Exams tighten their grip on the curriculum
The majority of both teachers and parents in the UK believe that the pressure on schools to deliver good exam results is increasingly leading to a narrowing of the curriculum.…
New Journal: the Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation
NCME and Beijing Normal University (BNU) are pleased to announce the establishment of the Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation (CEJEME；教育测量与评估双语季刊). CEJEME will be co-edited by Professors Li Cai…
The IAEA 2019 Frances M. Ottobre Distinguished Student Scholarship
The 2019 Frances Ottobre Distinguished Student Scholarship is now open for applications. The award will support attendance at the 2019 IAEA Conference hosted by The State Examination Centre of the…
Bill Gates calls for more global education assessments data
The Gates Foundation will support new data systems that will make it possible to compare student outcomes across the globe. Gates said last year that the first step to measuring…
Is It Time for the American Approach to Assessment to Change? – Education Week
The U.S. tests its students more than most nations, but is the deluge of data providing the information schools need? The United States is unique among countries in subjecting students…
We All Need to Get Smarter About Testing
What is “assessment literacy,” and why should we all care about it? Testing expert W. James Popham explains. By enhancing the assessment literacy of those among us who have a…
The Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP)
NEQMAP , established in March 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand, is a platform for exchange of knowledge, experience and expertise on the monitoring of educational quality in countries and jurisdictions of…
There are better ways to assess students than with high-stakes standardized tests. These schools are using them with success
For years, education policy dictated that student standardized test scores be central in the assessment of students (not to mention teachers and principals and schools) — despite protests by parents,…
Thousands of teachers caught cheating to improve exam results
Thousands of teachers caught cheating to improve exam resultsStaff at institutions offering OCR exams from 2012-16 committed about 2,300 malpractice offences. More than half of the cases were of teachers…
NAPLAN testing faces scrutiny as education ministers push for changes
Some of Australia’s education ministers unite to push for changes to the controversial testing system in schools known as NAPLAN. They believe the testing has strayed from its original purpose of…