Really enjoyed the chance to speak about the work of RA Rethinking Assessment in the House of Lords. Thanks The Edge Foundation for organising this APPG. Let's push for Progress 5 and carve out some space for breadth. Jon Severs Rachel Macfarlane Whole Education @TimesEducation Victoria Lambert

The new APPG for Schools, Learning and Assessment has launched. Follow on twitter APPG Schools and keep updated on all their activities schoolsappg.org.uk National Education Union Al McConville St Paul's Girls' School @RSylvesterTimes @OllyNewtonUK @MaryBoustedNEU @EmmaHardyMP

Practical learning has long remained misunderstood and undervalued in schools RAEngEducation Peter Hyman @OllyNewtonUK @RSylvesterTimes Bohunt Education Trust Janet Hanson Al McConville The Derby High, Bury Gosport and Fareham MAT @elycollege Read these inspiring case studies: raeng.org.uk/practical-lear…

It's great to be working with other schools who are as passionate as we are about making sure that education and assessment are looking towards the future and making sure students have the best preparation for their life after school. x.com/HeadCLSG1/stat…

Good sense here. Examine less. High proportion of exam grading is inaccurate anyway. Up to 50% in e.g. History. Rethinking Assessment Dennis Sherwood Mary Curnock Cook tes.com/magazine/analy…

Very much enjoyed presenting to this APPG for Rethinking Assessment highlighting the narrowing impact of the EBACC and Progress 8. Great to feel the determination to get educational reform onto manifestos The Edge Foundation The King Alfred School

Dennis Sherwood continues to highlight the extraordinary lack of reliability in exam grading: @nookophile @RSylvesterTimes Rethinking Assessment rethinkingassessment.com/rethinking-blo…

Spot the difference The King Alfred School Rethinking Assessment

A cautionary tale from Rachel Macfarlane showing why we need more nuanced information about young people's strengths and achievements to help them get to the right 'next thing': rethinkingassessment.com/rethinking-blo…

“Around a third of our young people fail maths GCSE”… yes, Rishi, those are the OFQUAL rules… It will always be the case until you reform assessment to make it criteria based not norm based… Rethinking Assessment

📣The Rethinking Assessment Strand📣 We've just published the line-up for our The Rethinking Assessment Strand. 🗣️Featuring: Tom Sherrington Al McConville @edu_jessy Rachel Macfarlane Amanda Moorghen and more! 🗓️ Day One #EducationFest ℹ️ educationfest.co.uk/agenda/strands…

Great to hear Michael Morpugo today Monkton Combe School. He gave a shout out to King Alfred himself for his reforming zeal! The King Alfred School

Thanks IPPR Big Change for highlighting our work on learner profiles in this new report, calling for an education system that values a wider set of goals for young people #rethinkassessment ippr.org/research/publi…

Exciting.@Rethinkingassessment Learner Profile Starter Kit launched today. Create a wrapper for the full range of a student's learning and activities. Breadth bottled! Should be of interest to Baccalaureate fans. Fiona Millar Melissa Benn Tom Sherrington rethinkingassessment.com/rethinking-blo…

Join the LAUNCH EVENT of our #LearnerProfile Starter Kit! Sign up to our professional practice community of #teachers + school/college leaders! 🗓️Wed, 18 Oct 2023 - 16:30 - 17:30 BST Further info + how to sign up⬇️ #rethinkassessment #learnerprofiles eventbrite.co.uk/e/rethinking-a…

While it is right to say none of this is relevant for now as it will never happen bar an electoral surprise, it IS interesting that Sunak and those before him have repeatedly obsessed about the end of education and largely not recognised the importance of the start...

Really enjoyed contributing to the launch of this forward thinking APPG paper in Parliament. Learner profile, baccalaureate, new accountability measures. Eminently sensible. Let's get on with it. The Edge Foundation Rethinking Assessment The King Alfred School Jon Severs Fiona Millar @BedalesSchool

Very pleased to have contributed some thoughts about assessment to this stimulating collection of essays diagnosing education's current woes, and offering some imaginative ways forward. Melissa Benn Rethinking Assessment Lawrence Wishart Books lwbooks.co.uk/product/renewi…

Looking forward to this! Rethinking Assessment

Thanks to Melissa Benn for organising this very interesting discussion, and for the opportunity to contribute to the FORUM Journal