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#LearningFirst – Reasons to be Optimistic About Assessment
Below is the contents of the first part of a presentation I intend to give at the #LearningFirst Conference in Sheffield on the 5th November 2016. In talking about Principled Assessment in Practice and why we should be optimistic, I want to focus on the central assessment concept of validity from three different perspectives. If we are going to move assessment forward in our schools we must understand the central concept of validation; “the process of establishing what conclusions are warranted and which are not” from the evidence we have (Wiliam, 2014). Continue reading
Time for an Assessment Inquiry
The last few weeks has seen the production of the Headteachers Roundtable submission to the Education Select Committee Inquiry on Primary Assessment. It’s timely and hopefully will shed a light on a number of key issues. I’m indebted to Sally Hamson and Binks Neate-Evans who co-authored the submission with me. Continue reading
The Progress 8 Board and its Flip Side
Tom Sherrington’s reflection on his school’s Progress 8 scores is a fascinating read, Dissecting Progress. The Good, the bad and the ugly. Last year Simon Eccles (@Head_stmarys), the headteacher at St. Mary’s, introduced me to the school’s new tracking board, based on students’ Progress 8 score. Continue reading
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