Monthly Archives: February 2015

Life without lesson observation grades

Posted on February 17, 2015 by classteaching

  In April 2014 we stopped grading lesson observations.  This post looks at why we did it (and why every school should) and what we’ve noticed since. Why we stopped grading lesson observations Judging a teacher on a 30 minute … Continue reading →

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Assessment Without Levels – The story so far

Posted on February 12, 2015 by classteaching

  In May 2014 we were awarded a DfE Innovation Fund to develop a method of assessing without levels in KS3.  We saw this as an opportunity to reclaim purposeful assessment and so came up with our ‘Growth & Thresholds … Continue reading →

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