National Curriculum assessment

Leading Educationalist Expresses his Opinion on the Teaching of Grammar in Schools

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Mercredi, mars 23, 2022
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OXFORD, England, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent article published earlier this month, presented a case for change in the way grammar is taught in England. Based on research funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the article described how a new approach to teaching grammar and writing known as Englicious, required the pupils involved to learn grammatical terms, after which they applied this new knowledge to a piece of writing. Ten Englicious lessons were delivered by teachers guided by a manual, closely tailored to the linguistic content of the National Curriculum. Crucially, the main outcome of the research revealed that this intervention failed to improve narrative writing in pupils aged six to seven.

Key Points: 
  • Ten Englicious lessons were delivered by teachers guided by a manual, closely tailored to the linguistic content of the National Curriculum.
  • Says Caller: "I have misgivings about the current emphasis on the methodical teaching of grammar in schools.
  • So how does Caller suggest that writing can be improved if teaching pupils the rules of grammar has been shown to be ineffective?
  • Founded in 1999 by Adam Caller, Tutors International is a private company based in Oxford, a city renowned for academic excellence.

Leading Educationalist Expresses his Opinion on the Teaching of Grammar in Schools

Retrieved on: 
Mercredi, mars 23, 2022
Curriculum, Pupil, National Curriculum assessment, Client, Risk, Life, Nuffield Foundation, Reading, Language, OED, Parent, Oxford, Education, Research, Oxford spelling, Ageing, Confidentiality, CEO, School, Learning, Scrabble, Knowledge, Vocabulary, National curriculum, Goal, Time, Writing, Phrase, Child, Founder, Creativity, Tutoring, Book

OXFORD, England, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent article published earlier this month, presented a case for change in the way grammar is taught in England. Based on research funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the article described how a new approach to teaching grammar and writing known as Englicious, required the pupils involved to learn grammatical terms, after which they applied this new knowledge to a piece of writing. Ten Englicious lessons were delivered by teachers guided by a manual, closely tailored to the linguistic content of the National Curriculum. Crucially, the main outcome of the research revealed that this intervention failed to improve narrative writing in pupils aged six to seven.

Key Points: 
  • Ten Englicious lessons were delivered by teachers guided by a manual, closely tailored to the linguistic content of the National Curriculum.
  • Says Caller: "I have misgivings about the current emphasis on the methodical teaching of grammar in schools.
  • So how does Caller suggest that writing can be improved if teaching pupils the rules of grammar has been shown to be ineffective?
  • Founded in 1999 by Adam Caller, Tutors International is a private company based in Oxford, a city renowned for academic excellence.

Assessment and testing in primary education in England

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Jeudi, janvier 9, 2020
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It also provides a brief overview of changes to primary assessment since 2010.

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  • It also provides a brief overview of changes to primary assessment since 2010.
  • SATs, or national curriculum assessments

    SATs, or national curriculum assessments, are assessments of primary pupils progress and attainment.

  • They are currently taken at the end of key stage 1 (infant phase) and key stage 2 (end of primary/ junior phase).
  • Phonics screening check

    Children in year one, which is usually the second year of primary education, also take a phonics screen to check their ability to decode words.

SATs and primary assessment in England

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Mardi, janvier 8, 2019
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Monday, January 7, 2019This briefing paper provides information on SATs - or national curriculum assessments - in England. It looks at what is tested, when, how the results are used. It also looks at changes to primary assessment since 2015.

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  • House of Commons Library

    This briefing paper provides information on SATs - or national curriculum assessments - in England.

  • It also looks at changes to primary assessment since 2015.
  • SATs, or national curriculum assessments as they are formally known, are assessments of primary pupils progress and attainment.
  • Consultation on primary assessment March 2017

    The Department for Education (DfE) launched a consultation on the future of primary assessment in March 2017.