Testing

Psychology Research Teaching and Learning 

Marking in Red Pens Hinders Retrieval Practice

26th June 201926th June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1697 Views 1 Comment & Jiang, & Meinhardt, Appel and Kaspar, Assessment, boys, cognitive load, coloured pens, Compliance, consistency, Context-Dependent Memory, Elliot, Encoding, Friedman, girls, Gnambs, Google, Hurlbert and Ling, Maier, Male Female, Marking, Moller, motivation, Psychology, red pen, retrieval practice, Shi, Test, Testing, valence, Zhang

Reading Time: 4 minutes What impact does the colour red have on a student’s ability to encode and retrieve declarative knowledge?

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Assessment Exams Research 

(SPAG) Tests: Spelling, Punctuation And Grammar

14th May 201914th May 2019 @TeacherToolkit 963 Views 2 Comments Committee for Linguistics in Education, Department for Education, Grammar, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Lancaster University, Memory, National Curriculum, Punctuation, SATs, Testing, vocabulary, Willem B. Hollmann, Year 2

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are teachers supported by the Department for Education to deliver primary tests?

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Assessment DfE Exams 

Do We Test Children Too Much?

17th April 201917th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1095 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Baseline, Curriculum, Department for Education, England, Exams, EYFS, Finland, Gaming, Hong Kong, Jeremy Corbyn, Literacy, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Nick Gibb, off rolling, Phonics, Phonics Check, Primary, SAT, SATs, Singapore, Stress, Testing, Tim Oates

Reading Time: 4 minutes Do our schools in England test children too much, particularly at primary level?

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Publication Review Writing 

Change Starts With Teachers And It Needs To Start Now!

6th April 201919th May 2019 @TeacherToolkit 852 Views accountability, Assessment, Bloomsbury Publishing, Book Review, business, Cuba, Curriculum, Doctorate, Finland, Foreword, Israel, Manifesto, politics, Progressive, Quit Teaching, Richard Gerver, Ross McGill, social-media, socio-economic, South Korea, Testing, Traditional, University of Cambridge

Reading Time: 7 minutes Do teachers have the potential to change the educational landscape?

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Assessment DfE Exams 

Baseline Testing: Education Requires Brave Politicians

20th March 201920th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1460 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Baseline, Department for Education, Economy, Exams, Mastery Transcript, Mental Health, OECD, Pisa, Politicians, Rankings, Reception, Scott Looney, Testing, The Assessment For Children Charter, The End of Average, Todd L Rose, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes Should 4-year-old children sit school exams?

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DfE Leadership Politics 

A New Paradigm For Schools

27th December 201831st January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1513 Views 2 Comments Attrition, Baroness Morris, Exams, GCSEs, House of Lords, Institute of Fiscal Studies, James Pope, Knowledge, LEA, Local Authority, Lord Jim Knight, NHS Digital, OECD, Parents, School Funding, Self Harm, Suicide, TES, Testing

Reading Time: 2 minutes Can the public build consensus for change in our education system?

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Curriculum International Teaching and Learning 

What If #Kunskapsskolan Happened in English Schools?

13th May 201813th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2481 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Coaching, Curriculum, Examinations, Exclusions, Kunskapsskolan, Mental Health, Now Teach, Personalised Learning, SATs, Structures, Sweden, Testing, The Knowledge School

Reading Time: 4 minutes Every teacher knows what’s best for children, so why aren’t we doing it?

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Exams Students Teaching and Learning 

5 Ways To Make Knowledge Stick

11th March 201811th March 2018 Helen Sharpe 15179 Views 16 Comments Andy Tharby, Assessment, Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab at the University of California, Daniel T. Willingham, David Didau, Doug Lemov, Dylan Wiliam, Elizabeth Bjork, Joe Kirby, Michaela Community School, practice, Revision, Robert Bjork, study, Testing

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can you prepare students for their exams?

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Is The Fear Narrative Out Of Proportion?

8th February 201810th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2136 Views 2 Comments @TeacherToolkit, Amanda Spielman, blogs, British Values, busload of heads, Curriculum, Education, evidence, Examinations, Exams, gaming the system, hijab, HMCI, HMI, Inspection, leadership, Michael Gove, Michael Wilshaw, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Parent View, Peter Wilby, School Inspection, Schools, Sean Harford, Teacher Toolkit, Teacher View, teaching, Testing, The Guardian, Trojan Horse

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is the inspection ‘fear narrative’ out of proportion claims OfSTED’s chief, Amanda Spielman?

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International Research Teaching and Learning 

Can You Identify A Good Teacher? No Chance!

3rd February 20183rd February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3184 Views 5 Comments Africa, Appraisal, Argentina, business, Chief Economist, David Evans, Ecuador, Lead Economist, Measures of Effective Teaching, MET Project, observation, Office for the Africa Region, Pakistn, Peru, Research, South America, Teacher Performance, Testing, Uganda, World Bank

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you think you could identify a successful teacher when you see one?

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Assessment 

SATs – The Dark Spider

9th May 201713th May 2018 John Dabell 5066 Views 0 Comments accountability, Education, high-stakes, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen, Mrs Debra Carr, Ofsted, SATs, School, Stress, teaching, Testing, The House of Commons Education Committee, Walmsley C.E. Primary School

Reading Time: 4 minutes Can the SATs survive another year?

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Assessment 

Testing Times: Musings from a Year 6 Teacher

11th March 201721st March 2017 Hollie Anderton 4499 Views 6 Comments external pressures, government, outside agencies, panic, Performance Management, targets, Testing, Tests, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes How much should we be teaching to tests?

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Students Teaching and Learning 

A Good Going-Over! by @TeacherToolkit

10th May 201531st October 2015 @TeacherToolkit 3790 Views 7 Comments #SmartAss, 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers, 5 Minute Marking Plan, 5MinPlan, @DebraKidd, @LeadingLearner, @LearningSpy, @Mroberts90Matt, Assessment, Feedback, Marking, Notes From The Front Line, success criteria, Testing, The Secret of Literacy

Reading Time: 3 minutes This is a blog about marking and teacher feedback.

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Blogging DfE Students Thunks Writing 

The importance of handwriting and spelling by @TeacherToolkit

6th July 201426th July 2014 @TeacherToolkit 4644 Views 10 Comments Creative Writing, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Spelling, Testing, Thunks, Writing

Reading Time: 4 minutes Handwriting and spelling go hand in hand. 

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