assessment and progression
Getting your KS3 assessment right in history: 12 step guide

You will know from the activities provided on the site that we are firm believers in a planned series of…

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5 things
Assessment for Learning: 5 core strategies that work

Helps teachers to collect information about pupils’ achievement in order to adjust teaching to meet pupils’ learning needs more fully,…

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KS3 History
Progression in history at Key Stage 3

Most of you will have a fairly clear idea of what it means to ‘get better’ at history, and will…

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KS3 History
APP in history at KS3: where are we now?

This page has been left on the site even though the debate has moved on. Please treat it as being…

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KS3 History
Pupil Target setting in history at Key Stage 3

I still find this aspect of assessment troublesome. The curricular targets present few problems: the numerical ones certainly do.  I…

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Judging pupils’ history work at KS3

Yes, it IS true. No more levels. Honest. What a weight off our minds. But be careful what you wish…

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assessment and progression
Assessment tasks in Key Stage 3 history

The answer to key Stage 3 assessment in history This title is obviously tongue-in-cheek. Schools and departments must find their…

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top 10 history teaching
Key Stage 3 teacher assessment: the 10 key principles

Most history departments were delighted to see the back of the crude and spurious NC levels. Instead of making as…

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KS3 History
History and citizenship at Key Stage 3

So you have dutifully filled in all the boxes. You’ve done the audit. You have seen off the Citizenship coordinator…

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progression in history
Progression in history – looking at specific strands

In this highly-rated post , with really important attachments, we show how it is even more important to get a…

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KS3 History
Assessment for learning in history at Key Stage 3

I have tried to be careful here not to reproduce the mass of material that has been provided by the…

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