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Time for Tea?
Just like everyone else in the UK we are getting very excited about National Tea Day which takes place on the 21st April. The day is a great opportunity to share tea brewing preferences, and the strength of the perfect 'cuppa' is always hotly debated. So we though it would be interesting to get the view of AI.
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A trip to the dentist
This morning I went for a routine dental check‑up. What struck me was how naturally my dentist fell into a comparative frame. He wasn’t mentally ticking boxes on a rubric. He was looking at two artefacts and asking, “Which represents a healthier, more stable situation?”
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A Famous Exam Story With a Hidden Assessment Problem
The story of the Barometer Question is usually told as a joke at the expense of an inflexible examiner. But if you look at it through an assessment lens, it is really a story about design failure, construct clarity, and the importance of a strong holistic statement of quality.
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New - Premium Reporting
Dig even deeper into your data with our new Premium Reporting. A new set of powerful analytics tools will help you to get even more from your sessions.
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New! Bulk Item creation
Sometimes you might want to get lots of Items into RM Compare quickly - competition entries for example. Now you can!
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Super-power Peer Learning with the new improved Contributing Judge Accelerator
The Contributing Judge Accelerator allows judges to add their own Items to a session. It is frequently used in Peer Learning contexts.
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Run sessions at scale with the new Improved Multi-Cohort Accelerator
The multi-cohort Accelerator allows for the creation of Parent-Child relationship between establishments to facilitate large scale sessions.
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Research: Enhanced assessment and learning through Adaptive Comparative Judgement
A new comprehensive set of studies from the School of Engineering (University of Liverpool) highlights the potential impact ACJ can have in teaching, learning and assessment.
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Eurovision judging - it's noisy! (and biased) 1/2
The correlation between the rank order in Eurovision given by the expert panel process and the public vote process has been a subject of analysis and debate. Studies and observations indicate that there is often a noticeable disparity between the two voting processes.
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Understanding Decision Hygiene: Reducing Noise and Bias with RM Compare (2/2)
In the realm of decision-making, two significant challenges often undermine the accuracy and fairness of our judgments: noise and bias. This blog post aims to elucidate the differences between noise and bias, explain their impact on decision-making, and demonstrate how RM Compare can enhance decision hygiene to reduce these errors.
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RM Compare Newsletter May 2024
Welcome to the May edition of the RM Compare Newsletter - it's been another busy month. In the last edition we revealed that the intention was to move from BETA to General Availability. While work is still ongoing we are able to share some details of the Plans and Tiers that will be available very soon.
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New Case Study - School Group Assessment and Standardisation
In March 2024, Art teachers from E-ACT, a large multi academy trust of academies spread geographically across the UK, sought to rewrite this narrative as part of a wider Key Stage 3 Assessment Strategy redevelopment project. Working with Victoria Merrick, Merrick-Ed Limited, they devised a small-scale pilot of RM Compare, an Adaptive Comparative Judgement (ACJ) tool.