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48th Annual Conference Call for Papers

March 21, 2023

The 48th IAEA conference in collaboration with CXC® will include inception workshops, keynote addresses, symposium, and open paper and poster presentations. We welcome submissions for open and poster presentations. All submissions…

Digitalisation: a panacea for exam cheating, or not yet?

March 21, 2023

Peter Hermans

Africa, International news

Exam cheating and stealing is one of the major manifestations of corruption in the education sector. It has become an expression of a serious breakdown in the cultural fibre of…

OpenAI: cheating temptation or educational assessment’s biggest gamechanger? An overview of comments

February 21, 2023

Peter Hermans

International news

Ofsted: The broken link between exam results and judgments

January 27, 2023

Peter Hermans

Europe, International news

Schools Week analyses the relationship between Progress 8 scores and inspectors’ ratings Source: schoolsweek.co.uk

Whitepaper: What’s preventing the change to digital assessment?

December 9, 2022

Peter Hermans

International news

Given the experiences acquired over the past two years, there is much interest within the industry to see how learning and assessment transform and evolve. To explore this in more…

NCME Educational Measurement and Assessment Book Series, call for chapter authors, proposals due January 1, 2023

December 5, 2022

Peter Hermans

International news

NCME has commissioned two new open-access edited volumes focused on an emerging issue in educational testing and assessment: culturally and socially responsive assessment. One volume will focus on theoretical foundations…

Consultation launched into future of Scottish exams and qualifications

October 26, 2022

Peter Hermans

Europe, International news

The consultation will last until December 16, is looking for views on the balance of exams and other forms of assessment, recognising the achievements of a wider range of pupils,…

Math Scores Fell in Nearly Every US State, and Reading Dipped

October 26, 2022

Peter Hermans

International news, North American Region

U.S. students in most states and across almost all demographic groups have experienced troubling setbacks in both math and reading, according to an authoritative national exam released on Monday, offering…

ACT Scores Fall to Lowest Level In 30 Years

October 14, 2022

Peter Hermans

International news, North American Region

In yet another data point on missed learning during the pandemic, ACT scores from this year’s high school graduates dropped to their lowest level in three decades, according to a…

Exam boards apologise to students months after results were delayed

October 12, 2022

Peter Hermans

Europe, International news

The heads of two major exam boards admitted teenagers were left “stressed and anxious” after thousands of exam results were delayed this summer. The leaders of OCR and Pearson exam boards made…

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