34th annual conference (2008)
On the Automated Assessment of Short Free-Text Responses
Systems for automating the assessment of textual answers have been available commercially since the mid 1990’,s and some progress has been made in their application to assessing short, factual answers…
Washback on Chinese learners: An impact study of the College English Test Band 4
Washback on learners was a topic seldom discussed in 1990s and has gotten more attention from the researchers since the 21st century. The argument that the quickest way to change…
THE FEDERAL INTERNET-EXAMINATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
In 2005 the National Accreditation Agency of the Russian Federation (NAA) introduced the Federal Internet-examination in higher education (the Internet-exam project).Basically, the Internet-exam is a nation-wide computer testing of students…
Grading examinations using expert judgements from a diverse pool of judges
In normal procedures for grading GCE Advanced level and GCSE examinations, an Awarding Committee of senior examiners recommends grade boundary marks basedon their judgement of the quality of scripts, informed…
DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK OF APPLIED LEARNING SUBJECTS IN HONG KONG
Hong Kong is going to have the New Senior Secondary Education in place starting from September 2009 with the first cohort of students taking the school leaving public examination at…
Assessment for Improving Learning in Schools in India : A perspective
Teaching for successful learning cannot occur without high quality assessment. Assessment, therefore, needs to be integrated with the process of teaching and learning. The greater the integration the better the…