Rethinking Assessment takes a look at what awarding bodies in England are doing in preparation for the curriculum and assessment review...

Exams, grades, league tables, Ofsted reports. All of them miss the point of school and together they are undermining our whole approach to education. In this blog Sammy Wright gives us an insight into some of the key themes in his new book, Exam Nation, published today....

In this new discussion paper we explore how the concept of a Balanced Scorecard could be developed and implemented to provide a more comprehensive and equitable view of success, and empower school and college leaders to lead change in their settings and communities....

Graeme Lawrie, Director of Partnerships at ACS, explains how digital badges, which are revolutionising the way achievements are recognised in education, will be introduced at ACS this September – with plans to expand to partner schools next year....

Find out how the Sele School, a mixed non-selective mainstream secondary school located in Hertfordshire, partnered with Rethinking Assessment and ACER UK to embed creative thinking into their KS3 History curriculum....

Find out how Lonsdale School, a Community Special School located in Stevenage, partnered with Rethinking Assessment and ACER to embed creative thinking into their KS2 and KS3 Science curriculum....

Rethinking Assesment and ACER UK launch exploratory study looking at the feasibility and benefits of integrating creative thinking into the English national curriculum...

Despite the hype around GAI, chatbots, and image/audio/video generation tools, technologies are not going to “revolutionise the education system”. If we persist with high stakes, standardised testing and essay-based examination, we will see GAI which supports (or helps people to “game”) those systems. This post explores the many diverse and...

This post explores alternatives to the traditional essay assessment across a range of curriculum subjects, searching for tasks that are “GAI-proof” and which still tick the boxes of what could be assessed via an essay....

Tej Samani, CEO, Performance Learning and Honorary Research Fellow, Sussex University argues that it's time to reconsider the narrow scope through which we assess pupil performance....

Equipping our young people with the core skills of numeracy, literacy and digital fluency is vital, but actually we’d all benefit from upping our game in these life-critical skills. Find out how AQA’s research into new ideas and thinking for alternatives to GCSE resits resulted in a proposal that could...

Discover how Adaptive Comparative Judgement is revolutionizing university admissions in Canada with Adaptive Comparative Judgement, making the process fairer, more efficient, and insightful by focusing on holistic evaluations over traditional rubric-based assessments....