The prize rewards projects and activities of individuals, institutions or non-governmental organisations for excellent models, best practice and the creative use of ICT to enhance learning, teaching and overall educational performance.

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"Strategies to improve test and examination performance, coupled with teaching that focuses heavily on preparation for the qualifications, does not equip pupils for their futures, " says the booklet destined for secondary schools.

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The foundation and others have estimated that it could cost between 1.5% and 2% of the overall budget for teacher compensation and benefits to implement a feedback and evaluation system based on multiple measures of teaching performance.

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The discussion highlighted the need for both measuring performance of teachers and students but also for innovation that creates enthusiasm for teaching and learning.

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Inspectors said the performance of the school was "declining" in comparison to other schools, and teaching in some areas was also criticised in the Estyn report.

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