Case Studies
How Adaptive Comparative Judgement facilitated a groundbreaking, global creative writing competition for schools.
As part of its 120th anniversary celebrations the ISEB worked with the RM Compare Team to launch a groundbreaking creative writing competition. The Board were keen to use Adaptive Comparative Judgement based on a previous project that showed a number of advantages over traditional assessment approaches.
In November 2024 the results were announced, with the stories from the 4 category winners being published as beautifully illustrated books.
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How NCFE used Adaptive Comparative Judgement to further enhance a commitment to assessment innovation and excellence.
The NCFE used RM Compare to try to improve the way they were currently assessing applications for two competitions, namely the NCFE Assessment Innovation Fund and the NCFE Aspiration Awards.
Together we were able to show the transformative potential of this new approach by delivering significant improvements in efficiency, reliability and stakeholder engagement in two critical, live evaluation processes. Read more
Using Adaptive Comparative Judgement to assess KS3 art and design at scale across school groups
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.
How the ISEB used adaptive comparative judgement to assess a new interdisciplinary qualification.
To address the challenge of standardising diverse items in their new qualification, the ISEB and Assessment from RM explored the use of adaptive comparative judgement as a way to reliably use teacher assessment and encourage independent learning. Read more.
To accompany this Case Study we have recently published an Indepth conversation about its findings on our Comparatively Different podcast.
How Voice 21 used adaptive comparative judgement to reliably assess oracy at scale
To combat the challenge of assessing oracy, Assessment from RM partnered with the UK’s oracy education charity Voice 21, to explore the use of adaptive comparative judgement as a holistic and reliable way to assess oracy. Read more.
How Amplify Trading used adaptive comparative judgement to enable finance candidates to be assessed through real-word simulation
To produce an authentic, innovative talent identification solution, Amplify Trading partnered with Assessment from RM to use adaptive comparative judgement in a peer assessment format to assess candidates’ ability to present complex conclusions in actionable ways. Read more.
How Purdue University improved student attainment using RM Compare for Peer to Peer assessment
Enabling students to engage in a collaborative peer to peer assessment experience as part of their learning process. Read more.
How 14 Oxfordshire schools transformed formative assessment with RM Compare
Oxfordshire schools successfully pioneer a new method of collaborative assessment and moderation. Read more.
