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Ability is the consequence not the cause of what children learn

Jun 13, 2017 | Category: Featured

The evidence on ability grouping appears relatively well-known. The EEF Toolkit summarise the research findings thus: Overall, setting or streaming appears to benefit higher attaining pupils and be de...

#Dylan Wiliam #setting #EEF Toolkit

Should we give teachers the 'benefit of the doubt'?

Mar 03, 2017 | Category: leadership

Earlier in the week, Schools Minister, Lord Nash announced that schools should be more like businesses and jettison underperforming staff. According to this TES report he's reported to have said, "“I...

#Dylan Wiliam #intelligent accountability #Lord Nash

Problems with the 'zone of proximal development'

Jan 13, 2017 | Category: Featured

It's hard to have a discussion about learning without someone sooner or later chipping in with the Russian developmental psychologist, Lev Vygotsky's zone of proximal development (ZPD) to support thei...

#Dylan Wiliam #Vygotsky #zone of proximal development #Seth Chaiklin

When assessment fails

Jul 12, 2016 | Category: assessment

I wrote yesterday about the distinctions between assessment and feedback. This sparked some interesting comment which I want to explore here. I posted a diagram which Nick Rose and I designed for our...

#Dylan Wiliam #reliability #Daniel Koretz #validiity

Testing, testing... why one test can't do everything

May 17, 2016 | Category: assessment

The thing which most seems to rile people about testing is the fact that it puts children under stress. A certain amount of stress is probably a good thing - there's nothing as motivating as a looming...

#Dylan Wiliam #testing #Martin Robinson #Tim Oates

Why I struggle with learning objectives and success criteria

Dec 06, 2015 | Category: learning

A strenuous soul hates cheap success.Ralph Waldo Emerson Broadly, I’m in favour of sharing with students the intention behind what they are being asked to do. Anything that adds clarity to the murky...

#Dylan Wiliam #Daisy Christodoulou

Should students respond to feedback?

Nov 30, 2015 | Category: assessment

The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.Fran Lebowitz One of the criticisms of my post about book monitoring is that I have omitted checks to see whether students...

#Dylan Wiliam #marking #feedback #book monitoring #student response

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...

#Dylan Wiliam #Chris Wheadon

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