After three years of interim arrangements, it has finally settled on keeping the same terrible
system for teacher assessment, including the current set - up for writing assessment.
The report by exam and testing regulator, Ofqual, examines problems with the 2017 moderation arrangements
for teacher assessments of writing and highlights difficulties in training, differences in how long schools had to prepare for moderation and variations in the way that moderators» visits were conducted.
The one new proposal in Ed Balls» letter is, remarkably, to increase the malign effect of school performance tables by creating a separate
table for teacher assessment results.
The use of SOLO progress grids, which clearly identify increasing levels of skills / knowledge, will be used as a
tool for teacher assessment.
Schools Week understands the consultation will ask for views on moving to a «best fit»
model for teacher assessments of writing at key stage 2, as opposed to a «secure fit» model, following criticism from teachers.
Believing his work on content pedagogy to be the «most generative work [he] will ever do,» Dr. Lee Shulman also inspired the creation of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) with his
vision for teacher assessment.
As for the teacher assessment of progress, the following representative sample shows equally powerful outcomes for pupils experiencing the Empiribox method.
If a school decides not to enter a pupil for the tests or if a teacher does not have evidence that a pupil consistently meets all the statements in the lowest standards in the interim teacher assessment frameworks, the interim pre-key stage standard (s) should be used to provide a statutory assessment outcome for the pupil and any reasonable adjustments which reflect usual classroom practice may
remain for teacher assessment.
The Standards and Testing Agency has already changed the
frameworks for teacher assessments of writing for 2018 and will run small - scale pilots of comparative judgment of writing.