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Greg Watson
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‘A lot of assessment is misconceived and misapplied’
Bad assessment practices have accumulated like barnacles on a ship, says Greg Watson. Is it any wonder teachers are stressed?
28 October 2019
Key stage 3 is a victim of high-stakes accountability
KS3 can offer so much more than GCSE exam prep – it’s where our pupils should gain a solid foundation for learning, says Greg Watson
11 January 2019
‘We’re not seeing the vulnerable students struggling below the surface’
The link between wellbeing, pupil health and student performance is no longer challenged. But we still make too many assumptions about who might be vulnerable, writes a leading assessment expert
27 April 2018
‘Want more poor kids to pass the 11-plus? Invest in early years’
To get more disadvantaged children into grammar schools, we need to make changes to education long before the 11-plus, writes one assessment expert
12 February 2018
Some advice for Justine Greening: here’s how to go down in history as one of the great education secretaries
Congrats on keeping the best job in cabinet, Justine. Now, how to make a success of it? Focus on early years, invest in identifying learning difficulties and devote money to CPD: one data expert writes to the education secretary
13 June 2017
‘It’s unforgivable that so many children are misdiagnosed with learning difficulties, diverting help from those with genuine need’
Teachers believe that pressure from parents is a major reason why many children are wrongly being labelled as having SEND, writes one data expert
24 February 2017