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Put down your crystal balls

Jul 03, 2017 | Category: assessment
Many of the schools I visit and work with feel under enormous pressure to predict what their students are likely to achieve in their next set of GCSEs. In the past, this approach sort of made sense. O...
#Ofsted #GCSE #Amanda Spielman #Nicholas Nassim Taleb #predicted grades

Controlled assessment and why I hate it

Oct 28, 2011 | Category: assessment
Yesterday I took a break from ploughing through my Year 10 controlled assessments to exhort myself to "bloody well get on with it" and stop moaning about my work load. Marking is virtuous. You know it...
#GCSE #Gove #controlled assessment #English language #English literature #iGCSE

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