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Impact is the practitioner journal of the Chartered College of Teaching. It connects research findings to classroom practice, with a focus on the interests and voices of teachers and educators.
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Impact issue 29: Call for papers
For the spring 2027 issue of Impact, we are seeking papers focusing on the future of assessment. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Rethinking what we assess and why – broadening notions of progress and success
- Assessment and equity
- Approaches to assessment across all contexts and pupil groups, including SEND, primary, EAL, secondary, alternative provision and further education
- Assessment in the early years – observation, play-based approaches and practitioner judgement
- Assessing project-based learning and vocational subjects
- Assessment and wellbeing – reducing anxiety and building confidence
- Learner profiles – recognising strengths to support lifelong learning
- AI and assessment – opportunities and challenges
- Reducing teacher workload around assessment
- The role of teaching assistants in monitoring progress and providing feedback
- Assessment in specialist and AP settings – recognising progress in students with complex needs.
Article types include:
Research (1,000-2,000 words): Summaries of current original research (including practitioner research) with their implications for pedagogy
Perspectives (1,000-2,000 words): Pieces offering a clear, balanced, research-informed review or critique of a particular topic within the issue theme
Case studies (1,000-1,500 words): Detailed studies of single settings or occurrences with clearly defined boundaries, such as a pedagogical intervention, an assessment initiative or an approach to CPD in a particular context
Reflections (500-1,000 words): Teachers discussing a specific piece or area of research and how it has informed their practice.
Submissions
The Chartered College of Teaching is committed to furthering equality, diversity and inclusion across our organisation, and we seek to promote a range of voices in Impact and all our content to ensure that our work is fully representative of the teaching profession. We encourage authors with protected characteristics, particularly relating to race, religion or belief, disability and sexual orientation, as we know that these areas are underrepresented in our content. We welcome submissions from all prospective authors, across the full range of phases and settings, including early career teachers.
If you wish to submit to this issue, please complete the relevant section of this form, specifying which article type you intend to write.
Deadlines
Abstract submissions deadline: 25 June
Notifications of accepted proposals sent to authors: 14 July
Full drafts submitted: 15 September
If you do not hear from us by 15 July, please contact us at journal@chartered.college
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