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Dylan Wiliam
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Teacher, researcher, writer, mostly interested in the power of education to transform lives and how to do it better.
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Our article 'The role of knowledge-rich curricula in promoting deep thinking and complex skill acquisition' is online and free. #EduSky
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May 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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AI influencers such as Ethan Mollick are already trumpeting the results of a poorly designed World Bank pilot study that employed AI with Nigerian students. This thread provides a fair and measured critique that's worth reading in full.

Again I must ask: Why so many shady studies?
betsyjwolf.bsky.social Betsy Wolf @betsyjwolf.bsky.social · May 21
Okay, let's unpack this study. This is a study of a 6-week afterschool program in Nigeria where student volunteers were randomly assigned to use Copilot up to twice per week or continue regular programming. Schools with computer labs were selected for the study. 🧵
emollick.bsky.social Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · May 20
Big: The final version of a randomized, controlled World Bank study finds using a GPT-4 tutor with teacher guidance in a six week afterschool program in Nigeria had "more than twice the effect of some of the most effective interventions in education" ("equating to 1.5 to 2 years" of standard school)
May 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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paulkirschner.bsky.social
Join the Bell Ringer Book Club about our book 'Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival'.
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Join the Bell Ringer Book Club
Summer readers are cool
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May 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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In this top resource from March, John Hattie, @dylanwiliam.bsky.social, and Arran Hamilton show how de-implementation can cut ineffective initiatives and focus on what works.

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Making Room for Impact
With teacher and leader workloads and burnout at an all-time high, it’s time for de-implementation: de-prioritizing and deleting the less effect...
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April 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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We zijn nog altijd erg geïnspireerd door het werk van @dylanwiliam.bsky.social ! Samen met @dmasluijsmans.bsky.social vertaalde ik een overzicht van zijn vijf kernstrategieën van formatief handelen.

Gratis te downloaden, en heel praktisch 👇

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De vijf kernstrategieën van formatief handelen - Toetsrevolutie
Op basis van het werk van Dylan Wiliam en Siobhan Leahy over formatief handelen, verscheen er een gids met praktische technieken
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March 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
At researchED Scandinavia on March 15th, Kennet Fröjd hosted a panel discussion on #ArtificialIntelligence and education with Nidhi Sachdeva, Arnold Pears, Eva Hartell and me. You can listen to it on Spotify: lnkd.in/dg8iU6Ht and see it on YouTube: youtu.be/Iq9God1rjOs
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March 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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NAEP Law uses the phrase "valid and reliable" 8 times and references "professional testing standards" 7 times. We can't measure educational progress with a bendable yardstick. Let's get the expertise we need.
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jenjennings.bsky.social Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · Mar 19
If we want to keep NAEP, we’re going to have to fight for it.

Plus, what @andrewdeanho.bsky.social said.
March 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Quantitative evidence of the impact of teacher-student relationships on achievement is thin on the ground, so this paper on the positive benefits of "looping" (teaching the same class for more than one year) by matthewakraft.bsky.social and colleagues is important: bit.ly/4bBiBvD
Second Time's the Charm? How Sustained Relationships from Repeat Student-Teacher Matches Build Academic and Behavioral Skills
We examine the dynamic nature of student-teacher match quality by studying the effect of having a teacher for more than one year. Using data from Tennessee and panel methods, we find that having a rep...
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March 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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nsachdeva.bsky.social Nidhi Sachdeva @nsachdeva.bsky.social · Mar 6
GET YOUR TICKETS SOON!

