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RM Compare Newsletter - February 2025
New features, opinions, research, proofs-of-concept and guest writers! What's not to like!
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Back to the Future: A Multi-Modal Approach to Understanding Learner Performance
Just as a skilled driver relies on multiple mirrors to navigate safely, modern education requires a comprehensive, multi-modal approach to truly understand and enhance learner performance
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Beyond the checkboxes – where tradition meets innovation
What gives educators the most comprehensive view of student skills - traditional rubric-based assessment or comparative judgement? Anna Hinchliffe, Senior Proposition Manager at RM, explores how skills assessment can make the best of both worlds.
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RM Compare Newsletter - January 2025
Overcome your January Blues with a dose of RM Compare goodness. We have been busy and are anticipating a brilliant 2025.
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Isn't it about time we started to measure what we treasure?
Isn't it time we started to measure what we treasure? A presentation by members of the Dance Adjudication Newtwork at the recent Symposium laid down a clear challenge - think much more clearly about what you value and then build assessments that encourage rather than discourage value creation.
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Less is More: Adaptive Comparative Judgement and the Future of Assessment
On Monday I travelled to London to attend the regional roadshow for the ongoing DfE Curriculum and Assessment review. I was joined by over 150 others from across the sector to learn more about the review and to offer contributions to the ongoing work.
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RM Compare Newsletter - October 2024
We have a number of 'firsts' in this edition including the announcement of our inaugural symposium, our first venture into podcasts and our shortlisting at the prestigious Learning and Technologies Awards.
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2024 Curriculum and Assessment Symposium for UK Education Leaders
Join Education Assessment expert Victoria Merrick on Tuesday November 26th 2024 at the amazing Amazon UK Head Office for a transformative symposium, exploring the challenges and opportunities in principled curriculum & assessment design for all subject areas.
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20 Years Later: Rethinking Assessment in the Digital Age
This week marks the 20th anniversary of a seminal paper in educational assessment - "Let's stop marking exams" by Alastair Pollitt, presented at the 2004 IAEA Conference in Philadelphia. As the conference returns to the City of Brotherly Love it's a good time to reflect.