I have to say, I find this letter completely baffling for a number of reasons:

Well worth reading this so you can become more knowledgeable on the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. 🐙

It’s really hard to give students generic advice about spotting misinformation. Almost any piece of general advice you can give requires context and background knowledge to be useful. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/can-we-tea...

'Clever, succinct, and remarkably far-reaching' The Critic I Can't Stop Thinking About VAR by @daisychristo.bsky.social publishes in paperback today. Buy your copy: https://bit.ly/AboutVAR

AI-enhanced Comparative Judgement is working really well. It saves teachers 90% of their time and reduces human error. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/ai-is-unca...

We've just published the results from our latest AI-enhanced Comparative Judgement assessment. AI is uncannily good at judging student writing! Most of the time the AI agrees with humans, and when it doesn't, it tends to be the result of human error! substack.nomoremarking.com/p/ai-is-unca...

Whether humans or AI are giving feedback to students, here are three important questions to o ask to decide if the feedback is useful. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-kind-...

Latest on our Substack - What kind of student feedback do teachers think is best? Turns out they are quite keen on summaries of their class's performance... We've created AI-generated "examiner's reports" to help them. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-kind-...

Latest on our Substack - I attempt to prove mathematically that education can never be fun, with reference to The Flowerpot Men, Jock Stein & the Galapagos tortoise. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/why-educat...

As usual, powerful and thought-provoking from @daisychristo.bsky.social. The analysis of the problem with the Y6 SATs reading test is spot on. Having said that, I wasn’t fully on board with Daisy’s proposal for reasons that I put in a note / comment here. substack.com/@markgoodric...

What Daisy says here about the possible Y8 reading test also works for the current Y6 reading test. Personally, the least that could happen is that they’d relax the 60-minute time limit. #sats

Very sensible. Indeed it would be mad if the government didn’t do it the way Daisy proposes.

The government are said to be planning a new Year 8 reading test. Do we need it? Some thoughts here. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/does-engla...

I’m sitting at the US Festival of Education listening to a tech guy go on about the use of tech in ed and wish instead we would all just read this brilliant piece aloud.

Beautifully brilliant!

A sentence for the ages from @daisychristo.bsky.social “If online content is so addictive that it can lead to adults having less sex, it’s probably fair to speculate that it will lead to kids studying less algebra.” open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...

Three genuine laugh out loud moments in this blog from @daisychristo.bsky.social! As usual from her, it's also very thought-provoking on the implications of modern technology for how we organise our schools. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/why-educat...

Latest on our Substack - I attempt to prove mathematically that education can never be fun, with reference to The Flowerpot Men, Jock Stein & the Galapagos tortoise. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/why-educat...

How long does it take to mark a set of essays with Comparative Judgement? Human CJ halves the time compared with traditional marking. AI CJ reduces it by a further 90%! Watch our explainer video & read more on our website. vimeo.com/1121894082/2... help.nomoremarking.com/en/article/h...

We have a new video on our website explaining exactly how our new AI plus Comparative Judgement assessments work. It's very different from just asking an AI to grade a paper. It's much more reliable than that, and has simple built-in human oversight too. Check it out! vimeo.com/1121894082/2...

Interesting review of Nick Gibb’s book by @daisychristo.bsky.social. I also think her criticism of the phonics screening check threshold “pass” is bang on. It has never made any sense to me. open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...

Congratulations to @daisychristo.bsky.social 🎉 I Can't Stop Thinking About VAR is on the Longlist for the 2025 William Hill Sports Book of the Year @bookieprize.bsky.social 'The longlist demonstrates the power of sport to inspire, challenge and entertain' Find out more: shorturl.at/0M7GE

Our primary writing assessments start next Monday! Sign up by the end of this week to take part. Read more about how Comparative Judgement & AI works. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-co... Subscribe here www.nomoremarking.com/pricing?coun...

Latest on our Substack: why assessment is the price mechanism of education - and what policymakers outside of education can learn from this. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/lessons-fr...

The reason why assessment matters is that it forces you to think about what the curriculum really means. As Dylan Wiliam says, assessment operationalises curriculum. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/lessons-fr...

