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Formative assessment
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Providing meaningful feedback when pupils are engaged in remote learning requires careful thinking. Claire Gadsby provides ideas and examples for maximising time and effort
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Josephine Smith explores approaches to formative assessment designed to save time, provide useful feedback and promote knowledge retrieval
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Are you teaching on the edge? Torsten Payne provides strategies and examples for effective (and time-saving) feedback
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Tom Fay explains how a simplified marking strategy has enabled teachers to focus on feedback that makes a difference
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Assistant head Kristen Weiss explains how action research facilitated changes in marking and feedback practice, resulting in reduced workload for teachers at Blean Primary School
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Using a dot to indicate 'check this' is small but powerful way to encourage self-reflection and reduce teacher workload. Find out how it works in practice
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The purpose of assessment is not to fill checkboxes but to inform better teaching, particularly for pupils with SEND. Nancy Gedge explains how you can get to know the children you teach
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What do we mean by holistic assessment? Use this poster to remind your staff how they can personalise their approach to formative and summative assessment
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Tracking progress can be a complex business. Tom Fay looks at the purpose and principles of tracking and shares key questions for reflection
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Recent reports de-bunk the myth that there is a link between the quantity of marking and pupil progress. Here’s how to reduce teacher workload without sacrificing standards