Excellent description and explanation from @profbeckyallen.bsky.social of why all the 'moderation' exercises organised by Education Scotland and local authorities have largely been a huge waste of precious teacher time. 1/2 100assessment.substack.com/p/the-curric...

Happy New Year everyone! Here's a new Substack post. It's partly about the regularities of instructional design. And partly about the work of @krisboulton.bsky.social... profbeckyallen.substack.com/p/regulariti...

Finally, a piece on whether AI can solve education's perennial problem of passing on the best instructional techniques by @profbeckyallen.bsky.social. The most thought-provoking blogs on AI and its impacts are coming from those in the education field. open.substack.com/pub/profbeck...

Another Substack post on the future of AI in education. Reward Hacking the Classroom: Reinforcement learning wants to “teach to the test”, but that’s not what teachers do profbeckyallen.substack.com/p/reward-hac...

CPD expert? Interested in programme design, delivery and evaluation? Working freelance? Why not join us on a six-month project from January. Details below. Feel free to ask any questions. Please share @informededucation.com @profbeckyallen.bsky.social

New on my Substack: Will the Machine Ever Learn How to Teach? (I'm afraid it's a little on the long side...) substack.com/home/post/p-...

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-... @head-teach.bsky.social

With news that triple science offer may become a requirement for schools, here are current arrangements from @teachertapp.bsky.social . teachertapp.com/articles/tri...

Hey #EduSkyPrimary. I had a little bit of influence into yesterday’s @teachertapp.bsky.social questions on levelled readers which are very topical right now so if you haven’t answered yet, I would be very grateful. 🙏 Really interested to see the results!

New blogpost from me: The Progress of EdTech Depends on Our Tolerance for Error profbeckyallen.substack.com/p/the-progre...

New on 100% Assessment Substack: Why Schools Don't Report Uncertainty in Test Scores 100assessment.substack.com/p/why-school... @head-teach.bsky.social

New blog post from me: The Promises and Pitfalls of Personalisation. In this post, I review how Learn Your Way with Google has introduced personalised examples into textbook content. profbeckyallen.substack.com/p/the-promis...

New blog post from me: The Promises and Pitfalls of Personalisation. In this post, I review how Learn Your Way with Google has introduced personalised examples into textbook content. profbeckyallen.substack.com/p/the-promis...

Typically excellent.

New on 100% Assessment Substack: Target Grades - Useful or Unhelpful? 100assessment.substack.com/p/target-gra... @head-teach.bsky.social

At lightening speed (for me), I've written up my talk from ResearchED this month. Can AI help with formative assessment? profbeckyallen.substack.com/p/can-ai-hel...

New from me. The Dangers of Diagnosis. bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/t...

I know it’s just abridged and has to sound and it is swifty differentiated explained in the text. Alas: As long as we explain «AI» w/ human analogies of understanding, addressing or supporting, we keep ourselves from thinking it different. Worth reading the more complex text, #BlueLz. #lernenmitki

New on 100% Assessment: The Trouble with Progress Reports... The case for and against telling parents whether students are making progress. 100assessment.substack.com/p/the-troubl... @head-teach.bsky.social

New on 100% Assessment Substack: Should Subjects Be Required to Report Attainment on a Common Scale?https://100assessment.substack.com/p/should-subjects-be-required-to-report @head-teach.bsky.social

I’m really looking forward to my ResearchEd National talk this year: 'Of Gods and ideas: how intelligence became artificial’. I’m going to chart how our conceptions of learning have evolved (or degraded) over three millennia — from communing with gods to acquiring and organising data.

Enjoyed interviewing @profbeckyallen.bsky.social for @ttradioofficial.bsky.social on AI and Schooling last month. The discussion threw up lots to think about (1/8)

Today @teachertapp.bsky.social and School Dash publish an update to their teacher labour market report, showing showing job adverts down 27% on 18/19 and -36% on last year.

Today @teachertapp.bsky.social and School Dash publish an update to their teacher labour market report, showing showing job adverts down 27% on 18/19 and -36% on last year.

