Teach Secondary Magazine V. 12 No.6 Edição anterior

Welcome I write these words just as this year’s results season is getting
underway. It’s an emotionally intense time for all the students opening those envelopes, of course – but also for the teachers looking on, who’ll be finding out whether those revision lessons made an appreciable difference or not, but also what their school’s near-term prospects are going to be with regards to league tables and its ability to attract new recruits. No one’s denying the crucial importance of school assessment – we have an assessment-themed section starting on page 29 of this issue, after all – but it can sometimes feel more like an instrument for
encouraging different schools and communities to compete with each other, rather than a yardstick for measuring students’ understanding, knowledge and progress towards their goals.