Supporting Teachers: Reducing Observational Bias
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are learning walks a waste to time?
Tag: Validity
OfSTED Reliability
Reading Time: 3 minutes How reliable are OfSTED inspections and the overall assessments of the inspection teams?
No More Grades. A Suggestion by @TeacherToolkit
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is another blog about lesson gradings and the Ofsted pilot, conducted in the Midlands in June 2014. I also offer a suggestion, regardless of whether or not you are in favour of individual lesson gradings.
#BeyondLessonGrades by @TeacherToolkit and @LeadingLearner
Reading Time: 3 minutes It may be that 2014 will be seen as a pivotal year in changing how we judge the quality of teaching. The move from grading individual lessons to viewing teaching, students’ work and progress over time and in a more sophisticated way has only just begun.
