Monthly Archives: December 2021

The shape of assessment – David Didau: The Learning Spy

As we should all now be aware, there are no external audiences interested in schools’ internal data. If we’re going to go to the trouble of getting students to sit formal assessments on which we will… Continued here https://ift.tt/3FJ7eRv

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

How should we teach students to interpret texts? – David Didau: The Learning Spy

The default approach to so much English teaching is to present students with a text and then say some version of, “What do you think of this?” If you’re fortunate enough to teach in a selective… Continued here https://ift.tt/3dLmy3O

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Increasing rates of sickness absence in primary schools – Education Datalab blog

Absence overall has decreased this term, but sickness absence is as high as it’s been during the pandemic Continued here: https://ift.tt/3EJxKty

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Exploring persistent absence – Education Datalab blog

Some thoughts about how persistent absence could be defined in a world affected by Covid Continued here: https://ift.tt/3pKeoyc

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The SEND Review ought to find out why so many young people are in local authority commissioned alternative provision – Education Datalab blog

Over 32,000 young people were in education outside of the state-funded school system but paid for by local authorities in January 2021. We take a closer look at this group. Continued here: https://ift.tt/3dfzNcR

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment