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James Pembroke
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‘Sats 2023 data isn’t comparable - or particularly useful’
If year-on-year comparability isn’t possible, then what purpose do KS2 tests serve, asks James Pembroke
Primary
12 July 2023
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Time to stop setting Sats targets
Yesterday’s KS2 results tell us it is time to put an end to arbitrary targets, says data expert
Primary
6 July 2022
Time to stop setting Sat targets
‘Why we need a new approach to accountability’
The way that progress data is used to hold primary schools to account isn’t working, says our data columnist
26 November 2018
‘DfE needs to scrap the baffling data systems’
Streamlining systems and releasing results earlier would help schools manage their data, says James Pembroke
24 September 2018
Spectre of accountability needs its own ‘red letter’
The government needs to take a long hard look at the pernicious impact of its own league tables, writes Tes’ Data Doctor
20 July 2018
Stop using pupil-tracking data to keep tabs on teachers
The assessment information that staff collect should be used solely to support learning, says James Pembroke
22 June 2018