It is the day of the general election and all of the major parties are using the “we’re here at the behest of the voters” (or words to the effect) to try to win our votes. Well today I received an email from the DFE and I am frustrated and concerned about “the extent to which … Read more
I’ve been thinking. Following a comment on my last post about statistical significance I’m putting my hands up and saying I don’t know enough about the maths behind “significance”… there are much better equipped people out there that I am sure can inform me. All I know is that in the section where Ian Stockford … Read more
The long awaited day has arrived and I’ve been doing my own version of an impatient child checking the DFE site and clicking refresh to see if the promised findings had been published and so what a treat it was for me when THIS POST this appeared on the blog pages of Ofqual. I was so … Read more
OK so it’s not mid-week yet but I have my last ever parish council meeting tomorrow (it’s the annual general meeting so not an “actual” meeting) and I will officially no longer be Councillor Muldowney having made the decision to not stand at the next election so won’t be around to do my usual midweek blog post. When … Read more
Occasionally (ok quite a lot of the time!) I see resources and think “ooh that’s a great idea” and last week I was shown OCRs “check in” tests .. which are just brilliant. Check them out in the “Teaching and Learning” section at the bottom of this page Basically it’s a way of assessing the … Read more
Back in March 2015 Ofqual announced that NFER had been awarded the contract to provide National Reference Tests ( OFQUAL ANNOUNCEMENT ) The idea is that Ofqual is introducing the new National Reference Tests (NRTs) to provide additional information to support the awarding of the new “big fat” 9-1 GCSEs. The intention according to Ofqual is … Read more
Just a quick update about the GCSE debacle. I am not letting this lie! I know I’m a stubborn sod but this is not about ego, it’s about making the right decision and to reuse a quote I’ve used in one of my letters: “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is … Read more
For those of you that have been living in a cave you may need to catch up on some previous posts about the new Maths (1-9) GCSE – but most of you will know that I have been chasing a copy of a letter from Nick Gibb to Ofqual that was referred to in a … Read more
I wish Ofqual/DFE would decide how they are going to publish updates, as it really is getting tedious hunting down information about the whole accreditation process. Just don’t be thinking it’ll make me give up because I am a stubborn hard-nosed sod! I am aware that there are more letters of complaints/with comments on winging … Read more
I have previously posted about the accreditation process for the new maths GCSE (I know … LOTS OF TIMES!!) but I cannot let this lie – all I am doing is seeking clarity in the hope that the process is both transparent and fair. The stakes are too high to let this lie. One of … Read more
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