Headteacher Update's Research Insights articles, published in conjunction with the NFER, offer in-depth, evidence based advice, guidance and best practice covering a wide range of areas relevant to primary school leadership and education. Download the articles from 2018 for free here.
The NFER and Headteacher Update Research Insights articles offer a wealth of evidence-based, best practice and advice covering a range of whole-school and classroom issues.
This pdf includes all of the articles published under this partnership during 2018. They include:
- What the evidence says about reading and literacy, specifically the impact that choosing to read, can have on children's literacy development and the role it should play in the curriculum.
- How standardised tests, which many schools used as part of their assessment practices, work. To help you get the most out of these tests, we outline some of the key terms and information.
- How we can best collect and utilise assessment data in our primary schools to raise pupil progress and outcomes.
- The most recent Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and what we can learn from the key findings from England and Northern Ireland.
- The NFER's on-going research into teacher recruitment and retention issues, including the factors that lead teachers to leave or stay in the profession.
- The use of research in schools and the factors that make teachers' research engagement effective.
Research Insights articles are published in every edition of Headteacher Update and PDFs of articles from 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012 – as well as the latest articles from 2019 – are also available from the Supplements section of this website
You can download NFER Research Insights: 2018 by clicking here.