Supporting EAL learners through SATs – what are the options?

Ben Fuller answers the frequently asked questions around whether EAL children should take the KS2 SATs tests and how best to support them if they do.

What do we mean by ‘progress’ and how can we reassure ourselves that pupils are making it?

Ben Fuller explores the often asked questions of what we really mean by progress in learning and can it be ‘measured’?

Progress measures (KS2 and KS4) in 2022 – what do we know?

Ben Fuller explores what we know (and what we don’t yet know) about KS2 and KS4 progress measures this summer.

Exploring unconscious bias in assessment

Ben Fuller explores how unconscious bias can affect both teacher assessed grades and exam results – and how to tackle it.

Looking to medicine for the cure for our ailing assessment system

What we can learn from multi-dimensional assessment in Higher Education

Up and running: what I have learnt about learning

Ben Fuller reflects on his own learning journey and the lessons that can be applied to the classroom.

Highlights from the Year 2 moderation clusters

Sharing some of the things that came up when Year 2 teachers discussed their pupils and the journey ahead.

Getting metacognition into remote learning

Strong metacognitive skills support pupils as independent learners. Sophie MacNeill suggests how these could be developed in remote learning contexts.

Formative assessment while remote teaching

Revisiting a formative assessment video resource from the Digital Classroom Toolkit for this new period of remote teaching

Tethered teaching: how to get close from afar

Curating essential formative assessment strategies to utilise as we navigate our new normal.