Government listens to concerns about assessment
Government publishes responses to primary assessment and Rochford review consultations.
Category: Assessment
KS2 data released: NAHT calls for fairer accountability
Test results are only part of the picture when judging success.
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
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:
Anne Lyons’ Conference Speech 2017
'For Leaders, For Learners; Building an Ambitious Future'
Primary assessment consultation published
Vital step towards a better system
Welcome clarity provided on reformed GCSE grading system
Confirmation that the government will define a grade 4 as a standard pass at GCSE is helpful
Challenging exam grades should never be based on the ability to pay
The cost of challenging grades remains prohibitively high for schools
Abandoning phonics check for older children to be welcomed
Retaking phonics screening adds to workload and does not deliver for pupils
Students with unreliable grades even less likely to get justice /
Ofqual today released its annual statistics on the number of schools and colleges that challenged pupils' exam grades in 2016.