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'Building understanding about literacy assessment'
"Teachers need to be supported to look past the singular number and to identify specific reading strengths and weaknesses. Reading ages are a start, but they are far away from telling the whole story."
alexquigley.co.uk/building-und...
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‘Improving reading with the R.E.A.D.S Framework’
“It is not a rigid sequence to follow step by step, but a flexible repertoire. It is a helpful prompt for the teacher to consider which mode of discussion is most valuable at any given moment.”
alexquigley.co.uk/improving-re...
New research explores the issue of toddlers watching YouTube.
It is mostly low-quality content, when quality is exactly what shapes early language.
Worth knowing and worth sharing with parents.
(research via @juliangrenier.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Important and timely @theeef.bsky.social
research round on the impact of generative AI on learning. Hopefully this generates some important research questions, and answers, that can steer future decision-making about when, and when not, to use gen AI for learning.
New Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) 'Evidence into Action' podcast on maths problem solving.
Feat. @gracecoker27.bsky.social, @camillakgilmore.bsky.social, Helen Drury, Tom Pole & Mike Williams.
evidenceintoaction.podbean.com/e/maths-prio...
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'Improving reading with the R.E.A.D.S framework'
R – Review prior knowledge & predict
E – Explore text meanings
A – Identify anchor points
D – Debate alternative meanings & competing views
S – Summarise to consolidate understanding
alexquigley.co.uk/improving-re...
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‘Why educational impact fades out’
“On average, according to the research on 'fade out', only around 46% of an intervention's initial impact survived the following year.”
alexquigley.co.uk/why-educatio...
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'Building understanding about literacy assessment'
Literacy assessment can be done differently. Instead of just relying on reading ages, teachers can use manageable diagnostic assessments to adapt their teaching and support struggling students:
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‘Why educational impact fades out’
“On average, according to the research on 'fade out', only around 46% of an intervention's initial impact survived the following year.”
alexquigley.co.uk/why-educatio...
Helpful summary in Tes of the significant changes to the OFSTED Toolkit and inspection for the new school year.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Literacy assessment is dominated by data on reading ages, but are they helping teachers to make a difference for students who need support?
Let me be clear, high-quality standardised reading assessme...
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Making positive changes to yourself is hard but to try and do it at a school, college, or even across a group of schools locally, and sustain that change, is doubly difficult.
We know from lots of re...
Ofsted publishes updated grading toolkits and guides for inspectors coming into effect from September
www.tes.com
alexquigley.co.uk
Literacy assessment is dominated by data on reading ages, but are they helping teachers to make a difference for students who need support?
Let me be clear, high-quality standardised reading assessme...
Reading in class should be one of the richest experiences a teacher can offer. In practice, it can also prove one of the most uncertain and difficult. Whether it is reading a story in year 2 or unpick...
Reading in class should be one of the richest experiences a teacher can offer. In practice, it can also prove one of the most uncertain and difficult. Whether it is reading a story in year 2 or unpick...
Making positive changes to yourself is hard but to try and do it at a school, college, or even across a group of schools locally, and sustain that change, is doubly difficult.
We know from lots of re...
The EEF has launched a new programme of research to investigate the impact of generative AI on learning and cognition.
We’re making a £2.5 million commitment to build the evidence base.
Find out more: tinyurl.com/4f9effc5
