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Assessment: evolution vs. design

Oct 13, 2015 | Category: research
Optimization hinders evolution.Alan J. Perlis  As we all know, the DfE decided to ditch National Curriculum levels from September 2014 without plans for a replacement. Some have reacted to this with...
#Dylan Wiliam #randomised trials #assessment #Matthew Syed #evolution #Tim Oates #Unilever

Should we learn to love our shackles?

Sep 12, 2015 | Category: leadership
"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." Albert Camus There's already been some pretty scathing reactions to the master plan to introduce a common curriculum and assessment system into U...
#Dylan Wiliam #assessment #curriculum #Dame Sally Coates

Chasing our tails - is AfL all it's cracked up to be?

Aug 29, 2013 | Category: assessment
Is it blasphemous to doubt the efficacy of AfL? While purists might argue that it's 'just good teaching', we teach in a world where formative assessment has become dogma and where feedback is king. (D...
#learning #AfL #assessment #Input/output myth #performance #remembering #understanding

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