Marking?

[justtheonethen]

Interested to know if any schools have made any changes to marking policies after ofsted has said that there is no concrete evidence for the impact of extensive and detailed marking on student learning?

It feels like it should be a victory but I can't see my school changing their policy or stopping marking and feedback scrutinies. In fact we recently introduced a new marking policy that is more time consuming than the previous one!

Very interested to hear what other schools do. Mark everything? Mark targeted pieces?

@millimat no negative change in progress rates. I would tentatively say there are positive changes but we have also made a lot of curriculum changes so it’s hard to say exactly. Teachers spend a lot more time talking and thinking about learning. PPA is definitely more about PLANNING. Our assessment is also slimmed down. Data drop once per term and only best fit judgement related to ARE. We do not tick off loads of statements.