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Voice 21 and Rethinking Assessment are bringing schools together to develop a new approach to oracy assessment

Amanda Moorghen Impact and Research Senior Lead at Voice21

February 9, 2022

What we assess is what we value. Broadening what we assess to include oracy shows that we recognise oracy as something we value in education as well as across all aspects of life....

How might we create new assessments and evidence learning through a portfolio of work?

Ed Charlwood explores the history and future possibilities of evidencing learning through a portfolio of work

Ed Charlwood Head of Design at Nottingham High School; Subject Knowledge Assessor at Teach First

February 9, 2022

A modern portfolio is a compilation of materials that exemplifies skills, qualifications, education, training and experiences. It can be used to demonstrate completed work as well as records of process of work....

DVQs (Da Vinci Qualifications) – a new model for the future of assessment

A transdisciplinary, contextual, project-based alternative to high-stakes exams

Rosina Dorelli Founder & Director of Da Vinci Life-Skills

January 20, 2022

A model school for the future to showcase what education could look like if student wellbeing, ethics, sustainability, processing failure and finding one’s purpose in life were at the heart of the curriculum. ...

Parents must be included in the national conversation about assessment reform

Insights from Parentkind's Parent Voice Report 2021

Kerry-Jane Packman Executive Director, Parentkind

January 10, 2022

Parents want the reassurance that their child’s education is preparing them to become rounded and resilient young people, with an adaptable skillset and an aptitude to thrive as citizens in the workplace of tomorrow...

The Inequity of Exams

How our assessment system perpetuatates harmful stereotypes about disadvantaged groups

Rachel Macfarlane Director of Education Services, Herts for Learning

December 30, 2021

By only measuring knowledge, skills and strengths through exams, we are in danger of perpetuating harmful stereotypes about some of our most disadvantaged students especially those at the intersection of race and class...

Don’t just SATs there, do something!

Primary schools need to put themselves at the heart of the Rethinking Assessment movement

Joe Hallgarten CEO, Centre for Education & Youth

December 14, 2021

Perhaps now is a moment for primary schools to flex their pandemic-fuelled assertiveness muscles and take back assessment control through action, not words....

Let's not make a mockery of education

It's time for an urgent rethink on next summer's exams

Debbie Bogard Teacher, City and Islington College

December 14, 2021

We must not sleepwalk our way into another summer of disruption and disappointment - we’re at a crucial point in the year and need to demonstrate that another way is possible...

House of Lords Committee on Youth Unemployment

Recommendations for Rethinking Assessment

Olly Newton Executive Director, Edge Foundation

December 1, 2021

New report from the House of Lords Committee on Youth Unemployment recommends moving to Progress 5 and reviewing current approach to assessment...

Gen Z brains and innovation in assessment

Making use of neurological studies to inform how we best learn, teach and assess

Tabatha Sheehan Head of English at Westonbirt School

December 1, 2021

To protect our future generations from increased mental stress and to ensure our evolution as a species, we must be allowed to innovate...

Reimagining GCSEs

Qualifications and curriculum reform in Wales

Emyr George Director of Qualifications Policy and Reform, Qualifications Wales

November 30, 2021

Education in Wales is changing. The new curriculum will equip learners with the knowledge, skills and experiences necessary to prepare them more effectively for life in an ever-changing world....

Survey of school leaders finds curriculum and assessment is no longer fit for purpose

The world has changed since the curriculum was devised. While the acquisition of knowledge and qualifications are important, these are currently limiting broader learning

Sarah Fletcher Chair of HMC Reform of Assessment Working Group

November 16, 2021

New report published today finds the current educational system is perceived to be failing to prepare young people to thrive, and current assessments are too narrowly focussed and used for the wrong ends...

The future of assessment – time for a rethink?

The Edge Foundation at the Conservative Party Conference 2021

Susan Higgins Edge Foundation

November 15, 2021

Here at the Edge Foundation, we strongly believe that one of the biggest levers to achieving substantial change in our education system would be to reform the assessment system...

Voice 21 and Rethinking Assessment are bringing schools together to develop a new approach to oracy assessment

Amanda Moorghen Impact and Research Senior Lead at Voice21

What we assess is what we value. Broadening what we assess to include oracy shows that we recognise oracy as something we value in education as well as across all aspects of life....

Ed Charlwood explores the history and future possibilities of evidencing learning through a portfolio of work

Ed Charlwood Head of Design at Nottingham High School; Subject Knowledge Assessor at Teach First

A modern portfolio is a compilation of materials that exemplifies skills, qualifications, education, training and experiences. It can be used to demonstrate completed work as well as records of process of work....

A transdisciplinary, contextual, project-based alternative to high-stakes exams

Rosina Dorelli Founder & Director of Da Vinci Life-Skills

A model school for the future to showcase what education could look like if student wellbeing, ethics, sustainability, processing failure and finding one’s purpose in life were at the heart of the curriculum. ...

Insights from Parentkind's Parent Voice Report 2021

Kerry-Jane Packman Executive Director, Parentkind

Parents want the reassurance that their child’s education is preparing them to become rounded and resilient young people, with an adaptable skillset and an aptitude to thrive as citizens in the workplace of tomorrow...

How our assessment system perpetuatates harmful stereotypes about disadvantaged groups

Rachel Macfarlane Director of Education Services, Herts for Learning

By only measuring knowledge, skills and strengths through exams, we are in danger of perpetuating harmful stereotypes about some of our most disadvantaged students especially those at the intersection of race and class...

Primary schools need to put themselves at the heart of the Rethinking Assessment movement

Joe Hallgarten CEO, Centre for Education & Youth

Perhaps now is a moment for primary schools to flex their pandemic-fuelled assertiveness muscles and take back assessment control through action, not words....

It's time for an urgent rethink on next summer's exams

Debbie Bogard Teacher, City and Islington College

We must not sleepwalk our way into another summer of disruption and disappointment - we’re at a crucial point in the year and need to demonstrate that another way is possible...

Recommendations for Rethinking Assessment

Olly Newton Executive Director, Edge Foundation

New report from the House of Lords Committee on Youth Unemployment recommends moving to Progress 5 and reviewing current approach to assessment...

Making use of neurological studies to inform how we best learn, teach and assess

Tabatha Sheehan Head of English at Westonbirt School

To protect our future generations from increased mental stress and to ensure our evolution as a species, we must be allowed to innovate...

Qualifications and curriculum reform in Wales

Emyr George Director of Qualifications Policy and Reform, Qualifications Wales

Education in Wales is changing. The new curriculum will equip learners with the knowledge, skills and experiences necessary to prepare them more effectively for life in an ever-changing world....

The world has changed since the curriculum was devised. While the acquisition of knowledge and qualifications are important, these are currently limiting broader learning

Sarah Fletcher Chair of HMC Reform of Assessment Working Group

New report published today finds the current educational system is perceived to be failing to prepare young people to thrive, and current assessments are too narrowly focussed and used for the wrong ends...

The Edge Foundation at the Conservative Party Conference 2021

Susan Higgins Edge Foundation

Here at the Edge Foundation, we strongly believe that one of the biggest levers to achieving substantial change in our education system would be to reform the assessment system...

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