A spectre is haunting education — the spectre of APP. All the powers of the educational bureaucracy have entered into a holy alliance to impose this spectre: the DCSF, OFSTED, senior managers and Local Authority consultants. APP is “Assessing Pupil Progress”. Or possibly it is “Assessing Pupils’ Progress”[1]. It is a method of formative assessment[2]. … Continue reading A.P.P.
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A spectre is haunting education — the spectre of APP. All the powers of the educational bureaucracy have entered into a holy alliance to impose this spectre: the DCSF, OFSTED, senior managers and Local Authority consultants. APP is “Assessing Pupil Progress”. Or possibly it is “Assessing Pupils’ Progress”[1]. It is a method of formative assessment[2]. … Continue reading A.P.P.