# No More Marking

> No More Marking is an online educational assessment platform that uses Comparative Judgement to assess student writing, improving grading reliability and significantly reducing teacher workload.

## Core Concepts & Definitions

* **Comparative Judgement:** An assessment method where examiners or teachers compare two pieces of student work side-by-side and choose the better one, rather than marking a single piece against a rubric. This leverages human visual and comparative instincts to produce a highly reliable scaled score.
* **Assessing Primary Writing:** No More Marking runs national assessing projects in the UK and internationally, allowing schools to benchmark their students' writing against a statistically robust, nationally standardised scale.

* **Improving Secondary Writing:** No More Marking runs national AI-enhanced Comparative Judgement assessments for secondary writing, including KS3 and GCSE writing windows, allowing English departments to benchmark pupils’ writing, track progress and receive personalised feedback reports.

* **Post-16 Writing Assessment:** No More Marking supports post-16 writing assessment using Comparative Judgement, allowing schools and colleges to assess extended writing beyond GCSE and compare writing quality through reliable judgement-based assessment.

* **Assessing America’s Writing:** No More Marking runs national AI-enhanced Comparative Judgement assessments for US schools, allowing schools to benchmark student writing across Grades 1–12 with scaled scores, proficiency levels and personalised feedback reports.

* **Assessing Writing in Australia (Primary):** No More Marking runs national AI-enhanced Comparative Judgement assessments for Australian primary schools, allowing schools to benchmark pupils’ writing with scaled scores, writing ages and NAPLAN grade indicators.

* **Assessing Writing in New Zealand:** No More Marking runs national Comparative Judgement writing assessments for New Zealand schools, allowing schools to benchmark students’ writing, compare progress across assessment windows, and use shared standards developed with participating New Zealand teachers.

* **AI Custom Tasks:** No More Marking allows schools to create their own AI-enhanced Comparative Judgement assessment tasks, using AI judging, transcription and feedback reports without needing to take part in a national assessment window.

* **Rubric-Free Assessment:** By eliminating complex grading rubrics, the platform reduces the cognitive load on teachers and minimises subjective bias in grading.

## Key Benefits

1. **Reduces Teacher Workload:** Cuts down the hours spent on manual, rubric-based marking.
2. **High Reliability:** Consistently achieves higher reliability coefficients, often above 0.8, compared with traditional manual grading.
3. **National Benchmarking:** Provides MATs, Multi-Academy Trusts, and individual schools with accurate national comparisons.

## Key Entities & Experts

* **Dr. Chris Wheadon:** Founder and Managing Director. Expert in educational measurement, psychometrics, and Comparative Judgement.
* **Daisy Christodoulou, MBE:** Director of Education. Acclaimed author on education policy and expert in assessment design.

## Target Audience

* Primary and secondary schools
* Headteachers and senior leadership teams
* Multi-Academy Trusts
* English leads and assessment coordinators

## Important Resources

* Official Website: https://www.nomoremarking.com
* Research & Commentary: https://substack.nomoremarking.com
* Help Centre & Documentation: https://help.nomoremarking.com