Investigating Mathematical Attainment and Progress (IMAP)
by Dr Lee Copping
Low attainment is acknowledged to be one of the most serious problems in...
Education systems can only be accountable for what they can influence
Professor Peter Tymms, Director of iPIPS, CEM and School of Education, Durham University
This...
Reasons to be optimistic about assessment
This blog post is taken from the first part of a presentation Stephen Tierney (@leadinglearner)...
Making a positive primary to secondary transition in Music
by Dimitra Kokotsaki
Moving from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 can be a big upheaval for many...
NEON Summer Symposium 2016
Enabling wider access to Higher Education by Laura da Costa
In June of this year, a team of CEM...
Maths Anxiety
Do you avoid maths at all costs?
How do you feel when working out your change, splitting a bill...
Summertime and the planning is easy
The summer holidays are finally here and offer a long awaited break after SATs, GCSEs and A-levels....
Understanding what works in oral reading assessments
by Professors Christine Merrell and Peter Tymms
Last week saw the publication of the new online and...
What is Worth Reading for Teachers Interested in Research?
I give a fair number of talks to groups of teachers and school leaders on the subject of connecting...
What’s in a name?
New research from CEM shows that the length of a child’s name is not predictive of future academic...