Daisy Christodoulou is Director of Education at No More Marking, an online engine which aims to help teachers with comparative-judgement assessment of school work. Before this she was head of education research at the charity

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, where she continues to be involved in an advisory capacity.

Background

Christodoulou grew up in London and attended the

University of Warwick , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020� ...

. She first gained attention for appearing on ''

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'' as the captain of the Warwick team, which won the 2006-2007 series. She was trained as a secondary English teacher under the Teach First programme. After leaving university, she wrote the book '' Seven Myths about Education'' which suggests that

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such as facts is being neglected in modern education because of the priority given to

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such as

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s. Her second book, ''Making Good Progress? The future of Assessment for Learning'', was published in 2017. She has also taught in two comprehensives located in London. Christodoulou is also an advocate of education assessment reform, curriculum reform, and nation examination readiness. In 2017 she was named by

Anthony Seldon Sir Anthony Francis Seldon (born 2 August 1953) is a British educator and contemporary historian. As an author, he is known in part for his political biographies of Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Ther ...

as one of "The 20 most influential figures in British Education".

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The Educators
— BBC radio interview Alumni of the University of Warwick Contestants on University Challenge {{education-stub People educated at the City of London School for Girls