ABSTRACT In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the General Certificate of Secondary
Education (GCSE) has been the qualification by which students' attainment at age sixteen …

Abstract 'Motivation'is a significant concept for teachers and students during programmes of
learning which lead explicitly to high stakes assessments and examinations. This systematic …

Struggling literacy learners are typically low achievers with poor engagement in literacy
learning, and the gap between struggling and capable students widens as children move …

Since their introduction by the Conservative government in 2013, primary school children in
England have taken a mandated grammar, punctuation and spelling assessment, which …

Grammar is a key focus of current UK national curriculum policy, at both primary and
secondary school level. But grammar policy across these levels is incongruous: at primary …

Having outlined my methodological approach in Chapter 5 and having described the usage
problems investigated in this study in Chapter 6, I will now turn to the data analysis and …

The broad, contested notion of vulnerability is one of the areas of education in which
concerns with the mental health and wellbeing of young people come together. This paper …

Conventional approaches to assessment involve teachers and examiners judging the
quality of learners work by reference to lists of criteria or other 'outcome'statements. This …

This paper presents a novel explanation for the continued absence of a children's rights
strategy within high-stakes educational assessment with reference to the competing …

We were inspired to undertake the research for this book on the basis of our shared passion
for the effective teaching of English, a pursuit we have dedicated our professional lives to …