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New! |⚡NOW Creative Writing Ruler

By Mark House

22nd sep 2026

At the recent launch of RM Compare | ⚡NOW we were able to showcase the new 'ruler' functionality by way of a couple of fun examples (Tea Strength and Desk Tidiness).

These were of course only illustrative of what is possible with an On-Demand Adaptive Comparative Judgement system - the world of learning and assessment has not been stumbling around trying to find better ways to make tea.

So we are delighted to say that we have been able to add our first 'proper' ruler, supplied by the Independent Schools Examination Board, who have been a long term partner.

Demo Items

Test Item

Download / screenshot this Item from the original ISEB rank creation session to your device. You can then use it to test the ruler.

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A further 4 Items are available in our Demo Item store. This also contains a ReadMe with the performance score of each Item in the original ranking session. This can be used for comparison with your own assessment in RM Compare | ⚡NOW.

From Rank to Ruler

The new ruler was created from this years Time to Write competition - you can read more about it here. RM Compare and the ISEB have worked together on the competition for a number of years.

The competition is judged using RM Compare | 💻Studio to create a rank order from which the ruler is generated.

Ranking session details:

582 Items + 176 Judges
Holistic Statement: "Which story most creatively: - Makes accurate and varied use of vocabulary and language techniques - Conveys meaning effectively through tone, style and register - Brings a story to life using character and/or theme, structure and form to take the reader on a journey"

What's next?

RM Compare | ⚡NOW has evolved using a 'mobile first' approach. This has a number of advantages that we have described before.

However, our intention has always been to make the new user experience device agnostic - it should work on pretty much any device. This work is well advanced and we will have an announcement soon.

Keep checking the RM Compare Roadmap for the very latest information.

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New! |⚡NOW Creative Writing Ruler

Demo Items

Test Item

From Rank to Ruler

What's next?

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