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Why Sir Michael Wilshaw is Wrong about More National Tests

In Debates and Polemics by Alex Quigley17/12/20131 Comment

“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” H.L. Mencken In the most recent annual review conducted by OFSTED, Michael Wilshaw has once more …

Alex Quigley

I am Director of Huntington Research School, York. I am also a Research School Developer for the EEF, supporting research schools in the north of England.

When I am not doing research school work, I can be found teaching English as well writing edubooks and articles for TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

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My new @tes column on the new large-scale research that shows that good ol' fashioned paper-based reading is more effective than digital texts: 'Hold on to your hardbacks' https://t.co/H5evLltSmh (I love the image!)

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Can 20 minutes a day of storytelling help parents boost their kids' language skills?

The @EducEndowFoundn have announced a trial of Parents and Children Together (PACT) - an early language teaching programme developed as part of a Nuffield-funded project. https://t.co/sHxRcS0OXa

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Look at our HTTP trainees using Alex Quigley research to close the vocabulary gap in their subject planning. We are all teachers of literacy! #closingthevocabularygap

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Alex Quigley

I am a Senior Associate at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), after fifteen years as an English teacher and school leader. The focus of my work is supporting school improvement and making research  evidence accessible and useable for teachers and school leaders.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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