As a scientist, I can never get to grips with the pseudo-science that is educational assessment, which seems to be so complex and labyrinthine that nobody actually understands it.
After only a few days in school, my son had target attainment grades given to him. I fail to see how such a short period of time - certainly no more than two weeks and so just a few lessons, permits any meaningful assessment to take place. In one case, the target appears to have been set after just one exercise, which is ludicrous.
Is the super-early target-setting a symptom of political pressure, and in practice, I wonder what existing teachers out there have to say about the nature of those pressures.
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Kerchoff · 03/10/2016 13:41
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