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How reflecting on their “why” will help teachers recover and re-engage these festive holidays: A guide with headspace Schools
Hannah Jamieson, national education advisor for headspace Schools, knows only too well how easy it is for teachers to burn out by the time they reach...
For exhausted teachers, the three Rs these festive holidays are Rest, Recover and Re-engage: A guide with headspace Schools
The end-of-year school break is likely to be the first taste of respite that teachers will get from the strain of this past year's challenges. We...
The rich tapestry of assessment: How holistic testing ties together many threads to tell each student’s story
If you’ve viewed the lavish tapestries adorning the walls of English castles or French chateaux, you may be familiar with the vast collections of...
5 tips from parents on getting the most out of parent-teacher night
Parents are an integral part of the education journey, and parent-teacher night is a key touchpoint to ask specific questions and hear feedback about...
The new “Three Rs of Education”: Responsiveness, Resilience and Relationships
After more challenging months of uncertainty and lockdowns for our teacher colleagues as well as parents, schools are open once more, and it seems...
Minimising students’ stress during online exams with intuitive UX design
A certain level of assessment-related pressure is normal. It can even be helpful in delivering nervous energy and focus during exams. However, when...
PISA for Schools vs PISA: understanding the differences
It's easy to assume the term ‘PISA for Schools’ refers to the three-yearly PISA test which runs in more than 80 OECD countries and whose results...
A guide to 5 school assessment types and their key purposes
Whether you're a teacher or parent, it’s highly likely that you’ve come across various terminology for the types of tests your child sits at...
How to take advantage of the ESSER fund-eligible OECD Test for Schools
The US Federal Government support package released to districts and schools is intended to be uniformly applied in addressing students’ academic,...
How the OECD Test for Schools meets the criteria for ESSER funding
The true impact of COVID-19 and US school closures on K-12 learning remains to be seen, making it challenging for any one school to gauge its...
10 things to love about PISA for Schools
The bedrock of an individualised approach to teaching is a self-aware school ecosystem – one in which schools have a clear, proportional and global...
How the COVID-19 restrictions present an opportunity to transform education: One-on-one with new Janison CEO David Caspari [Q&A]
The lockdown has accelerated educators’ and students’ interactions with online learning and assessment technologies. So, what happens next? New...
The future of online assessment: why test-takers no longer need to be online to sit an “online” exam
There’s no question that the future of exams is digital. But the critical challenge when switching from paper-and-pen exams remains poor internet...
Question type varieties and why they matter
Digital testing has opened more elicitation techniques than ever to test authors. Given that question types have their inherent strengths and...
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