Assessment

 

The data jigsaw

. . .  and why triangles matter in education

According to Matthew Savage, current forms of assessment do not get us anywhere near a full picture of a child and everything that makes them unique.Think ‘triangles’ for a better perspective!

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AI and assessment

Artificial intelligence in post-pandemic recovery

Every now and again a new product catches our eye that might be useful in international schools. We recently asked the people at UK edtech start-up Atom Learning to prepare an elevator pitch for ITM readers. This is what they sent us.

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MAP work

The power of good assessment data

If data from objective testing like MAP are to be useful, students have to take it seriously.  Kawai Liu and Sharon Ma look at how Shanghai SMIC Private School helped their students understand the way testing supports them.

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Language Profiling

Establishing a profile

Susan Stewart was Head of Languages at the International School of London (Surrey) and believes that students should not be expected to ‘park’ their languages at the door. By developing an academic level of their mother tongue language, in addition to English, these students are able to keep their future options open.

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