Patrick BarmbyinThe No More Marking BlogAssessing America’s Writing — placing grades 1 to 12 on the same scaleHere at No More Marking, we have just completed our Beginning of Year (Fall) assessment as part of the Assessing America’s Writing project…3 min read·Nov 18, 2021----
Patrick BarmbyinThe No More Marking BlogAdditional task for Assessing GCSE English (AGE)— common queriesIn response to the needs of schools as a result of the cancellation of exams this Summer, No More Marking has introduced an additional…3 min read·Apr 13, 2021----
Patrick BarmbyinThe No More Marking BlogSchool participation in Assessing Primary WritingSince we introduced the Assessing Primary Writing (APW) project here at No More Marking, we are please to see continued increases in…2 min read·Jun 9, 2020----
Patrick BarmbyinThe No More Marking BlogWhat do judges look for? Formative considerations for the judgement of writingWhat goes into the considerations that judges make, and how do these support a formative process for teachers in how writing develops for…2 min read·May 18, 2020----
Patrick BarmbyinThe No More Marking BlogThe Three Rs: Reliability, Writing and Rich Tea BiscuitsMany of the schools we work with ask us about reliability and comparative judgement tasks. Recently at No More Marking, we carried out a…4 min read·Oct 2, 2019----
Patrick BarmbyinThe No More Marking BlogClosing the gap in Year 7?We present the results from No More Marking’s Proof of Progress (PoP) assessments for the 2016–17 academic year for Year 7 pupils. We…2 min read·Mar 3, 2018----
Patrick BarmbyinThe No More Marking BlogVisualising scales of writing in comparative judgement assessmentsHere at No More Marking, we are developing a national scale of writing spanning Years 1 to 6 through our Sharing Standards initiative.3 min read·Jan 8, 2018----
Patrick BarmbyinThe No More Marking BlogYear 7 students’ understanding of equationsThis is the last in a series of five blogs looking at how we have used comparative judgement to gain diagnostic information on students’…3 min read·Dec 24, 2017----
Patrick BarmbyinThe No More Marking BlogYear 7 students’ understanding of shapesThis is the fourth in a series of five blogs looking at how we have used comparative judgement to gain diagnostic information on students’…3 min read·Dec 17, 2017----
Patrick BarmbyinThe No More Marking BlogYear 7 students’ flexibility with fractionsThis is the third in a series of five blogs looking at how we have used comparative judgement to gain diagnostic information on students’…3 min read·Dec 10, 2017----