RAISEonline brain teasers part 1

Over the last half-term, my email inbox has noticed a bit of a rise in the number of queries along the lines of “I’m not sure I get page x of the new...

Just give them a grade – sound advice from the minister?

Yesterday, our Schools Minister Nick Gibb said that teachers could save time and workload by, instead of producing in-depth marking of children’s work...

Unpicking KS2 progress scores ahead of friday’s RAISEonline release

This Friday our eager anticipation will be over and the new-look RAISEonline reports, showing the 2016 unvalidated data for Key Stages 1 and 2, will...

Primary assessment: reflection and feed-forward

The aim of this blog is to periodically bring you important updates, ideas and suggestions in the world of school assessment.