The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will host the 37th annual conference of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA)from 5 to 9 August 2019 in Abuja, Nigeria.

FACULTY:
Dr. Christine Fox (University of Toledo)
Dr. Svetlana Beltyukova (University of Toledo)
Dr. Theodore Walls (University of Rhode Island)
Dr. Gary Cook (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Dr. Gavin Brown (University of Auckland)

School tracks will be taught in English
Admissions close on May 30, 2019

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The 2019 conference theme might be seen as a continuity of the theme for 2018 and embraces not necessarily new perspectives on approaches to student assessment but aims to emphasize assessment as a tool that can play a relevant role in transforming the ways students are taught, the ways they develop as leaners and, furthermore, that can contribute to high quality educational outcomes around the world.

Transformation must emphasize the relevance of quality and sustainable feedback. Although feedback is traditionally linked to the formative  dimension of classroom assessment, it is fundamentally important that we start associating feedback with other assessment contexts. Low-stakes external assessment is one, but reporting results of summative external assessment should also be regarded as an opportunity for a positive
“washback effect” insofar as the results should allow for the improvement of teaching and learning for future students cohorts. Last but not least, digital assessment should be seen as, not as a means in itself, but as a way to facilitate this new approach to our schools and educational systems as a whole.