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New Blog Post 📝 I hate QLA. Originally due to the time it sucked out of my PPA I now know that QLA documents do not provide the information we think they do. I go over the justification for why I ditched QLA and the reasons why you should get rid of it too. open.substack.com/pub/joel1201...

open.substack.comDeath to the Spreadsheet: Why I Finally Ditched QLAQuestion Level Analysis (QLA) is a staple in many schools. It is designed to turn exam results into a roadmap for student progress. But does it actually lead us where we need to go?

Alastair Gittner

@agittner.bsky.social

26 Jan

Good article, I stopped doing it for similar reasons. You might also like this (if you don't know it already) www.cambridge.org/insight/blog... there is a part 2 aswell.

cambridge.orgWhy assessment may tell you less than you think – Part 1Robert Coe writes a two-part blog on how to improve the value of assessments in the classroom. Part 1 poses questions to the reader.

Joel Kenyon

@joel120193.substack.com

I remember reading this a while ago, it's the main reason why I hate things like QLA, hinge questions, exit tickets etc. They just arent telling us, well, anything tbh. It also made me question exam feedback... Id probably get rid of it entirely and treat an exam as a data task if I had the choice

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Alastair Gittner

@agittner.bsky.social

26 Jan

Have you seen a similar blog from Mr Boxer?

Alastair Gittner

@agittner.bsky.social

26 Jan

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achemicalorthodoxy.co.ukWhat to do after a mock: into the classroom with whole class feedbackA little while back, I wrote about mock exams, assessment theory and advice following tests. You can read that post here, and I recommend you do before trying this one out. To summarise, I argued t…