The effect of GCSE reforms: How have they affected long-term disadvantaged pupils?
The attainment gap has widened slightly.
Contextualised attainment at Key Stage 2
Including details of a new report available in FFT Aspire
Do proposed adjustments to grading in GCSE languages go far enough?
Our take on Ofqual’s plan to adjust grading standards in French and German
Solutions to problems with Progress 8, part one: qualification scoring
How would P8 scores change if qualifications attracted different point scores?
Solutions to problems with Progress 8, part two: taking account of context
How would progress scores change if context were taken into account?
Some thoughts on ‘The children leaving school with nothing’
It’s worth digging under the surface of the Children’s Commissioner’s latest briefing
Will anything ever be done about grading in modern foreign languages GCSEs?
French, German and Spanish all look to have been harshly graded for many years
Has attainment improved at Key Stage 4 in 2019?
And has the disadvantage gap narrowed after it unexpectedly widened in 2018?
Are some qualifications scored too generously?
And others scored too severely