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Primary Assessment and Accountability Conference

10th Jul 2015

Organiser
Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM), Durham University
Cost (non-member)
£50; Student registration - £30


With ever-increasing pressure on school budgets, accountability, and industry competition, policymakers and practitioners are increasingly turning to educational research to information best practice in the classroom.


In this session, leading educational researchers will present on a wide range of subject areas that will stimulate debate, and provide some very practical tools for classroom use - all proven to work in school and all underpinned by sound research.


This one day event will bring together leaders across a range of educational fields; academics, researchers, practitioners and policymakers, to share, discuss and debate positive strategies for promoting pupil progress in school -  centred on proof of 'what works'.


This event has been created to provide an opportunity for individuals currently working in or looking to work in education with the opportunity to hear and discuss the latest research findings from Early Childhood Education and Care, Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring and National Association of Head Teachers. Sessions will cover teaching practices and the impact on improving pupil outcomes.

 

Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Paul Leseman, Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Europe, Utrecht University

 

Speakers:

  • Russell Hobby, General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers
  • Christine Merrell, Director of Research at CEM
  • Peter Tymms, Director of iPIPS

 

Programme

09:15  Registration and refreshments

09:30  Welcome and outline of the day
             Paul Latham, Chair ASPE

09:40   Assessment in Early Childhood: Developmental Perspectives
             Prof. Dr. Leseman

10:30  Questions

11:00  Refreshments

11:30  What have we learned from twenty years of baseline assessment? Large-scale data perspective
             Dr. Christine Merrell

12:15  Discussion groups

13:00   Lunch

13:45   Matters of the Moment
             Russell Hobby

14:10  Questions and discussion

14:30  iPIPS: International Policy and Research Focus
            Prof. Peter Tymms

15:00  Questions and discussion

15:30  Close

 

For further information email abbie.simpson@cem.dur.ac.uk and to register go to www.cem.org/events .

Location

Radisson Blu, Durham