Connecting research and practice
Robert CoeDurham University
Three things we do
• Assessment: tests, world-leading quality, innovative, ‘measuring what matters’
• Monitoring: feedback, collaboration, self-evaluation, ‘distributed research’
• Evidence: evidence-based policy and practice, rigour, critical and scientific approach
High quality assessment
Monitoring systems c2000
• Evidence-Based Policies and Indicator Systems
• International, inter-disciplinary conferences held– 1997 (Durham)– 1999 (Durham)– 2001 (Durham)– 2003 (London, jointly with Cabinet Office)– 2006 (London, jointly with Cabinet Office)
Future assessment
• Varied formats (objective, open response, intelligent & human scoring, comparative judgement)
• Peer assessment (efficient and psychometrically robust)
• Maximise learning effects of testing (feedback, goal setting, spaced & targeted review,
Future monitoring
• Focus on the teacher as the unit of feedback• Tracking pupil progress: frequent assessments,
over many years, in a range of curriculum areas, on meaningful scales
• Multi-method (self-evaluation) tools to capture teaching quality
• Experimentation and marginal gains
Future evidence
• EEF Toolkit• EEF DIY Evaluation Guide• EEF Projects & Evaluations• School ‘Research Leads’• ResearchED• Policy engagement: assessment,
accountability
30YEARS
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