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Education

A brand-new campaign for Purpos/ed: #purposedassess

After a brief lull (as I’ve mentioned before it’s all about the ‘cadence of engagement’) we’re
Education

What would a post-test era look like for our schools?

“[I]s anyone surprised that a huge swath of our population can’t speak intelligently about the larger
Education

How I mark students’ books.

I’d love to mark blogs (or even Google Wave) rather than exercise books. In my previous
Education

Assessment in UK schools: a convenient hypocrisy?

There’s a couple of lines in the otherwise-average film In The Loop that not only made
Education

My way or the highway.

As I posted recently, although I’ve just begun my fifth year of teaching, last year’s GCSE
Education

Class spreadsheet for teachers

It’s a well-documented fact that I don’t like working with paper. Consequently, I track student attendance,
Education

5 ways my teaching will change because of today’s GCSE results.

Despite having now completed my fourth year as a teacher, today’s GCSE results were my first
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