A doctoral thesis that explores the potential benefits and challenges of employing an adaptive comparative judgement (ACJ) approach in comparison with the summative assessment of GCSE English students’ creative writing in the FAVE (Further, Adult and Vocational Education) sector.
This project aimed to create a new online initial assessment (IA) tool that would more accurately meet the needs of reform Functional Skills Maths learners.
This project explored a nationally significant issue in prison education: how to assess the English ability of ESOL learners.
This project sought to improve feedback in GCSE English with the aim of increasing learner engagement through teacher’s comments.
A comprehensive step by step approach to understanding and using RARPA
This new resource explains the RARPA process and how it can be effectively implemented for learners with SEND. It brings together the information providers need to know about recent changes in national policy and practice for learners with SEND including a self audit tool to support continuous quality improvement. There are links to resources developed by providers and a range of person-centred thinking tools to ensure the learner voice remains central to the RARPA process.
An ETF/sunCETT (2018-19) MA Short Course research report and poster exploring feedback.
An ETF/sunCETT (2018-19) MA Short Course research report and poster exploring feedback.
This guide is one of three guides commissioned by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) and produced by touchconsulting Ltd as part of the #StudyGood programme (2019-2020).
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) recognises that Assessment for Learning (AfL) is an intrinsic part of the learning process as detailed in the Assessment for Learning: Effective Practice Guidelines1 which were co-created with the sector. This guide builds on these guidelines and is primarily written for teaching staff. It can be used as a reflection tool to develop your practice in AfL approaches and contains practical activities to adapt and use with your learners. It contains practical ideas to help you introduce more effective assessment techniques into your teaching.
Taking a proactive and creative approach that aimed to unlock potential and transform prisoners' lives, this national technical outstanding teaching, learning and assessment (OTLA) project by Weston College Prison Education Service sought to carve a pathway from entry into prison to entry into an apprenticeship on release from prison. The project focused on the hospitality and catering vocational sector.
