Blogs on 'Textbooks'

Following the All Party Parliamentary Group for Oracy’s 'Speak for Change' report, Tim Oates examines the synthesis of the evidence on oracy as a vital part of high-quality schooling.

Textbooks, statistics and error are central themes of research at Cambridge Assessment. So, I was intrigued when Paul Morris’ article “Misunderstandings and omissions in textbook accounts of effect sizes” popped through my letterbox. This is interesting in the context of research we have conducted ourselves at Cambridge Assessment.

Danish publishing director Anders Hassing engaged with the #TextbooksCount debate, driven by Tim Oates' work, on social media and we invited him to write a guest blog about whether he sees a future for textbooks.

Tim Oates, Group Director of Assessment Research and Development, says those calling for the end of textbooks need to brush up on their knowledge of education research.