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Quality check: are your assessments giving you the best data?
Schools need to be able to trust that the assessment data they have is reliable and robust. But how can you tell? In this blog post we will look at...
Assessment Data
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Striking a balance between student potential and teacher expectations
As a classroom teacher I had many conversations about flight paths and the validity of GCSE target grades. The data we were presented with at times...
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Assessment for growth: Turning data into action in multi-academy trusts
With government expectations that every school will join a multi-academy trust (MAT) by 2030, how can assessment practices be part of an effective...
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What is the relationship between our assessments and IGCSE grades?
By Dr Matthew Carroll, Research Division, Cambridge University Press & Assessment When we produce an assessment, we need to know that it is measuring...
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4 steps to data-based decision making for school improvement
Sue Holt has extensive experience in international education, holding various posts over 30 years including Deputy Head (Curriculum), Head of...
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Turning insight into action
A conversation with Jonathan Allday Jonathan Allday has worked as a teacher, head of department, head of faculty and senior leader in day and...
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Turning data into insight
By Tony Emmerson, Senior Deputy Head, The English College in Prague That the use of data in schools is still a matter for debate puzzles me. How can...
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Predictions, aspirations, expectations and outcomes
Have schools got the ‘perfect’ system where every student achieves the grade they want? Unlikely. There are a number of factors that can get in the...
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Barriers to making data-based decisions in education
By Suzanne Crocker, Product Manager, Cambridge International As human beings we make thousands of decisions everyday based on the information (or...
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Guide to assessment in the first term
The beginning of a school year is always the busiest. There’s so much to consider and do and plan and prepare for that it can feel overwhelming....