It is ideal for young pupils learning how find fractions of amounts or for pupils with difficulties in maths who benefit from a visual representation of the process. (tes.com)
Aside from the individual benefit to children and young people there is a new inspection framework which requires schools to develop deep professional effectiveness resulting in further improvements in pupil learning. (educationbusinessuk.net)
We would argue that these predictions are then often used in ways which ignore their limitations; they contribute significantly to workload but don't significantly improve pupil learning. (schoolsweek.co.uk)