researchED Canada Toronto 2025 - What Works in Teaching and Learning

Date: Jun 6-7

Location: 230 Saint Clair Avenue West, Toronto, ON M4V 1R5

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March 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Looking forward to learning a lot at the @learningandtheb conference in New York City next month: bit.ly/4ixCpSP
Educational conference April 25-27, 2025: The Science of Learning
The Science of How We Learn
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March 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Check out this amazing list of speakers at researchED Haninge in March: bit.ly/42F6hbk
researchED Scandinavia 2025 | ResearchED
Speakers SO FAR Agneta Gulz Alva Appelgren Andreas Jemstedt Andrew Watson Arnold Pears Attila Szabo Ben Newmark Beth Grenville Giddings Bruce Robertson Cecilia Caiman Cecilia Kozma Daniel Muis Daniel ...
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February 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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15 years ago I did the IES cluster-randomized trials training program at Northwestern--they're still offering it in 2025, and I highly encourage early-career researchers to join! steppcenter.northwestern.edu/education-tr...
Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials: STEPP Center - Northwestern University
2025 Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Last night I had the pleasure of participating in a roundtable discussion about biologically primary and secondary knowledge and cognitive load theory, with David Geary, katejonesteach.bsky.social, and John Sweller, organized by Kennet Fröjd. You can hear it here: spoti.fi/3Wt8kvc
Roundtable on Biologically Primary and Secondary Knowledge, and on Cognitive Load Theory with John Sweller, David Geary, Dylan Wiliam and Kate Jones
Fröjd’s toolbox · Episode
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January 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A difference-in-difference analysis exploiting differences in the timing of charter school entry finds that a 10% increase in charter market share reduced the supply of traditionally-prepared teachers by 1% each year: bit.ly/3E1GPme ($)
The effects of charter school entry on the supply of teachers from university-based education programs
Research on charter schools tends to focus on direct and immediate effects on student outcomes. However, there may be unintended indirect effects on, …
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January 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Great to see that the scale-up of Embedding Formative Assessment seems to be making a difference in schools in England. The Behavioural Insights Team evaluation found that close to 95% of teachers surveyed were using strategies emphasized in the programme: bit.ly/3WIdwM7. Full report: bit.ly/3CcVlqM
How can evidence-based education programmes be effectively scaled up in England? - BIT
BIT independently evaluated the scaling of a formative assessment programme, which generated insights our clients used to reach many more schools
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January 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Full disclosure: I am on the project's Advisory Board in a voluntary capacity, and have no financial interest in Aristotal. I just think it's pretty amazing.
January 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For a while now, I have been convinced that one of the most effective uses of AI in education would be to provide personal, private, coaching for teachers. I thought it would take five years, but it seems that it is here, or at least very close, already: bit.ly/3PADiO8.
January 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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It’s here! Our new open access book on curriculum written by Tim Surma, @paulkirschner.bsky.social, @dylanwiliam.bsky.social, @timsurma.bsky.social, Nuno Crato, Elizabeth Rata, John Hattie, Claudio Van Hees, Michiel Wils, Jasper Nijlunsing and me. Download it here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking
This OA book proposes a way forward to effectively teach knowledge and complex cognitive skills in school and achieve equitable opportunities.
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January 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Going through my Downloads folder I found a study by Babu and Mendro from 2003's AERA conference. They found that low achievers benefitted greatly from having more effective teachers for three years, but were less likely to get them:
December 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM
About 8 years ago, @siobhanleahy50 and I prepared a Quick Reference Guide for Embedding Formative Assessment. It's now out of print, so the copyright has reverted to us, and we are free to share it with anyone who wants it: bit.ly/EFAQRG (pdf).
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December 26, 2024 at 5:24 PM
More and more hotels in which I stay have refrigerators that charge you if you move an item. They usually offer an additional refrigerator if you want to keep something cold, so I have decided to ask for a refrigerator every time. If we all do this, they may change their stupid policies...
November 24, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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mpolikoff.bsky.social
"If we had an extra week, we could all read Morgan Polikoff’s (2021) Beyond Standards to try to understand the problems caused in our decentralized system by the lack of high-quality curricula and what states might do to evaluate and recommend curriculum materials."
What Should Psychometricians Know about the History of Testing and Testing Policy?
In 2023, a National Council on Measurement in Education Presidential Task Force developed a consensus framework for foundational competencies in educational measurement to guide graduate programs and...
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November 21, 2024 at 3:52 PM
"AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably": go.nature.com/3O9RHAa
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November 16, 2024 at 8:35 PM
It seems fair to say that most people in Europe find the result of the US presidential election completely incomprehensible. If you want to understand why it happened, as opposed to lamenting the electorate's decision, this piece by AEI's Rick Hess is a good place to start: t.co/ApyBIO6LMR
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/opinion-trumps-win-is-a-wake-up-call-for-educators-heres-why/2024/11
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November 16, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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It's been a while since I posted a 10 minute chat on GenAI and am delighted to get back into it with a juicy one from @dylanwiliam.bsky.social.
 Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam.bsky.social · Nov 13
Last week, I talked to @MonashUni's @timbocop for one of his "10 minute chats on Generative AI". You can hear the conversation here: bit.ly/4hJz0Rq
Generative AI chats and webinars
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November 13, 2024 at 10:51 PM