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There is no such thing as an ‘average’ school
We might associate ‘top schools’ with having the lion's share of academic high-achievers. However, when we look at the distribution of achievement across all students within schools and compare it to average differences between schools, the story is not so straightforward.
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Formative assessment
In formative assessment, you gather and interpret information about student learning as it is happening in your classroom. It helps you to adapt your teaching to meet student needs.
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Formative assessment at Walford Anglican School for Girls
Kerri Proctor, Head of English at Walford Anglican School for Girls, uses different formative assessment methods to track students' progress.
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Spacing and retrieval
Spacing and retrieval involves separating learning over multiple lessons and providing opportunities for students to recall what they have learned. This helps to commit learning to long-term memory.
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Formative assessment implementation checklist
This checklist focuses on formative assessment. It is a list of practical steps you can take to support the implementation of an evidence-based practice in your setting.
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Formative assessment example of practice
This example comes from a Year 7 English class where a formative assessment task was to gather data about students’ writing and interpretive skills.
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Spacing and retrieval implementation checklist
Implementation checklists are a list of practical steps you can take to support the implementation of an evidence-based practice in your setting.
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Spacing and retrieval: Example of practice
Examples of practice demonstrate effective practice in different education settings. You can use them to think about how to apply the practice in your own context.
Practice guide
Spacing and retrieval practice guide
This guide outlines key practices for using spacing and retrieval in the classroom.
Practice guide
Formative assessment practice guide
This guide outlines key practices for using formative assessment in the classroom.
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Research reflection guide
Reflect on what you have learned from reading a piece of research evidence on a particular approach and decide whether to implement the approach in your context - and how to do so effectively.