In this talk, Daisy Christodoulou, prominent UK-based educational researcher and commentator, explores how one assessment system can serve multiple audiences at once.
Assessment systems are often pulled in different directions. Teachers need information to guide day-to-day teaching, school leaders need reliable signals about curriculum and standards, parents and students want clear feedback on progress, and politicians want international comparisons. How can we reconcile all of these purposes and design an assessment system that makes everyone happy without overburdening schools and students?
The talk sets out practical techniques teachers and leaders can use to ensure assessments are both accurate and useful, and will conclude by outlining what a national assessment system built on these principles could look like — including what role AI is likely to play, and where human judgement will remain essential.
Daisy Christodoulou specialises in assessment and curriculum, advocating for evidence-informed, knowledge-rich education. She’s the Director of Education at No More Marking, a provider of online Comparative Judgement software for schools. She’s also the author of three books about education: Teachers vs Tech, Making Good Progress, and Seven Myths about Education. In November 2024, her first book about football was published: I Can’t Stop Thinking about VAR.
Find Daisy’s presentation slides here: Daisy Christodoulou – One Assessment, Many Systems
