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The practice of “streaming” children by ability in the early years of primary school is widening the achievement gap between children from better-off homes and those facing disadvantage,...
Primary school pupils in China do much better at maths than their counterparts in England because of the type of teaching Chinese teachers use, a study presented to BERA Conference has concluded.
Registration and Abstract Submission now open! Welcome to the BERA Annual Conference 2015 which will be held at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. We were last here in 1998 and...
Many teenagers are embarking on maths A-level courses with an inadequate grasp of algebra because they can get a good grade at GCSE without having mastered it, new research from assessment experts...
Research from Professor Steve Strand, of the University of Oxford, says the pervasiveness of this attainment gap, across all types of schools, suggests that factors outside of the institutions’...
Over the summer of 2014, BERA decided to take the unusual step of reconvening the influential UK Assessment Reform Group, which remains highly regarded nationally and internationally. The ARG...
BERA is delighted to announce the appointment of the first two BERA John Nisbet Fellows. Named in honour of our first President, these are awarded annually to one or more people who are deemed...
Professor Anna Craft, widely respected educational researcher and writer, and founder of the BERA Creativity in Education SIG passed away on August 11 2014, at age 52. Professor Craft...
BERA members can now get online access to the Curriculum Journal directly from the BERA website. As a result of the creation of the British Curriculum Forum (previously the British Curriculum...
Here is the place to find briefings and information as well as BERA's public statements on open access developments. Latest uploads are the responses from the Academy of Social Science to recent...
This week marks the launch of our blog for the Respecting Children and Young People project. You can read more about the project here and here. Please engage with this project - we need your...
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education University Lecturer in Psychology and Education The Faculty of Education in central Cambridge is seeking to appoint an innovative, research-active...