Research and Trialling


Coming 2025/2026
Measure and Grow Attainment is a suite of new curriculum aligned digital assessments designed to measure understanding and progression of learners in Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3. We are piloting brand new tests in reading and maths Year 4 to Year 8.
Take part in assessment pilots
We're inviting schools and groups to help validate these new assessments to ensure they give you reliable results, helping to identify strengths and weaknesses, inform intervention strategies, and measure progress over time.
Assessment Research is Critical
Research plays a vital role in ensuring that the data we gather is valid, reliable and meaningful. Without careful trialling and analysis, assessments misrepresent what learners know and can do. Poorly designed tests often include tasks that are too easy, too hard, or fail to reflect the breadth of the curriculum. Through rigorous trialling and analysis of trial data, we can fine-tune assessments to avoid these issues, helping ensure that every test offers a fair, accurate and useful picture of learning.
You’ll get early access to new assessments, with clear data on pupil performance, gaps in knowledge and question-level analysis at student and group level. You'll also have a chance to feed into the design of our data and reports, maximising their value to you and your school or group.
Starting Autumn 2025, we will be conducting phase one of our validation studies for Reading and Maths. We look at how students interact with each of the questions through a combination observation and large scale trials, which allow us to study how well each question and the test as a whole informs us about what students know and can do.
Why participate?
Free early access to new digital Reading and Maths assessments
Student and class level reporting showing strengths and gaps in knowledge
No marking required. Just practical insight
Sessions to help you maximise the value of your data
Takes less than an hour to administer. We take care of the set up
As a special thank you, early trial schools will have free access - always
Participating in assessment pilots is perfect for teachers, subject and assessment leads who want easy access to assessment and clear insight without investing a lot of time setting up tests and getting familiar with new systems. More >>
