Assessment for learning booklets – follow this link to order Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam’s original booklet ‘Inside the Black Box’ and subsequent booklets exploring assessment for learning in specific subjects and in the primary classroom.
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School grades ‘linked to where you live’
On January 12, 2016
BBC News Education – Where children grow up in England is more likely to determine success or failure at school than in previous generations, a study suggests. The Social Market Foundation has examined test results of cohorts born in 1970 and 2000 and found regional differences have become much greater. TES News – Inequality in […]
Category: Assessment Matters, Performance Data
UK among world’s worst for ‘teaching to the test’, research finds
On January 8, 2016
TES News – UK schools are among the worst in the developed world for “teaching to the test”, a new analysis of the effect of income inequality on education suggests. Danny Dorling – UK among world’s worst for teaching to the test.
Category: Assessment Matters, International Comparisons
Exams are ‘disempowering’ students and ignoring their abilities, international experts warn
On January 8, 2016
TES News – Exams too often “disempower” learners by failing to give them the chance to demonstrate their full range of knowledge and skills, according to a group of leading academics and policy advisers from around the world.
Category: Assessment Matters, Examinations and Qualifications