New experiences – results day
This year, I was accountable for our results. It does change things. It was, as I am sure, many experienced Head teachers will attest, an …
This year, I was accountable for our results. It does change things. It was, as I am sure, many experienced Head teachers will attest, an …
I am not rushing to the defence of the exam boards, the perennial “results day” articles* rarely fail to direct some meagre attack or critique towards them. This …
A few months back I asked all the exam boards if they could share the most common exam mistakes made by candidates, common exam blind …
Confidence, reassurance, familiarity (with the environment, with exam rubrics and with questions), reading skills (decoding questions, responding to command words, identifying keywords) writing/responding skills, myth busting, what ever the …
MCQs get a mention in Glenys Stacey’s speech at the recent Westminster Education Forum A Level Reform event. We also found differences in assessment [comparable …
It has been a very busy two days. Presentations, meetings, department time, emergencies, emails, data preparation and a serious sprinkle of reality, reviewing our students …