Chris WheadoninThe No More Marking BlogImproving Secondary Writing Year 10 & Year 11 ResultsOver the last few weeks 25 schools have taken part in our Year 10 & 11 writing moderation task. In total 277 teachers from these schools…Dec 8, 2023Dec 8, 2023
Chris WheadoninNo More Marking AustraliaDeriving a Writing Age for AustraliaThis September we had 7,465 primary school pupils take our standardised writing task, which is enough for us to consider a writing age…Oct 19, 2023Oct 19, 2023
Chris WheadoninThe No More Marking BlogLinking JudgementsSometimes while you are judging a national task, you may see this warning on a script:Oct 10, 2023Oct 10, 2023
Chris WheadoninThe No More Marking BlogAssessing Secondary Writing at Beauchamp CollegeIn the autumn of 2020, No More Marking launched the largest ever writing project for year 7 pupils, Assessing Secondary Writing. Over…May 17, 2021May 17, 2021
Chris WheadoninThe No More Marking BlogThe semicolon in the hands of 16-year-oldsThe semicolon is a victim of the modern austerity of communication; so worried Lauren Oyler in her recent piece for the New Yorker.Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Chris WheadoninThe No More Marking BlogHandwriting biasOne of the most frequently asked questions we get on Comparative Judgement is whether judges are biased in favour of good handwriting.Jul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020
Chris WheadoninThe No More Marking BlogLife, uncertainty, and writingIf you haven’t listened to Daisy discussing life, uncertainty and VAR, go have a listen and come back. It’s not about football, it’s about…Jun 17, 2020Jun 17, 2020
Chris WheadoninThe No More Marking BlogFrom scaled scores to writing agesIn the last three blogs we looked at how hard it is to interpret writing grades, the advantages of using the true scores derived from…Jun 15, 2020Jun 15, 2020
Chris WheadoninThe No More Marking BlogMeasuring progress with writing scoresIn the last two blogs we looked at how hard it is to interpret writing grades, and the advantages of using the true scores derived from…Jun 12, 2020Jun 12, 2020
Chris WheadoninThe No More Marking BlogMoving beyond grades: using a powerful statistical model to score writingIn the last blog we saw how difficult it is to derive any meaning from a grade label which covers a wide ability range. The grade Expected…Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020