Part one of this blog identified four clear steps for policymakers and system leaders to improve teacher PD policy in their systems and explored steps one and two in detail. This blog sets out the detail of steps three and four and highlights the policy interactions necessary for school improvement.

Systemic assessments of student learning that isolate skills like “finding the main idea” encourage teachers to place an unhelpful emphasis on the teaching of these “skills”.

Strong curriculum combined with teacher and school leader development can drive powerful school and system improvement.