PISA set to change
The OECD is working to move its international testing program away from standardised, summative testing as debate about the value of such assessments grows louder in Australia and around the…
Is the College Cheating Scandal the ‘Final Straw’ for Standardized Tests?
Perhaps no tests have higher stakes in the United States than the SAT and the ACT. For decades the scores were a key data point on the application for virtually…
Sixth International Summer School “Applied Psychometrics in Psychology and Education”
The Institute of Education at HSE University Russia welcomes applications for the upcoming Sixth International Summer School “Applied Psychometrics in Psychology and Education” Dates: August 05–10, 2019 Venue: HSE University…
Thousands of foreign students caught in limbo by scandal
Thousands of foreign students caught up in an English-language test cheating scandal in Britain five years ago are still in limbo, unable to prove their innocence, with their visas revoked…
UAE set to roll out world’s 1st moral education exam
The United Arab Emirates is set to roll out a standardised test to assess moral education nationwide, making it the first country to quantify how schools fare in shaping students’…
‘Paper-based exams will survive for at least a decade’
Tes profiles Saul Nassé, Cambridge Assessment’s new Group Chief Executive. Quote: “the end-of-study exam has got a lot of years left in it yet”. “What you don’t want to do…
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…