We often criticise large scale tests, but how often do we actually sit down and take one of these tests ourselves? In takeaway 1, award winning author, Jen McVeity, shares her experiences of taking the NAPLAN writing test.

Barak Rosenshine's ‘principles of instruction‘ is an excellent paper detailing some of the fundamentals of great teaching. I hadn't thought of using it as the basis for a teacher observation protocol…but Adam Boxer has. Check out his template in takeaway 2. 

Takeaways 3 and 4 are well worth checking out for advice about taking action at the micro level (helping students to break down tasks into bite sized chunks), and understanding ed at the macro level (PISA top performers compared)

Takeaway 5 is a reflective piece on the importance of teacher judgment when we get excited about the idea of evidence based education (this ties in well with the upcoming ERRR Podcast with Adrian Simpson, critiquing the meta-analysis!)

6, 7, 8, and 9 are for your interest.

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Are we measuring what matters in writing? Award-winnning author sits NAPLAN writing test

A Rosenshine inspired teacher observation template, via @adamboxer1

What to do when a learner is stuck during learning, lessons from behavioural psych, via @HFletcherWood

Finland, Singapore, Shanghai? Hear @MrBartonMaths and @Lucy_crehan discuss the ins and outs of PISA's top performers

The role of teacher judgment in ‘evidence informed' education, via @rethinking_ed

The 2018 Teacher Prep Review. Highlighting exemplary teacher education programs

The gender gap in Maths and English, correlated with societal inequality

Source: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/sapienza/htm/science.pdf

What is motivation porn? An interesting concept, via @davidwebster

The scientific impotence excuse. How we discount those whose conclusions we disagree with

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