Last month Oxford University, The Bell Foundation and Unbound Philanthropy published a research study that used data collected as a part of the now rescinded requirement for school to assess and report English language proficiency… Read more → Continue Reading →
NALDIC’s Response to New Research on English Proficiency Assessment
Regional Interest Groups (RIGs) are NALDIC’s way of engaging directly with local teaching and learning communities up and down the country. Dianne Excell, national RIGs coordinator, reports on what our flourishing network of RIGs has… Read more → Continue Reading →
Feyisa Demie is an Honorary Fellow at Durham University and head of research for school self-evaluation at Lambeth Local Authority. In this post he summarises his research paper that breaks down linguistic background data and… Read more → Continue Reading →
Fatima Husain and Sarah Frankenburg of NatCen Social Research were independent evaluators on a recent Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) trial of the Family Skills programme. Family Skills was designed to support academic progress in young… Read more → Continue Reading →
The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of EAL-related Master’s and Doctoral research. In this post Judith Flynn, Ed. D., Associate Lecturer in Education at Manchester Metropolitan University and EAL specialist, presents a summary of her doctoral… Read more → Continue Reading →