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Research Matters Issue 38 Autumn 2024

The latest issue of Research Matters is now available as individual articles and as a complete issue.

The latest issue of Research Matters is now available as individual articles and as a complete issue. Topics include: an analysis of schools' 'emergency readiness' strategies, the question of how long a high stakes test should be, an analysis of data on candidates who take Core Maths, existing literature on the comparability of typed and handwritten long-answer responses, and the use of Comparative Judgement for assessing recorded music compositions and performances.

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