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A previous blog introduced the context and patterns of early entries to GCSEs in Wales. This blog builds on this to examine the practice of multiple entry and the effect that this has on grades. Using national data of all pupils in Wales who completed Year 11 between 2006 and 2018, we distinguished between pupils…

GCSE entry practices in Wales have meant that many pupils may have sat their GCSE examinations, and thereby certified, before the traditional end-of-Year-11 point of their academic career. Not only have some pupils experienced early entry, some have been entered multiple times in order to maximise the final grade achieved. Influences on the practice of…

By generating high quality research-based evidence, the newly established WISERD Education Data Lab aims to help inform and challenge our understanding of educational processes and outcomes and to support the Wales education sector to meet the aims set out by the Welsh Government in their national mission for 2017-2021. In order to undertake this work,…

Mae llyfr diweddar yr Athro John Morgan, Cymdeithas Sifil, Newid Cymdeithasol ac Addysg Boblogaidd yn Rwsia wedi’i enwebu gan y cyhoeddwyr Routledge ar gyfer Gwobr Alexander Nove 2020, Cymdeithas Astudiaethau Slafonic a Dwyrain Ewrop Prydain. Roedd yr Athro Nove yn hanesydd economaidd enwog o Rwsia a’r Undeb Sofietaidd. Mae’r llyfr ar gael ar ffurf clawr…

      Mae’r adroddiad hwn yn rhoi trosolwg o’n gweithgareddau ymchwil yn 2019 – blwyddyn sydd wedi dynodi diwedd un bennod a dechrau pennod newydd, ac wedi cryfhau sefyllfa WISERD fel canolfan ymchwil genedlaethol bwysig. Darllenwch ragor am ein proffil incwm diweddaraf, y gwaith sydd ar y gweill i gryfhau ein cysylltiadau rhyngwladol, ein…

WalesOnline, 7th June 2020 Read the full article. Professor Chris Taylor is quoted in the article: “Much of the research on transitions says that it is the familiarisation with high school that is important – knowing where to go, who the teachers are, how work is organised, how much homework there will be, will they get…

Wales is in the process of undertaking a major overhaul of its national curriculum. Until recently, the curriculum largely resembled that put in place by the 1988 Education Reform Act. The new Curriculum for Wales, based on the Successful futures for all review by Graham Donaldson (2015), entails a radical move away from the traditional…

Mae’r Athro Sally Power, Cyfarwyddwr WISERD, wedi derbyn Medal Hugh Owen 2020 Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru am ei hymchwil addysgol ragorol. Mae’r Athro Power yn ymchwilydd addysg blaenllaw, gyda ffocws eang ar bolisi ac anghydraddoldeb. Mae hi’n chwarae rhan sylweddol wrth gefnogi ymchwil addysg ledled Cymru. Mae Astudiaeth Aml-garfan Addysg WISERD (WMCS), a gyfarwyddwyd gan Power…

GCSE exams were due to take place over the next few weeks in Wales, but have been cancelled due to COVID-19. In the second of our blogs about the impact of the pandemic on young people’s education I look at the replacement of formal examinations with teacher assessments. As qualifications bodies will be relying more…

Those of us in WISERD engaged in education research have real worries about the impact of the Coronavirus on the welfare and progress of children and young people. Some are rightly concerned about the impact on young people’s physical and mental health. But here we want to concentrate on the potential effect of the response…