Formative Assessment

Assessment Primary Teaching and Learning 

8 Tips For Making Marking More Manageable

25th February 201924th February 2019 Ed Davis 2142 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Formative Assessment, highlighters, Marking, success criteria, Summative Assessment, The Blue Box, Verbal Feedback, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do teachers hate the most about teaching?

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Assessment Students Workload 

Teaching Ideas To Bin: Data Drops

29th September 201829th September 2018 John Dabell 1364 Views 2 Comments Assessment, Data, data drop, Fads, Formative Assessment, Gimmicks, Myths, Progress, Summative Assessment, target setting, Tom Sherrington, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute Is collecting data the biggest waste of teacher time?

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Assessment Research Teaching and Learning 

Educational Fad: Lollipop Sticks

29th April 20183rd May 2018 John Dabell 3757 Views 4 Comments Assessment for Learning, David Didau, educational fads, Formative Assessment, Lollipop, Lollipop Stick, lollipop stick questioning, Lollipop War, participation, Questioning, Richard McFahn, Tait Coles, Tom Bennett

Reading Time: 2 minutes Does anyone still use lollipop questioning?

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CPD Recruitment Teaching and Learning 

CPD Picks of the Week

15th March 201815th March 2018 Holly Gardner 1421 Views 0 Comments 5 Minute Series, Amanda Spielman, Association of School and College Leaders’ (ASCL), Damian Hinds, Differentiation, Educational Endowment Foundation, Formative Assessment, Global Parents Survey, guided reading, Homework, Interview, job hunting, planning, Policy Exchange, Professor John Hattie, Revision, setting, Stickability, streaming, Summative Assessment, teaching assistants, Textbooks, Varkey Foundation, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes What does differentiation actually mean?

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Assessment Students Teaching and Learning 

What Is Differentiation All About?

5th March 201812th February 2019 Michele Hill 14559 Views 8 Comments barriers, Differentiation, Formative Assessment, Learning Styles, Mastery, Myths, obstacles, personalised teaching, research myth, student voice, Sue Cowley, Summative Assessment

Reading Time: 3 minutes What does differentiation actually mean?

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Assessment Research Workload 

Comparative Judgement: You Be The Judge

25th November 201726th November 2017 @TeacherToolkit 9542 Views 1 Comment adaptive comparative judgements, Alastair Pollitt, Ark, Assessment, comparative judgement, Daisy Christodoulou, David Didau, Dr Chris Wheadon, Dr Steve Draper, e-scape, Education, Education Endowment Foundation, Formative Assessment, Goldsmiths College, Louis L. Thurstone, Marking, No More Marking, Paul Newhouse, Pinna Tarricone, Prof. Richard Kimbell, ranking, Schools, Summative Assessment, teaching, Technology Research Education Unit, Workload

Reading Time: 7 minutes What is comparative judgement?

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Research Students Teaching and Learning Thunks 

What is the Point of Copying Lesson Objectives? by @rpd1972

18th January 20155th February 2015 @TeacherToolkit 7908 Views 11 Comments Action Research, Debra Kidd, Formative Assessment, Lesson Objectives, Lesson observations, MA action research, Summative Assessment, Teaching and Learning, Thunks, TTkitThunks

Reading Time: 4 minutes This is a blog about action research and the purpose of Lesson Objectives used in teaching and learning.

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Resources Teaching and Learning The 5 Minute Series 

The 5 Minute Marking Plan

1st July 201313th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 27892 Views 0 Comments 5 Minute Lesson Plan, 5 Minute Marking Plan, 5MinPlan, @TESResources, Education, Educational assessment, Formative Assessment, interview plan, Learning, Stephen Tierney, Summative Assessment

Reading Time: 4 minutes Marking is an occupational hazard for all teachers.

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