The Assessment Network podcast

Now playing: Assessing apprenticeships with Cambridge Assessment Network

(10 Feb 2021, 33:31)

This is the first in a series of podcasts from Cambridge Assessment Network focusing on different aspects and forms of assessments. For National Apprenticeship Week they are joined by Leo Webster and Callum Foley from NCFE to discuss how we assess apprenticeships, why we assess them and why they are an important route to qualification.

Assessing apprenticeships with Cambridge Assessment Network

Now playing: Transforming teaching practice through enhanced assessment expertise

(24 Feb 2021, 21:23)

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This is the second in a series of podcasts from Cambridge Assessment Network focusing on different aspects and forms of assessment. Today we are with Loic Menzies from the Centre for Education and Youth to speak about a report they released aiming to cast a light on what schools and teachers need to tackle the big challenges around assessment.

Transforming teaching practice through enhanced assessment expertise

Transforming teaching practice through enhanced assessment expertise with Cambridge Assessment Network

Now playing: How do we support the education sector through professional development?

(10 Mar 2021, 39:00)

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This is the third in a series of podcasts from Cambridge Assessment Network focusing on different aspects and forms of assessment. Today we are with David Russell, CEO from the Education and Training Foundation talking about professional development for teachers and trainers, the principles of effective CPD and how it can best be used to support the education sector.

How do we support the education sector through professional development?

How do we support the education sector through professional development? with Cambridge Assessment Network

Now playing: Admissions tests: Discovering candidates with the most potential

(24 Mar 2021, 27:18)

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This is the fourth in a series of podcasts from Cambridge Assessment Network focusing on different aspects and forms of assessment. Today we are with Mike Housden, Senior Assessment Manager, Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing to discuss how admissions tests can be used to identify candidates with the most potential, give students an opportunity to demonstrate a core understanding of their subject and help prepare students for university education.

Admissions tests: Discovering candidates with the most potential

Admissions tests: Discovering candidates with the most potential with Cambridge Assessment Network

Now playing: Are you testing or are you assessing? Exploring a holistic approach to assessment in schools

(07 Apr 2021, 50:19)

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This is the final instalment in a series of podcasts from Cambridge Assessment Network focusing on different aspects and forms of assessment. Today we are with Tony Emmerson, Senior Deputy Head at The English College in Prague and Mark Frazer, Teaching Learning and Assessment Lead at CEM to explore the differences between testing and assessment and how assessment data can be utilised in schools to support learning, particularly after the disruption of the pandemic.

Are you testing or are you assessing? Exploring a holistic approach to assessment in schools

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