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Benjamin D White
@Waldenkent
Psych and Soc teacher, research lead , part-time writer/researcher/trainer, DfE data + workload advisory group.
Nov 21, 2019 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
A thread on - Pupil voice, testing, and why you can't ever totally 'win' teaching :-)

I think that regular testing is beneficial and that high stakes tests can generate cramming which

a. Is not all that helpful

b.Displaces other more useful studying. However, other teachers use testing – with stakes that are reasonably high (in pupil’s view at least – reports, predicted grades, UCAS etc) – as a lever intended to displace not ‘useful study habits’ but time spent not-working (being lazy teenagers essentially).
Nov 5, 2018 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Whilst revising my talk for Wednesday I've pulled together 10 interesting quotes from @profbeckyallen's working group advisory report. I think there is still plenty of data nonsense around but there's growing support for school leaders who decide to cut it right down. (1/10) On predicted grades: ‘ Aside from their inevitable inaccuracy, predicted grades are rarely connected to processes that help students learn.’ (p14) (2/10)