Articles on teacher assessments

November 2, 2023

GCSE and Higher results show worsening gap between richer and poorer pupils: pandemic assessment shows we should reconsider exams

Jan McArthur, Lancaster University

There is no evidence that the pandemic approach to assessment was less robust. It simply produced a different profile of results.

July 17, 2020

Wai Yee Amy Wong, Queen's University Belfast

Teachers have to fight against their own subjectivity when giving grades.

April 9, 2020

Jim Tognolini, University of Sydney

Teachers have the data from past exams and assessments and can reliably predict how their student would do.

Jan McArthur
Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice, Lancaster University
Jim Tognolini
Director, Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment, University of Sydney
Wai Yee Amy Wong
Associate Professor in Medical Education, University of East Anglia