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Why Most Practice Papers Are Rubbish (And How to Find the Good Ones!)

 Hello everyone! Cards on the table - this is half blog post; half plug of my books ( all of which are available from Amazon ). But Christmas is coming, and I have to keep the lights on, so I beg your indulgence for one week! If you are anything like me, standing in the education aisle of a bookshop (or scrolling endlessly through Amazon) can be a bit of a nightmare. There are thousands of books promising to get your child into Grammar School, ace their SATs, or turn them into the next Einstein by next Tuesday. It’s overwhelming. And, let’s be honest, a lot of them are… well, a bit dry. But here is the thing: not all practice papers are created equal. Some are just random questions thrown together; others are precision tools designed to actually diagnose what your child knows. As many of you know, I took a bit of a sabbatical from the classroom a few years back to complete an MA in Education Assessment at UCL. It turns out, there is a literal science to writing good questions (it’...

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