Primary Attainment in English Primary Schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes What are the attainment trends across English primary schools?
Assessment
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To Sit Beside, Not Sit Alone
Reading Time: 2 minutes Have we lost our way with assessment and is it time for teachers to reclaim its origins?
Podcast 62: Research Informed Retrieval Practice
Reading Time: < 1 minute How can teachers teach pupils how to remember things, better?
Podcast 61: The Links Between Poverty And Attainment
Reading Time: < 1 minute How do primary schools close the poverty and attainment gap, and what happens at secondary school that unpicks all this hard work?
Verbal Feedback Project: The Findings
Reading Time: 2 minutes Why does the teaching profession need an academic paper to prove the obvious?
Marking in Aqua-Coloured Pen: The Evidence!
Reading Time: 2 minutes Does the colour of pen a teacher chooses to use, really matter?
Feedback Meetings: The End Of Marking?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Have school leaders and inspectors forgotten why verbal feedback is routine, important and often, unobserved?
Comparative Assessment In The Classroom
Reading Time: 2 minutes What is comparative assessment and how can teachers use it in their classroom?
(SPAG) Tests: Spelling, Punctuation And Grammar
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are teachers supported by the Department for Education to deliver primary tests?
10 Reasons Why Spelling Is A Step Too Far!
Reading Time: 4 minutes Children don’t need to know how to spell, do they?
5 Ideas for Making Data Collection Work
Reading Time: 3 minutes What is your school doing to reduce the data burden?
Do We Test Children Too Much?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Do our schools in England test children too much, particularly at primary level?
