Company Portfolio
Education
Acumina is known within the UK and internationally, for the breadth and depth of its experience in developing high quality, creative curriculum and assessment materials.
Content development and testing of the award winning national numerical reasoning and procedural mathematics formative assessment framework (Wales) key stage 1 - 4 (Alphaplus consortium, Welsh Government
Writing 2013 national tests in mathematics (England), key stage 2, levels 3 - 5 and level 6 (Standards Testing Agency, 2012)
Writing and development of mathematics and science materials for gifted and talented students, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Mawhiba Schools Partnership, Nord Anglia Education, 2010 - 11)
Researching and advising Qualifications Curriculum and Development Agency (QCDA) on the assessable domain for level 6 assessments at key stage 2, England (2011)
Development of level 6 assessment items for key stage 2, England (QCDA, 2010 - 2011)
National single level tests in mathematics (key stages 2 and 3) for pupils in England (QCDA, 2007 - 10)
Writing innovative, open-ended assessment tasks (key stage 3) (Bowland Trust, 2009 - 10)
Writing mathematical elements developing mathematical, science and design and technology activities to support schools implementing cross-curricular activities (STEM agenda) (IET Faraday, 2009 - 10)
Writing and developing assessment materials for teachers, to support the national Bowland case studies (Bowland Trust, 2008 - 10)
Development of standards files to support the introduction of the new key stage 3 mathematics curriculum (QCDA, 2009)
Other work includes developing functional skills assessments, writing of teaching materials to support diagnostic maths tests for adults and writing on screen curriculum and assessment items.