This is the final post in my week long series on assessment and reporting at Paradigm Trust schools. Monday: Exploring Comparative … More
Category: assessment
What Do We Do With the Multiple Choice Data?
I am writing a week of blogs about assessment and reporting at Paradigm Trust, where I work. Today’s post is … More
Communicating Assessment Scores with Parents and Carers
Schools have a duty to let parents and carers know how well their children are doing. But assessment is complicated and … More
Exploring Comparative Judgement Data With Charts
Comparative Judgement (CJ) has transformed the way we assess writing at Paradigm Trust – we use it from key stage … More
The Impossibility of Reliable Setting by Ability
In principle, I don’t like the idea of setting by ability. It feels like segregation. But I also don’t like … More
Definitions
Definitio. I. Quantitas materiæ est mensura ejusdem orta ex illius densitate et magnitudine conjunctim. Definition I The quantity of matter … More
A Pocketful of Proxies
Progress is in the air. If we could measure progress before it was too late, we could be far clearer about what … More
But, So, However, Therefore and Furthermore
And, But, So, However, Therefore and Furthermore. If I hadn’t made the move from secondary school to primary school last … More
What Part Don’t You Get? Part 2
In my last blog, I wrote about the four reasons why many of my secondary students couldn’t learn science through … More
