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Development Matters: A good start?

Monday, September 30, 2019

| Nursery World

Despite its many plus points, it is time to update Development Matters, explains Dr Julian Grenier, who is leading the work to revise it

Almost 200 schools drop out of Baseline pilot

News

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Almost 200 schools that initially signed up to the Reception Baseline pilot have dropped out.

EYFS best practice in schools: Baseline – Know better?

Features

Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

The new baseline assessment programme is being trialled by schools from September. Charlotte Goddard examines what it involves and the concerns surrounding it

Schools call for overhaul of primary school testing

News

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

| Nursery World

Senior teachers want a 'complete review' of the way pupils are assessed as they say the current regime is ineffective and puts unnecessary stress on children.

DfE promotes baseline assessment in new video

News

Thursday, February 28, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has uploaded a new YouTube video on the Reception baseline assessment explaining how it will work.

Improve your observation and assessment skills

Other

Thursday, May 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Observation and assessment is a vital but often misunderstood area of early years practice. Expert advice is on hand at Nursery World North.

Editor’s view – Falling on deaf ears

Opinion

Monday, April 16, 2018

| Nursery World

It seems that the Government has not been listening to the strong case against the REception Baseline, says Liz Roberts

'Baby PISA' study to go ahead in autumn

News

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The main study for the controversial OECD International Early Learning and Child Well-Being Study, known as 'Baby PISA', is to go ahead in autumn 2018, following last autumn’s field trial with 450 five-year-old children.

Don't let assessment drive the curriculum

Opinion

Monday, January 15, 2018

| Nursery World

Getting the right balance between assessment and curriculum in the EYFS is tricky - but who said it was going to be easy? Dr Julian Grenier and Lydia Cuddy-Gibbs, head of early years at Ark, give their views