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Category: Assessment reform consultations

Phonics check risks distorting learning, says NAHT

Rather than focus on high stakes tests, we must trust professionals to use continual, low-level assessments to reinforce learning
Posted on 13/06/2017Author NAHT Press ReleasesCategories Assessment, Assessment campaign, Assessment reform consultations, Assistant Head, Deputy Head, e-Alert, England, Head, Hot Topic 1, News, news releases, Press Release

Education committee call for end to ‘high stakes’ assessment

Commenting on the Education Select Committee's report on primary assessment, Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT says:
Posted on 30/04/2017Author NAHT Press ReleasesCategories Assessment, Assessment campaign, Assessment reform consultations, Assistant Head, Deputy Head, e-Alert, England, Head, Hot Topic 1, News, news releases, Press Release

Anne Lyons’ Conference Speech 2017

'For Leaders, For Learners; Building an Ambitious Future'
Posted on 28/04/2017Author NAHT Press ReleasesCategories Assessment, Assessment campaign, Assessment reform consultations, Assistant Head, Deputy Head, e-Alert, England, Head, Hot Topic 1, Leadership, News, news releases, Performance, Press Release, Staff management

Primary assessment consultation published

Vital step towards a better system
Posted on 30/03/201706/04/2017Author NAHT Press ReleasesCategories Assessment, Assessment campaign, Assessment reform consultations, Assistant Head, Deputy Head, e-Alert, England, Head, Hot Topic 1, News, news releases, Press Release, Primary

Challenging exam grades should never be based on the ability to pay

The cost of challenging grades remains prohibitively high for schools
Posted on 17/02/201710/04/2017Author NAHT Press ReleasesCategories Assessment, Assessment reform consultations, Assistant Head, Deputy Head, England, Head, Hot Topic 1, News, news releases, Press Release
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