Recommended Reading
What follows is a reading list we compiled featuring some key texts/authors that inform our thinking. This is by no means a definitive list or required reading, but we thought it might be helpful to signpost some influential material. The impact of the digital revolution has been significant!
Books
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning – Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger & Mark A. McDaniel
Seven Myths About Education – Daisy Christodoulou https://twitter.com/daisychristo
Why Don’t Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom – Daniel T Willingham
Perfect Teacher-Led CPD – Shaun Allison
Outstanding Formative Assessment: Culture and Practice – Shirley Clarke
Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? – Pasi Sahlberg https://twitter.com/pasi_sahlberg
Blogs/Websites/Articles (+people to follow on Twitter!)
Beyond Levels: alternative assessment approaches developed by teaching schools Research Report (September 2014) – Julie Lilly, Alison Peacock – The Wroxham transformative learning alliance & Sue Shoveller, Dr d’Reen Struthers – South Farnham teaching school alliance
National Curriculum 2014: A Practical Guide to Assessment after Levels Whitepaper No.1 – InfoMentor
TES Connect (Assessment Innovation Fund schools): http://community.tes.co.uk/national_curriculum_2014/b/assessment_without_levels/default.aspx
An overview of the AIF winning schools and the models they are creating: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/schools-win-funds-to-develop-and-share-new-ways-of-assessing-pupils
Recently published research report about the nature of progress in learning – it’s NOT linear: https://sway.com/8KlbVWMiHlsmci5P
Alex Quigley: http://www.huntingenglish.com/2014/05/15/breaking-shackles-national-curriculum-levels/ and http://www.huntingenglish.com/2013/10/12/dirty-work/ also on Twitter at https://twitter.com/HuntingEnglish
Shaun Allison: http://classteaching.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/assessment-without-levels-an-opportunity-for-growth/
Tom Sherrington: http://headguruteacher.com/2014/08/18/contemporary-educational-ideas-all-my-staff-should-know-about/ https://twitter.com/headguruteacher
Ross Morrison-McGill (Teacher Toolkit): http://teachertoolkit.me/ and interesting blog on the ‘Pygmalion effect:’ http://teachertoolkit.me/2013/10/08/pygmalion-teacher-expectancy-effect-by-teachertoolkit-2/?utm_content=bufferbe2e4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
David Didau: http://www.learningspy.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/LearningSpy
Hiltingbury School’s Learning Ladders (+ demo online app): http://www.learningladders.info/
Michael Tidd (‘Ramblings of a Teacher’), includes objectives & tracking tools for primary English & maths: http://michaelt1979.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/primary-curriculum-resource-pack/ https://twitter.com/MichaelT1979 Michael’s most recent blog on assessment and tracking (22.12.14) is here: http://michaelt1979.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/assessment-tracking/
NAHT assessment framework materials (only an overview – if you are a member you can access the complete framework): http://www.naht.org.uk/welcome/news-and-media/key-topics/assessment/naht-produces-new-framework-on-assessment-to-guide-school-leaders/
David Pott (SIMS): http://davidpott.com/2014/11/02/much-know-assessment-without-levels/
http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2014/nature-or-nurture-its-all-about-the-message/
Dylan Wiliam https://twitter.com/dylanwiliam
Geoff Barton https://twitter.com/RealGeoffBarton
John Hattie https://twitter.com/VisibleLearning
David Weston: https://twitter.com/informed_edu
John Tomsett: https://twitter.com/johntomsett
Tom Bennett: https://twitter.com/tombennett71
NCTL: https://twitter.com/the_college
Cambridge Primary Review Trust: https://twitter.com/CPRnet
Warwick Mansell: https://twitter.com/warwickmansell
Pie Corbett: https://twitter.com/PieCorbett
Alison Peacock: https://twitter.com/AlisonMPeacock
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