Common National Testing in the Republic of Kazakhstan
This paper focuses on the important component of the national system for educational assessment in the Republic of Kazakhstan -, known as Common National Testing (CNT), which combines two exams:…
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Assessing Students’ Development of a System Worldview and System Thinking Skills Using Qualitative Modeling Software
The ability to understand complexity concepts and the behavior of dynamic systems is regarded today as one of the key literacies in the knowledge era. Developing pedagogies aimed to support…
When Deeper Conceptual Understanding is Just One Click Away: Using Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment to Promote Physics Teacher-Candidates’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge
In 1986 Shulman coined a term Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) to emphasize that effective teaching requires mastering both subject-matter and subject-specific pedagogies. Since then PCK became a leading theoretical framework…
The system for e-assessment of written works
The presentation covers the “,System for E-Assessment of Written Works”,, developed by the State Students Admission Commission1 (SSAC). Due to the constraints, imposed by multiple choice question (MCQ) tests, the…
Peer and meta-assessment in a project-based large systems engineering course
Modern engineering education programs aim to endow students with knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become successful engineers. Engineering students should be able to conceive, design, implement, and operate complex…
A New Method for Assessing Student Knowledge
We often say that one person knows more than another about a given topic – whether the character of an acquaintance, the news headlines, or academic subjects like math, literature,…
Automated Essay Scoring with the E-rater System
This paper provides an overview of e-rater®,, a state-of-the-art automated essay scoring system developed at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). E-rater is used as part of the operational scoring of…
Examiners’ ICT proficiency level and attitude towards on-screen assessment of public examinations in Nigeria
In Nigeria, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in August 2012 launched the e-marking portfolio on a trial scale preparatory to the full-embrace of the paradigm shift towards examiners’, marking…
SSAC Computerized Item Banking and Test Development Model
An item bank is a repository of assessment items and associated software. Item banking software enables items to be stored, added, edited, selected and retrieved. In order to support the…
Learning from Digital Games
Most educational publishers are developing pedagogical approaches that go beyond the walls of schools, trying to reach informal educational environments. Research supports the idea that digital games are a good…