Government-led reform of assessment has alienated a substantial proportion of the profession and a growing number of parents. It lacks a clear vision for a stable, proportionate and coherent approach...
Sir Michael Barber appointed as the independent chair of the new Foundation for Leadership in Education
We cannot see how school level results can be published or a national benchmark set
Schools and parents cannot face another year of assessment chaos
Welcome response to NAHT letter to Schools Minister Nick Gibb
The government has announced today that the reception baseline does not work as a measure of pupil progress. It is hard to avoid saying 'we told you so'.
Two weeks ago NAHT achieved three changes to this year's arrangements for writing assessment: the return of the date to the end of June; a commitment not to rely on 2016 data for intervention and the...
Statistics generated by the government are increasingly dubious
Transparency for parents is valuable, but league tables highlight only one part of what is happening in schools
We need a system that gets more exam grades right first time, not one that needs to be continually challenged