The Rest is Education

In this assessment-focused episode, Ross interviews Julia Martin, the ISEB's effervescent CEO, on how the UK's oldest examination board is pioneering new forms of assessment after 120 years.

The Independent Schools Examination Board, founded in 1903 and utilised by 340 schools worldwide, is leading the way with a raft of innovative assessments from the project-based iPQ to revolutionary creative writing analytical tools designed to assess comparative judgement.

Join Ross and Julia as they explore what drove the creation of each assessment and discuss how the assessment landscape is changing at an extraordinary pace.

Julia has very kindly offered all The Rest is Education listeners with a generous discount code to the ISEB's upcoming conference on comparative judgement. Simply enter the code 'EDUCATION' at: https://conference.iseb.co.uk/

Assessing Change, Awarding the Future is a one-day conference for independent schools on the future of assessment taking place on Wednesday 24th April, 2024. 10 Union Street, London. SE1.

For more information about the ISEB and the assessments it offers, please visit: https://www.iseb.co.uk/

If you would like to enter Time to Write you can do so at: www.write.iseb.co.uk

Later in the episode we mention Classics For All and refer to our episode ‘Should we teach Classics?’ In which we interview Classics For All’s very own Anna Bell and inspirational classics teacher Julia Gray. Find out more at: www.classicsforall.org.uk

You can contact Julia's team at: [email protected]

If you would like to comment on the episode, ask questions or suggest content for future episodes, please get in touch with us at: [email protected]