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The IAEA 2020 Frances M. Ottobre Distinguished Student Scholarship

January 13, 2020

The 2020 Frances Ottobre Distinguished Student Scholarship is now open for applications. The award will support attendance at the 2020 IAEA Conference hosted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC),…

Covid-19 update

March 24, 2020

Peter Hermans

International news

In many countries around the globe, school leaving examinations and admissions tests are postponed or canceled because of the Covid-19 virus. Indonesia Indonesia scraps national exams due to COVID-19 UK:…

Detecting contract cheating: examining the role of assessment type.

February 27, 2020

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Drawing on the largest contract cheating dataset gathered to date (see cheatingandassessment.edu.au), this article examines the types of assignments and exams in which students self-reported having engaged in some form…

Teaching intelligence: improving students’ assessment literacy

February 27, 2020

Peter Hermans

Association news, International news

Over the past two years, a team of academics and students at the University of Reading’s Institute of Education (IoE) has undertaken a project to capture students’ understanding of assessment criteria…

Educational Testing Service Launches Institute Focused on Fairness and Equity in Education

January 27, 2020

Peter Hermans

International news, North American Region

In support of ETS’s commitment to fairness and equity in assessment and learning, the organization announced today that it has launched a new research methodologies institute to investigate issues that…

Indonesia seeks to abolish national exams but could end up creating a new rat race

January 27, 2020

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

In December last year, Indonesia’s Minister of Education Nadiem Makarim announced sweeping changes to the education sector through four priority reforms. One of them is the abolition of the country’s…

No More National Exam per 2021 in Indonesia

December 12, 2019

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim has announced four educational policy programs dubbed “Merdeka Belajar” or freedom of learning. One of them is the termination of the national examination (UN)…

Large-scale education tests often come with side effects

December 12, 2019

Peter Hermans

International news

While large-scale education assessments, such as the PISA, are meant to show how education systems are faring around the world, evidence shows these assessments come with a host of problems.…

Educators, students hail India’s proposal to scrap exams

November 25, 2019

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Change is in the air for the Indian education system as the country’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is planning to do away with school exams from 2021, The…

Exam board AQA to pay out £1.1m over rule breaches and errors

October 25, 2019

Peter Hermans

Europe, International news

The exam board AQA is to pay more than £1.1m in fines and compensation for a string of rule breaches, errors and failings in GCSEs and A-levels that regulators said…

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