News from the 45th annual conference
IAEA president: This conference is an opportunity to exchange ideas about different advances in the field of education and educational assessment, and to learn from one other, IAEA President Randy…
International news
Should a Single Test Decide a 4-Year-Old’s Educational Future?
To get into a gifted and talented elementary school program in New York City, children must ace a single, high-stakes exam — when they are 4 years old. This admissions…
Even more tests for most tested children in the world
This September, a pilot of new baseline assessment for four-year-olds will be introduced in almost 10,000 primary schools in the UK. This baseline will test children within the first six…
Students are still using tech to cheat on exams, but things are getting more advanced
In many ways, cheating on high school and college exams used to be a lot harder than it is nowadays. What used to take an elaborate plot to discreetly spread…
How entrance exams in India will become smarter, less stressful
The National Testing Agency in India, set up by the ministry of human resources development as an autonomous, self-sustained organisation, has been mandated with creating an exam system which is…
NAEP to be streamlined in cost-saving measure, but may provide more data
The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) intends to streamline the US National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and reduce costs by including fewer subjects, testing fewer students and adding testing…
Testing Much? The Pros And Cons Of Exams In Education
It’s no secret that economically developed Asian countries are pretty keen on school exams. From Hong Kong and Singapore to South Korea and Japan, the pressure on students to succeed…
Will Barbados be the first Caribbean nation to abolish the secondary school entrance exam?
Secondary school entrance examinations in the Caribbean have been around for over a century, a colonial holdover from as early as 1879 in some territories. Though renamed and restructured several…
English language tests: MPs to hold inquiry into cheating row
The House of Commons public accounts committee has announced an investigation into the Home Office’s treatment of thousands of international students who may have been wrongly accused of cheating in…
What If Colleges Used Only Test Scores to Fill Campuses?
As Americans debate the roles of wealth, race and access in higher education, researchers at Georgetown University wondered: What would the nation’s most selective colleges and universities look like if…