…proportions of teachers indicated that their school uses informal methods of evaluating approaches and programmes. These include trial-and-error approaches and learning from the experiences of other schools. While a large…
Global Education Rankings Can Be Misleading
…report concludes that there are five countries or territories that generally perform better than England in all the tables: Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. On PISA, Belgium,…
Improvements in exam results are the best way to evaluate teachers
…changes will be no more effective than what went before.” The report notes that evaluations are most effective when value added scores are combined with other classroom measures, such as…
NFER poll results on teachers spending pupil premium
…42% (36%) 67% (52%) 36% (32%) Evaluating different approaches and programmes then deciding which to adopt 46% (45%) 65% (71%) 41% (39%) Considering which approaches and programmes are the most…
Londoners most likely to pay for extra tuition as demand remains high
…of students from better off families had received some private tuition, compared to just 15% from less well-off families, based on a family affluence scale. The Sutton Trust’s sister charity,…
Private school premium of £194,000 revealed in new report
…get, but also charge fees on a means-tested basis, with the poorest families paying no fees. Using the latest data on independent school fees, the researchers estimate that applying the…