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Making a mockery of marking: The new GCSE English Language mocks

Dec 05, 2016 | Category: assessment

The following is a guest post from the mastermind of Comparative Judgement, Dr Chris Wheadon.The marking of English Language is likely to be extremely challenging this year. English Language has long...

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Improving critical reading through comparative judgement

May 11, 2016 | Category: English

The following is a guest blog from Dr Chris Wheadon of No More Marking.The reformed GCSEs in English present new challenges for pupils in critical reading and comprehension. Teachers across the coun...

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Proof of progress Part 2

Mar 11, 2016 | Category: assessment

Back in January I described the comparative judgement trial that we were undertaking at Swindon Academy in collaboration with Chris Wheadon and his shiny, new Proof of Progress system.Today, Chris met...

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Proof of progress - Part 1

Jan 30, 2016 | Category: assessment

Measuring progress is a big deal. I've written before about the many and various ways we get assessment wrong but, increasingly, I'm becoming convinced there are some ways we might get it right. As re...

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Rethinking assessment Part 2: the Einstellung effect

Nov 15, 2015 | Category: assessment

As I set out here, Dr Chris Wheadon has come up with a beautifully simple solution to assessing students' essays which requires no rubrics, very little marking time and produces extremely reliable res...

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Rethinking assessment Part 1: How can we tell if students are making progress?

Nov 15, 2015 | Category: assessment

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?Stanislaw J. Lec For some time now I've been of the opinion that the way we normally think of progress is based on a myth. Part of the problem is that becaus...

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Could less marking mean more feedback?

Sep 27, 2015 | Category: Featured

Opportunity makes a thief. - Francis Bacon I wrote recently about the differences between marking and feedback. In brief, and contrary to popular wisdom, they are not the same thing; feedback is uni...

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