International news

Teachers can reliably and validly monitor students’ progress, abilities and inclinations. High‐stakes exams may shift educational experience away from learning towards exam performance. For these reasons, researchers suggest that teacher…

UK Home Office investigated over English test cheating claims

April 27, 2019

Europe, International news

A government watchdog has launched an investigation into the Home Office’s decision to accuse about 34,000 international students of cheating in English language tests, and will scrutinise the thinking behind…

New global testing standards will force countries to revisit academic rankings

April 21, 2019

Since 2000 when the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) launched a global academic benchmark for measuring student outcomes by testing 15-year-olds, many global education systems have been impacted…

Pisa’s ‘rich’ resource risked by ‘useless’ rankings

March 24, 2019

Education ministers have called on the Pisa study to communicate its findings better – so that the focus is not on “useless” headline rankings. Concerns were voiced today that the…

Can continuous assessment solve exam wrangles? – Daily Monitor

February 25, 2019

Africa, International news

The recent Primary Leaving Examinations and Uganda Certificate of Education national examination results were followed by a couple of events, one of which was a heated social media debate on…

PISA Is a Unique Resource for Testing Educational Attainment of 15-Year-Olds in 78 Countries. Adding 40 More Would Be a Mistake

February 25, 2019

PISA is a unique international resource, so it is not surprising that many countries want to participate in the assessment, something encouraged by OECD’s secretariat. But the logistical challenge of…

IELTS and Aptis succesfully linked to China’s Standards of English Language Ability Marks

January 16, 2019

Asia & the Pacific, International news

The National Education Examinations Authority (NEEA), Ministry of Education, China and the British Council (BC) jointly released the results of their collaborative research on linking IELTS and Aptis to China’s…

What’s Wrong with Educational Testing and How We Can Fix it

January 11, 2019

Currently, nearly all educational and psychological tests are “static,” meaning they are designed to be administered only once to capture a snapshot of a student’s current knowledge and abilities. These…

The gap between internal and external assessment

December 17, 2018

Asia & the Pacific, International news