35th annual conference (2009)
Reading for the new ERA: Assessing reading in a digital environment
In 2009 the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) includes an Electronic Reading Assessment (ERA) as an international option, in which 22 of the 67 main survey countries are participating.…
Online testing and online marking technology
Online marking has been used internationally over the past few years to allow writing tasks to be marked by teachers from remote locations. Multiple choice questions and short answer questions…
Looking for the needle in a haystack
External assessment at Grade 9 in South Africa continues to be viewed by high-performing independent schools as an imposition on their teaching programmes and unnecessary in that it adds nothing…
Secondary analysis of performances in reading literacy from early school grades to university
The results of the PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) and PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) data collection of 2006 were published in December 2007. A PIRLS –,…
Using summative assessments for formative purposes: Design of new score report for the Public English Test System (PETS) in China
This paper reports on assessment theory and practice in designing new score report for the Public English Test System (PETS) in China. Originally established as a summative assessment framework, PETS…
Consistency, connectedness and creative solutions: An investigation into online moderation
This paper examines the possible connections between teachers’, participation in online social moderation meetings and their assessment practices. Online moderation meetings are a new and unexplored space for teachers to…
THE IMPACT OF THE ASSESSMENT IN THE ADMISSION TO THE MASTER DEGREE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The State Students Admission Commission of the Azerbaijan Republic undertook an in-depth study of the five-year examination experience for admission to in-country university Master Degree programs. This writing focuses on…
Scottish Qualifications Authority
The paper will discuss the new generation of qualifications which are to assess the newly introduced ‘,Curriculum for Excellence’,. This new curriculum increases teacher responsibility in order to achieve a…