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Matthew Evans

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head-teach on BlueSky l Headteacher I Coauthor of #TheNextBigThing and author of #LeadersWithSubstance I Blogger I open.substack.com/pub/100assessm…

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A great critique of Timimi’s book, Searching for Normal. A long, diagnostic piece which is worth the investment of time.

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This is my attempt to make sense of AI and how we’re doing this at my school…. benjamindwhite.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/lea…

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The most influential study on scaffolding timing just failed replication. My latest on why this matters and what the evidence actually shows. Link in reply 👇

The most influential study on scaffolding timing just failed replication. My latest on why this matters and what the evidence actually shows. Link in reply 👇
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It's half term next week for many of us so plenty of time to get stuck into this weeks #eduweeklyroundup, featuring blogs from Matthew Evans, Alex Quigley, Nick Hart, Shaun Allison classteaching.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/wee…

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“As educationalists, we should concern ourselves with how people are in the here and now, not who they are according to some taxonomy; with specific needs, not generic descriptors; with pragmatic accommodations, not murky etiologies. To do otherwise is cack-handed.”

“As educationalists, we should concern ourselves with how people are in the here and now, not who they are according to some taxonomy; with specific needs, not generic descriptors; with pragmatic accommodations, not murky etiologies. To do otherwise is cack-handed.”
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It is so easy to be wrong – and to persist in being wrong – when the costs of being wrong are paid by others.” Thomas Sowell’s line could be the motto of English education. Policy-makers get plaudits; teachers get the blame; children pay the bill. Link below

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New on 100% Assessment Substack: Does Your Test Really Measure Attainment? When summed scores mislead and how IRT helps 100assessment.substack.com/p/does-your-te… Matthew Evans

New on 100% Assessment Substack: Does Your Test Really Measure Attainment? When summed scores mislead and how IRT helps
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Claire (and coauthors) have written a wise, digestible and essential book which I highly recommend. What I really like is that Claire practices what she preaches - she’s a first rate practitioner.

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If you want to find out how to close the advantage gap and give disadvantaged students the best chances of succes, this is absolute gold dust! Bravo! curriculum.substack.com/p/disadvantage…

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✍ NEW ON SUBSTACK ✍ I'm pairing something old from the Wordpress archive with something new. From the archives: Sense making | When the map doesn't match the terrain mrnickhart.substack.com/p/sense-making New this week: Four forms of organisational sense making mrnickhart.substack.com/p/four-forms-o…