Reflecting on the new ‘higher standards’ at key stages 1 and 2

Succumbing to the inevitable, I have recently acquired, at great expense, a pair of varifocal glasses. I find that I have to hold my head at a...

KS2 performance tables (with an added surprise)

Yesterday saw the release of the KS2 Performance Tables (based on validated data).

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.