Thanks for a really interesting post. Nice to hear about real-life research rather than vague theorising.

It’s interesting how quickly your pupils expanded the possibilities, and in ways that provide far more valid methods of assessment than a test. Also interesting how many methods are collaborative.

It raises the possibilities of combining wikis/blogs with the various exercises (eg films) which would allow you to assess more clearly individual contributions, and therefore start to look at ‘Working with others’ as a skill.

I’ve just set up a small working group within SQA, bringing in Ian S., Ollie, Joniesy, Neil W, Jaye and 2 others to try to think about Future Models of Assessment. At our first meeting 3 days ago, my line manager told them “The exam system’s broken and can’t be fixed.” You could hear the jaws dropping!

Look forward to reading more,

Gordon