Dr Mick Walker
@MickGWalker
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Former Exec Director of QCDA; President CIEA; Chair EBE; Education Advisor UK/intl governments: Hon Fellow Uni of Leeds; Teacher/adviser 50th year.
Huddersfield, England
Joined September 2017
Some very interesting reads here for educators and policy makers regardless of location @Education_NI.
📢Calling all teachers! We have published the first Making Best Practice, Common Practice: Quarterly Research Publication, focusing on ‘Insights into Curriculum, Cognition and Policy’. Each publication will explore a theme with the aim of strengthening the connections between
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RT @Education_NI: Education Minister @paulgivan, has published the findings of a public consultation on proposed legislation to extend comp….
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RT @Education_NI: Education Minister @paulgivan sends his best wishes to all of those receiving their A, AS and BTEC results tomorrow. Adv….
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Brilliant news! Well done Mr Pryatt CEA and @thestreetly for their vision and support. Every school should take note: it’s not just about assessment, its about improving the quality of teaching and learning.
Congratulations to Mr Pyatt on his designation as a Chartered Educational Assessor (incorporated by the Royal Charter). Many thanks to Dr @MickGWalker for starting us out on our journey to look at effective assessment for our students. (Sorry Mr P. This is the only pic we have)
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RT @Education_NI: The Independent Review of Assessment Panel has been established by Education Minister, @paulgivan to review the current a….
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Very good news for a very important project!.
New @NuffieldFound funded CRAE project!.With collaborators Andy Lamb, @MickGWalker, @LauraMayCrane, Mary Richardson & @DonnaLynn345, CRAE’s @annaremington & @DrGeoffBird are leading a project investigating GCSE exam equity for neurodivergent students. More details soon!.
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RT @ProfDanielMuijs: A good initiative to help spread evidence-informed practice in schools.
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RT @Education_NI: Education Minister, @paulgivan, has today announced funding for 50 research-informed school conferences through the Makin….
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I am very honoured to be part of this important review of educational assessment in Northern Ireland. This follows on from the recently published Curriculum Review @_CIEA.
education-ni.gov.uk
The Strategic Review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum commenced in November 2024 and was a key commitment within the TransformED Strategy and Delivery Plan.
Education Minister @paulgivan has today announced the establishment of an Independent Review of Assessment Panel of education experts to advise on assessment in Northern Ireland. Read more -
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RT @_CIEA: The CIEA are pleased to inform you of our upcoming courses in 2025-26. Our assessment training courses and qualifications are d….
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A grade 3 in English or mathematics is a grade 3. It is not a ‘fail’. This abuse of terminology is not helpful Rachel.
White working class boys to be focus of “reset” of education policy as tensions grow in government over curriculum and assessment reform - my latest piece for @ObserverUK
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RT @_CIEA: Dates for the Lead Assessor Support Programme are now available for booking! Please see our website for more details 👉 https://t.….
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A great opportunity for a research statistician to work with an excellent team of folk making a very important contribution to developing practice in our schools and many abroad.
Join our team!. We're looking for a Research Statistician / Data Analyst to join our Research, Development and Education Team. ✔️ Working (or have worked) in education?.✔️ Keen to collaborate with a great team?.✔️ Want to support thousands of teachers to develop practice?. Find.
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Daisy’s work is always worth reading. Amongst other things, I hope this blog reminds folks to always consider what it is they want to assess, why, how, when, and what they intend to do with outcomes. These questions apply at every level.
Interesting approach to measure "Potential learning skills" through "Dynamic assessments" methods (@daisychristo). I also recommend the first cited paper. By the way, I wonder what countries have a Primary School End Test (PSET) as in Netherlands.
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RT @_CIEA: In our latest article, CIEA Director Joe Toko shares his thoughts on why assessment literacy is a critical component of professi….
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I think Tim has reached the right conclusion. I find this an anodyne report that in reality presents evidence to underpin what is largely a justification for the remit. More on the impact of accountability would be welcome. The real work starts from here: I wish them well.
The Francis review can already claim a major achievement
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Then we agree Haili.
@MickGWalker Yeah if you read the thread that's pretty much what it says :) there's a range of stakeholders opinions and wisdom needed but not at the expense of those doing the actual work.
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RT @HughesHaili: @MickGWalker Yeah if you read the thread that's pretty much what it says :) there's a range of stakeholders opinions and w….
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Teachers should have a voice and an influential one. But we also need wisdom. Schools serve the ambitions of our society. As such others have a claim to a voice.
Singapore has a system where anyone serving in the Ministry, working nationally on education still teaches. These positions only last for 3 years before they return to the classroom. Seems really sensible to me as those writing policy etc have credibility & proper understanding.
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Agreed, there needs to be a balance here. I worry though that the current review is focused on subjects, the National Curriculum. There’s more to the curriculum than subjects, like what is the purpose of schooling for example? A broad consensus on purpose would steer direction.
Teaching fewer concepts in greater depth sounds like a great idea, and in some places it might work. But it overlooks the fact that breadth of content often enables depth of conceptual understanding. Cut the content and you cut understanding too.
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