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Thursday 29th June is the KS1 teacher assessments submission deadline. The KS1 spelling and grammar test will remain optional for 2017. Schools who wish to use it can still download materials from NCA tools. Key stage 2 assessments: an overview There will be no new test types introduced befo...
Yet, my father will tell you now that my own passion for the Pittsburgh Steelers has prompted him to pay more attention. Indeed, one of my proudest moments as a blogger was getting an email from him after he finished readingmy profile ofJohn Stallworth, telling me how much he had enjoyed...
Maybe because the Steelers just keep drafting receivers with high picks.JuJu Smith-Schuster,a second-round selection out of USCin the2017 NFL Draft, is now one of the stars of the team, a leader, someone Pittsburgh is counting on to rebound after a 2019 in which he struggled both in term...
For everyone reading whether it is your first exposure to “Financial Samurai” or if you have been an avid reader for years you should understand and expect that a true expert in their field must revisit basic fundamentals with more nuanced understanding of the topic they are discussing!
Focusing on KS1, and to help understand whether certain pupil groups or school demographics have been more affected we broke down our own most recent analysis for reading (using our New PIRA tests) by gender, region and Pupil Premium status. The topics shown here correlate to the National Cur...
This time last year, we ‘celebrated’ the return of poetry in the 2018 KS2 Reading Test. So, what are the headlines of the 2019 KS2 Reading Test? Were there any surprises? After 4 years of this suite of tests are we still surprised by the ingredients or have we identified enough pat...
After the school closures, it seems that KS2 assessments are going ahead this year. Therefore, what do pupils need to know and understand? We asked Shareen Wilkinson (Mayers) to share her thoughts and ideas. Please also see Shareen’s blog on preparing for the reading paper, where she hi...
Trevor has written assessment materials for Letts, OCR and Pearson Edexcel, as well as Rising Stars. He has been involved with writing questions for KS1 and KS2 SATs Mathematics papers and has been involved in trialling these questions in schools; furthermore he has worked as a KS2 SATs ...
October 2018 Rochford Review Schools assess pupils’ development in all four areas of need outlined in the SEND Code of Practice, but statutory assessment for pupils who are not engaged in subject-specific learning should be limited to the area of cognition and learning....