Nick Gibb's new book tells the story of England's educational reforms. I wrote the foreword, & focussed on the importance of content knowledge - not just for education, but for policy. In this post, I focus on 2 reforms with wider lessons for policy. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/lessons-fr...

The latest post on our Substack gives you an overview of how human Comparative Judgement can be used to assess writing, and how you can now use AI to make it even faster & more reliable. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-co...

Just a couple of weeks left to sign up for our primary writing assessments - and to try out our new AI judging and feedback features. Read more about how Comparative Judgement & AI works. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-co... Subscribe here www.nomoremarking.com/pricing?coun...

I don't read many edu books these days, but this is fabulous. Required reading for anyone who wasn't around when the changes happened and maybe for those who were, but have forgotten the dark times. Despite a rocket few years, I still feel so lucky to be a part of education here 🙏🏽

Last call for this on Tuesday....

We've just released a big update to our Comparative Judgement assessments. You can now use our AI features for ANY assessment you want. So if you want to get AI to help you judge history, geography, science - you can! More here. help.nomoremarking.com/en/article/a...

We've just released a big update to our Comparative Judgement assessments. You can now use our AI features for ANY assessment you want. So if you want to get AI to help you judge history, geography, science - you can! More here. help.nomoremarking.com/en/article/a...

Primary schools can trial our new AI-enhanced writing assessments for free. Subscribe to Assessing Primary Writing by the end of Sept & take part in our Year 3 assessment. If you don't like it you can cancel your subscription for no cost. www.nomoremarking.com/pricing?coun...

Primary schools can trial our new AI-enhanced writing assessments for free. Subscribe to Assessing Primary Writing by the end of Sept & take part in our Year 3 assessment. If you don't like it you can cancel your subscription for no cost. www.nomoremarking.com/pricing?coun...

The latest post on our Substack gives you an overview of how human Comparative Judgement can be used to assess writing, and how you can now use AI to make it even faster & more reliable. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-co...

I had a great time at #rED25 yesterday. You can download my slides here. bit.ly/AIhypeRed2025 And if you'd like to read more about how we've integrated human & AI Comparative Judgements, read our latest Substack here. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-co...

Next at Research Ed I saw @daisychristo.bsky.social sharing her insights on whether or not AI in education is worth the hype. Some very interesting findings re assessment and a crucial reminder of the importance of keeping the human in the loop

I had a great time at #rED25 yesterday. You can download my slides here. bit.ly/AIhypeRed2025 And if you'd like to read more about how we've integrated human & AI Comparative Judgements, read our latest Substack here. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-co...

Extremely interesting talk from @daisychristo.bsky.social on the potential and limitations of AI use in education #rED25

Our next Intro to Comparative Judgement webinar is on Tues 16 September at 4pm. You can take part in some live judging of student writing AND see if your judgements agree with the AI! www.nomoremarking.com/events?count...

Our intro to Comparative Judgement webinars resume tomorrow at 4pm & Tues 16th Sept at 4pm. You get to do some judging of real writing & see if you agree with the AI. Register now. www.nomoremarking.com/events?count...

Fast food tills have pictures not words. Text messages can be played as audio. The modern world makes it easier to cope without literacy. What should schools do in response? substack.nomoremarking.com/p/are-we-liv...

If you are wondering whether there is a better way of doing assessment than our current system - there is! Comparative Judgement - with human judgements, or with AI - is more reliable, efficient & valid than traditional marking. Find out more in a webinar. www.nomoremarking.com/events?count...

open.substack.com/pub/daisychr... Great blog from @daisychristo.bsky.social

The cognitive offload is when you use technology to save you from mental effort. It is mostly brilliant, and it is the source of productivity improvements, economic growth & innovation. However, it might also be making us stupid. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/are-we-liv...

Fast food tills have pictures not words. Text messages can be played as audio. The modern world makes it easier to cope without literacy. What should schools do in response? substack.nomoremarking.com/p/are-we-liv...

As technology gets more and more powerful, is there a risk that humans get lazier and less competent? Unfortunately, yes. The obesogenic society has been with us for a while; the stupidogenic society is on its way.

Brilliant and thought-provoking piece by @daisychristo.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...

“The cognitive muscles we no longer exercise” - @daisychristo.bsky.social

Ah, this is fantastic 👇 Only thing is that I don't think students are baffled - at least not at university.