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If Ofqual Can Decide Grade Boundaries, What Does That Mean For Teachers?
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14/02/2013
Written by Laura McInerney, Policy Development Partner
As people fight over yesterday’s court ruling on the GCSE Fiasco, no-one has yet answered a question I posed in September. How on earth is a teacher supposed to know what a C grade answer looks like?
The court judgement confirms that Ofqual has the absolute right to ensure comparable outcomes of GCSE scores between cohorts...
Today's presentation of the Ofsted Annual Report from Sir Michael Wilshaw to the Education Select Committee
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13/02/2013
This morning Wilshaw presented the Osfted Annual Report to the Education Select Committee and below you can find live tweets from the event.
There were four recurring areas:
1. Wilshaw, like The Academies Commission, is particularly keen on school to school collaboration to improve standards, especially for schools in disadvantaged areas. Ofsted are considering...
Spending the Pupil Premium: Ofsted Report on Good Practice - 15 Key Questions
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11/02/2013
By Loic Menzies - LKMco Director
Ofsted have published a report on good practice in spending the pupil premium.
Here are the top 15 questions I think teachers, leaders and governors should be asking themselves.
A few words of caution:
These are the points which strike me most, it’s not the whole of what they’ve said so check the full report.
Ofsted’s report is mainly made up...
...and now for the 'ifs' and 'buts' - The Potential Pitfalls of the New School Performance Tables and National Curriculum
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08/02/2013
By Loic Menzies- LKMco Director
Like Laura, I welcome (most of) the raft of announcements made by Michael Gove yesterday, however, as the dust settles, the inevitable ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ become clearer. So here are a few questions to ask about the Value Added Best 8, English and Maths Threshold, National Curriculum and comparability:
Value Added Best 8
Before I get started...
