The Department for Education’s new writing framework sets a bold vision for primary education in England: build confident, fluent writers through sequenced, evidence-based teaching and assessment. As schools prepare to implement these changes, RM Compare offers a powerful, research-backed assessment platform that aligns with the framework’s principles and helps every pupil succeed.
Welcome to the latest RM Compare newsletter, this time with 10 new posts to dig into.
Across industries and institutions, those responsible for recruitment and admissions are wrestling with a perfect storm: soaring application numbers, the rapid rise of AI-generated content, and the ever-present need for fairness and authenticity. The result? Recruiters and admissions teams are overwhelmed, and the risk of missing out on genuine talent has never been higher.
Change is a constant in today’s business landscape. Whether it’s adapting to new technologies, evolving customer expectations, or shifting internal processes, organisations need tools that help them navigate transformation smoothly and confidently. At RM Compare, we believe that effective change starts with better decision-making—and that’s exactly where our platform shines.
RM Compare is an online system - there are a number of options for getting content digitised and uploaded. Follow our step-by-step walkthroughs to learn more.
RM Compare Datashare breaks down siloes to facilitate collaboration at scale. It is important to understand how visibility and access to data is controlled
RM Compare is a collaborative system. In a typical session multiple Judges work together toward a common cause. In a Multi-Centre session this is extended to encourage even greater scale. RM Compare DataShare allows session Data to be shared within and between Licence Centres......time to break the silos.
" It’s like a school organizing a big art contest, inviting other schools to join, and then everyone helps judge the pictures to find the best ones! Only the Parent can start these big projects, but any school can join as a Child."
"I want to create an RM Compare session involving 5 other schools in my Learning cluster. I want them to submit 20 items each. I want three teachers from each school to be judges. At the end of the session I need to be able to identify the host school for each item in the rank order. What are my options?"
At its heart RM Compare is a collaborative system that brings people together to work toward a common cause. Our recently released Connector functionality allows Licence Centres to participate in shared Multi-Centre sessions at scale. To support this we have introduced a simple way to discover and connect with other organisations.
Depending on your Licence type you may have a few choices to make when setting up your session - Don't panic! we are with you all the way.
The world of assessment is changing-and if you’ve spent any time exploring the RM Compare blog, you’ll know that Adaptive Comparative Judgement (ACJ) is at the heart of that transformation. But how has the research community’s interest in Comparative Judgement (CJ) changed over the past ten years? Let’s take a look at the journey.
It's sometimes hard to believe just how quickly the exam 'season' comes around, and yet here we are again. In an age of AI the focus on assessessment has never been greater.