New on 100% Assessment with @head-teach.bsky.social: The Discrimination Dilemma - Deciding when 69% really means better than 65%. As always, subscribe for weekly updates. 100assessment.substack.com/p/the-discri...

New on Substack: How reliable does an assessment need to be? @head-teach.bsky.social 100assessment.substack.com/p/how-reliab...

New on 100% Assessment with @head-teach.bsky.social: The Discrimination Dilemma - Deciding when 69% really means better than 65%. As always, subscribe for weekly updates. 100assessment.substack.com/p/the-discri...

New on Substack: How reliable does an assessment need to be? @head-teach.bsky.social 100assessment.substack.com/p/how-reliab...

New from 100% Assessment open.substack.com/pub/100asses... @profbeckyallen.bsky.social

New on 100% Assessment with @head-teach.bsky.social : Why Schools Rely on Relative Attainment 100assessment.substack.com/p/why-school...

New post on 100% Assessment with @head-teach.bsky.social : Can We (and Should We) Write Difficult Multiple-Choice Questions? 100assessment.substack.com/p/can-we-and...

I agree with Pepe here. For the very long-standing teacher pay system to work, two things must happen: 1. Unions have to accept the amount. 2. Government has to fund it. Anything else is chaos.

New today from 100% Assessment. @profbeckyallen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/100asses...

Teachers in England with 5+ years’ experience — can you help a PhD student? She’s looking for detailed survey responses on career development (interviews also welcome). forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Today @teachertapp.bsky.social publish our 2025 report on the state of teacher recruitment and retention in England — in partnership with School Dash and funded by @gatsbyed.bsky.social . A few key takeaways 👇 teachertapp.com/app/uploads/...

Today @teachertapp.bsky.social publish our 2025 report on the state of teacher recruitment and retention in England — in partnership with School Dash and funded by @gatsbyed.bsky.social . A few key takeaways 👇 teachertapp.com/app/uploads/...

New on 100% Assessment: Lowering the cognitive demands of open-ended tasks @head-teach.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/100asses...

The Department for Education is looking for a new Chief Scientific Adviser - £120k, 3 year term. Important role, and one that might suit a social scientist www.saxbam.com/appointment/...

New today from 100% Assessment @profbeckyallen.bsky.social

Your responses in the media! 🗞️ Teacher Tapp data on misogyny among pupils was featured across the BBC News channels today. 🎧 Listen to more on the topic here: bbc.in/3EgFkkq

New today from 100% Assessment. open.substack.com/pub/100asses...

Can anyone point me to where I can find a recent estimate of the size of the implicit pupil premium, taking into account all funding streams? (like below...) @lukesibieta.bsky.social @mrjpandrews.bsky.social @theifs.bsky.social @edupolicyinst.bsky.social @fftedudatalab.bsky.social

New today from 100% Assessment. What can we infer about a student’s knowledge when they answer incorrectly? @profbeckyallen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/100asses...

Brilliant session on assessment, and how it shapes the thinking and actions of students, parents, teachers. Thank you, @profbeckyallen.bsky.social and the warmest welcome to @elprogramme.bsky.social

What happens when every subject assesses the same way? 📚⚖️ Schools strive for consistency, but does enforcing uniformity help or hinder subject progression? We break it down in our latest post: 🔗 100assessment.substack.com/p/what-happe... @head-teach.bsky.social

Our fourth post on 100% Assessment, a new Substack for anyone interested in school assessment by me and @profbeckyallen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/100asses...

Why do different subjects take such different approaches to assessment and reporting attainment? This question will be a recurring theme in 100% Assessment, our new Substack, as we explore the diverse ways subjects shape their assessment practices. buff.ly/ZBPGD9D

Another recommendation for @profbeckyallen.bsky.social and @head_teach.bsky.social and their 100% Assessment substack, launched last week.

Teachers, Heads and school leaders: Great sounding new Substack blog on Assessment just landed from @head-teach.bsky.social & @profbeckyallen.bsky.social: 100assessment.substack.com Go on: You know you want to subscribe!