Computer-Based Assessments, what are they?
Louise Bailey, Research Manager at NFER, explores the benefits and challenges of computer-based assessment.
Louise Bailey, Research Manager at NFER, explores the benefits and challenges of computer-based assessment.
In November 2022, the Independent Commission on Assessment in Primary Education released the findings of their final report Assessment for Children’s Learning: A new future for primary education.
When considering pupil progress and assessment, liaising with parents (and carers / guardians) proactively and positively is crucial, whether that be through test results, reports, parents’ evenings or a little update at the classroom door, but is there a model of best practice that all educators can draw upon?
Clare Sealy, Head of Education Improvement within the Education Office at the State of Guernsey, looks at the two key umbrella terms used in assessment.
Kate Henshall, Head of School Improvement: Primary Maths, Trinity MAT deep-dives into diagnostic assessments.
Phil Holton, Senior Qualification Manager at Pearson, discusses the changes made to 4th edition of the Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) and the impact this has on undergraduate and secondary school education, in particular D&T.
Emma Braithwaite, Head of Skills and Engagement at The Reading Agency, shares how we can foster a love of reading in schools through empowering pupil choice.
All we do is design...
“All that we do, almost all the time, is design, for design is basic to all human activity. The planning and patterning of any act toward a desired, foreseeable end constitutes the design process […] design is the primary underlying matrix of life.”
It’s almost Phonics Screening Check (PSC) time, and many primary schools will already have started their preparations to help each one of their learners boost their life-long literacy journey. After more than 10 years supporting teachers with the Bug Club Phonics range, we’ve put together this playful toolkit of ideas to keep young learners engaged, help them revise and thrive, and close the gaps with fun and positivity.