News & Research
Singapore working towards scrapping educational grading
Ranked as the highest attaining educational system in the world, utilising practices which are aspired to by […]
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Teachers may be cause of ‘obesity penalty’ on girls’ grades
While obesity is often thought of as a health problem, a new study by a […]
News & Research
Parents should avoid pressuring young children over grades
New research from Arizona State University suggests parents shouldn’t obsess over grades and extracurricular activities […]
UKEdMag
UKEdMag: Formative Assessment Should Not Be Graded by @hpitler
Formative assessment is designed to give teachers useful information on where students are in their […]
UKEdMag
UKEdMag: Earning the grade by @Biologyteach73
I often find that once students receive their grade in an assessment they do one […]
Community
Removing grades from lesson observations? Warning! by @beautifullyfra1
If you have removed grading lesson observations, are you still grading teachers? How are you […]
Community
Why the delusional voodoo of grading lesson observations is not going stop any time soon by @DrGaryJones
Despite the impassioned words of headteachers, such as Tom Sherrington and John Tomsett on the reliability […]
Community
Maintaining Outstanding by @fulbridge_acad
Last year four of us, myself, the Deputy Head, Assistant Head and the Upper Key […]
Community
Via @debsmusing – Is the removal of lesson grading in FE and HE an opportunity for teachers to raise their game?
After the decision was made by Ofsted to no longer grade the quality of teaching […]
Community
Assessment without levels – A prologue by @PrestonScience
My school has produced a first draft proposal for a new assessment framework relating to […]
Community
What do I need to do to get an A? by @mistershankly75
– I have attended the new specification meetings for both A-level psychology and A-level sociology, […]
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Reasons to Mark by @nataliehscott
I’ve been thinking about marking now, almost constantly, for over a week. Teachers think about […]
Mini
UKedchat mini – Week 17 – 1st-6th November 2013
–Saturday 2nd November 2013 – How will the new GCSE regime affect your students? Read […]