This is the first blogpost that I’ve ever reblogged. It’s from the extraordinarily articulate Kev Bartle, on why National Levels still haunt English schools. It resonates with a lot of the thinking I’m doing at the moment on levelled versus mastery assessment.
Joe Kirby
Red Team: involve, don’t announce
School Improvement Stories
Mammoth, Chimps and Octopi: evolutionary psychology and our battle to prioritise
Anatomy of a School Improvement Plan
Megatrends
The Infinite Game: warding off warped fears
Flawed School Improvement Plans: Black Swans and Grey Rhinos
Thinking deeply: Matthew Evans and the Shoulders of Jedi
Problem-solving: Viviane Robinson and the Shoulders of Giants
Difficult conversations, HiPPOs and giving feedback well: brave-kind, open honesty
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