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DfE announcement raises fears among heads, who warn many schools have not been able to deliver the full curriculum this year due to Covid

Professor Elizabeth Bjork says competitive true-false questions can also help introduce the necessary level of ‘desirable difficulty’ to testing to help boost student recall

Professor Sugata Mitra argues this will help make exams fit for purpose in the modern world during a panel discussion on the future of assessment at the World Education Summit

If the DfE really is determined to publish secondary school league tables this year after all the Covid disruption, then it needs to make sure that the data is handled with care, says Steve Rollett

Over 9 in 10 music teachers say these performance measures have ‘negatively impacted music education’

D&T has been ‘neglected’ and ‘actively devalued’ as a subject, warns heads’ leader

Covid is racing through schools – let’s not take away one of the key ways to slow its spread just before pupils start gathering en masse to sit exams

School leaders call for more support for anxious students and those who are unable to take any exams due to Covid

Primary assessments should not go ahead as normal, as disruption to learning has not been felt ‘evenly’, headteachers’ leader warns

Exclusive: Exams get underway in Scotland next month but SQA figures show that over a quarter of marker positions are yet to be filled

Schools should focus ‘as much as possible’ on exams preparation now, schools minister tells MPs

Introducing workshopping into key stage 3 English lessons has been transformational, says Katie Packman – as she shares how to reap the benefits