivia Tolley, Teacher of English, North Cambridge Academy, UK Shakespeare is hard. T...

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Thinking more creatively about maths assessment

Lucy Rycroft-Smith and Bart CrispMay 2021

Lucy Rycroft-Smith, Cambridge University, UK Bart Crisp, CUREE, UK Last month, a student answer to a test question was placed on Twitter, asking maths teacher...

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Feeding forward: A case study of dialogic assessment

Elizabeth Hennah and Glenn Y. BezalelMay 2021

Elizabeth Hennah and Glenn Y Bezalel, St Helen’s School, UK At St Helen’s, we have trialled the use of a ‘reading journal’ in English literature for Year 7 stu...

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The not so simple view of reading assessment

Claudia Pik-Ki Chu and Michelle R EllefsonMay 2021

Claudia Pik-Ki Chu and Michelle Ellefson, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK Conceptualisation of reading Reading comprehension is a term that ...

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