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Why teacher assessment is less fair than standardised testing
Nov 04, 2015 |
Category: assessment
Tests Guns don't kill people, rappers do
Goldie Lookin Chain
I spent the day yesterday at the Department for Education thinking about how best to cut down on the "unnecessary workload" associated with...
Redesigning a curriculum
Mar 25, 2013 |
Category: English
Effective reform must start with the understanding that the curriculum is the central focus and the central business of schools. Effective curricula are the sina que non of the system that is capable...
What to know: the importance of cultural capital
Apr 04, 2012 |
Category: reading
Let's face it, we need to know to stuff if we're going to have anything resembling a successful life. But what is it we need to know? As an English teacher I have a fair bit of fairly arcane knowledge...
Who inspects the inspectors?
Feb 05, 2012 |
Category: Featured
Are Ofsted fit for purpose?This week Dylan Wiliam threw a wet leather gauntlet in the face of monsieur d'Ofsted, saying, "Ofsted do not know good teaching when they see it”.If this is true (and how wo...
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