Dynamite new @educationgovuk report from @profbeckyallen group. One of the most important things anyone in school, LA and MAT leadership should read right now. gov.uk/government/pub… 
And it's backed by *all* the major players assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
Let's look at some key points. 1 - teachers should be able to revord behaviour as they happen in an MIS, not have to fill in paperwork later
2 - schools should stop collecting teacher assessments of attainment and progress and use external or properly moderated major assessments instead. Teacher and pupil performance cannot, in most circumstances, be correctly inferred from collecting and analysing teacher assessments
3 - Schools should have *no more* than 2 or 3 data collection points each year, and even then not all classes and subjects should have to collect at the same time.
4 - flight paths and teacher predicted grades are rarely, if ever, valid and useful in assessment systems and should not be used for monitoring.
5 - eligibility for pay progression should *never* be based on a single set of sets of test data or exam performance for one or two classes - this is not a valid nor reliable way to judge teacher performance.
6 - governors should not routinely see pupil progress monitoring information and should not routinely ask for complex and time consuming reports to be compiled that the organisation's leaders would not otherwise be using themselves.
7 - schools should avoid burdensome requirements for lengthy report writing to parents: there is nothing statutory to support this and little evidence that it's helpful.
A massive round of applause to @profbeckyallen and colleagues and to @educationgovuk for publishing and welcoming this. 👏👏
Just found this very helpful summary
