*** NEW POST *** 'Streaked tenrecs and improving reading' On reading assessment, reading comprehension tests, and a call for different practice in schools. alexquigley.co.uk/streaked-ten...
Have you ever seen a ‘streaky tenrec’? Probably not. For pupils sitting the key stage 2 SATs reading assessment, they likely met the tenrec and the wildlife of Madagascar for the first time. The fir...
*NEW POST* The Future of Progress. How value added (VA) works and how progress will be measured from the Reception Baseline (RBA) www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/09/11/t...
Really interesting article on 'Untangling dyslexia myths and misconceptions' www.apa.org/monitor/2024...
Persistent misunderstandings about reading struggles have impeded progress in diagnosis and treatment.
New blog post. AI Cannot Plan. bennewmark.wordpress.com/2024/09/10/a...
AI is stalking the world for problems it can present itself as the solution to – problems you did not even know you had. It will organise our calendars and write emails to our bosses and employees. AI...
Why that voice in your head is so important for reading - www.thereadingape.com/single-post/...
As you are reading this, even though you are reading silently, you may experience the sensation of hearing your voice speaking the words in your head – you may even be moving your lips. It was origin...
Took me far too long to discover this amazing substack from @daisychristo.bsky.socialsubstack.nomoremarking.com/archive?sort...
Full archive of all the posts from No More Marking.
Six years ago, literally nobody asked me what my advice would be for new teachers starting in September. So I told them. And now, years later, still nobody has asked me. So here it is again 👇🏽 #uked#ukteaching#edusky
YEAR 6 TEACHERS: 📌 Save this for when you’re teaching long division: ➗ tinyurl.com/5n86knw3 ➗ I’ve taught it this way for years now and I’ve never seen something “click” so much with so many kids (they think they’re doing something super hard - which they are!). I get excited to teach it now 😂
If you use these resources and find them useful and would like to buy me a coffee in return, I’d really appreciate it ☕️ Over the past couple of years, I’ve written some blog posts which have been pub...
Love this. This is my take primarytimery.com/2020/06/09/h...
The purpose of schools is not chiefly or mainly to prepare children for exams or jobs. Rather, as Ruth Ashbee eloquently explains, it is to teach our children about meaning - about what it means to be...