Why Is It So Hard to Get School Assessment Right? The complexity of balancing conflicting needs in school assessment

Our fourth post on 100% Assessment, a new Substack for anyone interested in school assessment by me and @profbeckyallen.bsky.social

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Alignment: The Secret Sauce of Effective Schooling? YouTube video by Peps Mccrea

🚨NEW VID🚨

Alignment: The Secret Sauce of Effective Schooling?

KEY MOMENTS
0:51 → The emerging evidence
2:11 → Interview w Dr Jen Barker & Jon Gilbert
5:40 → The role of codification
9:41 → Alignment vs autonomy
11:06 → Getting started

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Building Belonging in Schools YouTube video by Jonathan Hutchinson

📢The Building Belonging Project 📢

So happy to share a big project that I’ve been working on for the last few years with my LSX teammates.

The building belonging project features insights from world experts, as well as classroom resources.

And we’re just getting started!

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Ahh, sorry to miss this one! ☹️ Hope to follow along via tweets.

Dear all SLT/middle leaders planning briefings/meetings/CPD for early next week… just have a lil check that what your planning:

- CAN’T be an email (even though there are tons of them in first week)

- IS objectively more important than individual teachers prep work

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Just love Pritesh’s work and approach. This is what I’ll be working on personally this year.

An interesting and useful summary, thanks Peps!

Education Research: The Year In Review 2023/24 YouTube video by Peps Mccrea

🚨Review of Edu-Research in 2023/24

→ 11 standout papers
→ 5 emerging themes
→ My finding/sharing process

(this is my first crack at a vid—would love any feedback, esp how it could be better next time)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=egdN...

Brilliant and effective set of top tips here for teachers young and old.

Brilliant and effective tips here!

Labour curriculum and assessment review panel named Academy trust leaders, a SEND consultant and exams expert among those appointed

Breaking: The 12-member panel appointed to review the curriculum and assessment for the new Labour government has been named

Here's the full list...

Agree 100%. Leading our first meeting of the year with a quick curriculum briefing from my TLR holders of any reminders, changes, key processes for relevant subject areas and then sign posting other relevant docs and future meetings for deeper discussion of relevant areas.Then individual dept time.