Assessment Exams Research 

(SPAG) Tests: Spelling, Punctuation And Grammar

14th May 201914th May 2019 @TeacherToolkit 412 Views 2 Comments Committee for Linguistics in Education, Department for Education, Grammar, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Lancaster University, Memory, National Curriculum, Punctuation, SATs, Testing, vocabulary, Willem B. Hollmann, Year 2

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are teachers supported by the Department for Education to deliver primary tests?

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Assessment Primary Teaching and Learning 

10 Reasons Why Spelling Is A Step Too Far!

29th April 201929th April 2019 Lynn How 614 Views 0 Comments Alexa, dictionary, English, Google, Key Stage 2, KS2, Literacy, Phonics, predictive text, Primary, QCA, Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency, spellcheck, Spelling, technology, Writing

Reading Time: 4 minutes Children don’t need to know how to spell, do they?

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Assessment DfE Workload 

5 Ideas for Making Data Collection Work

22nd April 201923rd April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 607 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Behaviour, Curriculum, Data, Data Analysis, Department for Education, incidents, MIS, Professional development, Professor Becky Allen, Reporting, Shanghai, SIMS, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is your school doing to reduce the data burden?

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Assessment DfE Exams 

Do We Test Children Too Much?

17th April 201917th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 795 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Baseline, Curriculum, Department for Education, England, Exams, EYFS, Finland, Gaming, Hong Kong, Jeremy Corbyn, Literacy, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Nick Gibb, off rolling, Phonics, Phonics Check, Primary, SAT, SATs, Singapore, Stress, Testing, Tim Oates

Reading Time: 4 minutes Do our schools in England test children too much, particularly at primary level?

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Assessment DfE Exams 

Baseline Testing: Education Requires Brave Politicians

20th March 201920th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1301 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Baseline, Department for Education, Economy, Exams, Mastery Transcript, Mental Health, OECD, Pisa, Politicians, Rankings, Reception, Scott Looney, Testing, The Assessment For Children Charter, The End of Average, Todd L Rose, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes Should 4-year-old children sit school exams?

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Assessment Exams Policies 

Do School Examinations Fail Some Of Our Pupils?

10th March 20199th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 758 Views 4 Comments Curriculum, Dame Rachel De Souza, Debate Chamber, Dubai, Edward Thorndike, English, Examinations, Exams, Freddie McGill, Global Skills and Education Forum, Harvard, Jeanne Allen, Maths, Pilot, Premature, Professor Jo Ritzen, Susan Hopgood, The End of Average, Todd L Rose, USA Air Force

Reading Time: 5 minutes How did you score in your maths and English examinations at school?

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Assessment CPD Teaching and Learning 

#1MinCPD: Table Arrangement Choices

27th February 201920th February 2019 Hanna Beech 1337 Views 0 Comments #1minCPD, Assessment, Behaviour, Classroom Management, desks, groups, horseshoe, pairs, rows, seating plan, tables

Reading Time: 1 minute How should you organise the desks in your classroom?

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Assessment Primary Teaching and Learning 

8 Tips For Making Marking More Manageable

25th February 201924th February 2019 Ed Davis 1967 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Formative Assessment, highlighters, Marking, success criteria, Summative Assessment, The Blue Box, Verbal Feedback, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do teachers hate the most about teaching?

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Assessment Research Teaching and Learning 

Modelling Instruction: I Do, We Do, You Do

10th February 20199th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1449 Views 0 Comments Assessment, assumptions, Barak Rosenshine, Classroom, Cognitive Science, Direct Instruction, Dual Coding, I Do We Do You Do, Modelling, Quiz, Research, risk-taking, Teacher Instruction, The Learning Scientists, Trust

Reading Time: 2 minutes How do you scaffold teacher-instruction in the classroom?

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Assessment CPD Primary 

The Importance Of Student Feedback

28th January 201927th January 2019 Nick Burton 940 Views 0 Comments ability groups, Assessment, Emotion, Feedback, Finland, interdisciplinary learning, Observations, outdoor learning, Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, Summer Holidays

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you know what your students think?

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Assessment CPD Students 

#1MinCPD: Raising Aspirations

17th January 201922nd January 2019 Hanna Beech 833 Views 0 Comments #1minCPD, action plan, aim high, ambition, Aspiration, Aspirations, Assessment, engagement, potential, Progress, Students

Reading Time: 1 minute Want to encourage your pupils to aim high?

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Assessment Behaviour Teaching and Learning 

Top 10 ‘Afternoon’ Teaching Strategies

10th January 20199th January 2019 Tom Davidson 2118 Views 1 Comment Apprentice, Behaviour, Blockbuster, classroom strategies, Creativity, decision making, Don Draper, fact-checking, fake news, Jo Jonah Jameson, Knowledge organisers, LKMco, News roleplay, oracy, peer teaching, Pomodoro technique, Problem Solving, Revision, scavenger hunt, Speakers Corner, Teaching Ideas

Reading Time: 4 minutes What ‘end of the week’ teaching ideas do you have up your sleeve?

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Assessment Curriculum Teaching and Learning 

Colour-Coded Differentiation

9th January 20199th January 2019 John Dabell 3471 Views 1 Comment ability grouping, achievement, Colour Blind Awareness, colour coding, Data, Differentiation, Disadvantage, diversity, division, Isabella Wallace, Jayne Bartlett, labels, Leah Kirkman, obstacles, Pimp My Lesson, racism, Seating Plans, segregation, spreadsheets, Sue Cowley, worksheets

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why should we ditch colour-coded worksheets?

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Assessment Students Teaching and Learning 

5 Tips For Live Displays

8th January 20196th January 2019 Helen Sharpe 1097 Views 0 Comments Alex Quigley, Andy Tharby, classroom displays, Clever Classrooms, content, David Didau, displays, distraction, Doug Lemov, HEAD project, Literacy, live modelling, Mary Shelley, Memory, Peps Mccrae, Presentation

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we improve our displays?

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Assessment Leadership Policies 

Solutions Looking For Problems

18th December 201818th December 2018 Phil Naylor 979 Views 0 Comments aal$ed.org, Assessment, attainment, audit, CPD, Data, diagnosis, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), engagement, evidence, gap analysis, Intervention, Pupil Premium

Reading Time: 4 minutes What exactly seems to be the problem?

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Assessment Curriculum Teaching and Learning 

5 Tips For Making Project-Based Learning Work

9th December 201810th December 2018 Laura George 1017 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), Finland, Knowledge, phenomenon-based learning, Project Based Learning, Resources, Skills, SOLE, Star Wars, Star Wars In The Classroom, Sugata Mitra

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can pupils and teachers excel in project-based learning?

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Assessment CPD Teaching and Learning 

#1MinCPD: 10 Quick Questioning Tips

5th December 20184th December 2018 Hanna Beech 1311 Views 0 Comments Assessment for Learning, assessment of learning, closed, critical questions, higher order questions, lower order questions, Open, Questioning, Questions, Recall, thinking

Reading Time: 1 minute How can you make the most of questioning in class?

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