International Standards for Educational Assessment Organisations
After several years of development by its Recognition Committee, IAEA has published The International Standards for Educational Assessment Organisations (‘the Standards’).
Download The Standards
The aim of the Standards is to provide a set of benchmarks of good practice for use by member associations. The Standards is also aligned to the IAEA’s vision of contributing towards and facilitating organisations in improving assessments and examination systems.
The Standards is a practical framework focusing holistically on organisations. It is there to help member organisations ensure that they are producing assessments that are as valid, reliable and fair as possible.
IAEA invites its member organisations to conduct a self-evaluation review of their operations and processes using the Standards. Organisations are free to proceed with self-evaluation as they wish. The IAEA Recognition Committee is available to answer questions and provide guidance to members carrying out a self-evaluation exercise against the Standards. Any questions, comments, or requests for advice should be sent to the Committee using its e-mail address: recognitioncommittee@iaea.info. We look forward to hearing from you.
Supporting documents are available below.
FAQs [download]
Some frequently asked questions about the Standards and their use in self-evaluation alongside responses are given in this document.
Report for the Self Evaluation Exercise [download]
is a form that participating organisations can use or adapt if they wish to record the results of their self-evaluation against the Standards.
Feedback Form for the Evaluation Exercise [download]
IAEA welcomes feedback and suggestions for improvements to the Standards from organisations after completing their self-evaluation. The completed feedback form should be sent to the Recognition Committee (recognitioncommittee@iaea.info).
Webinars [download]
The document was launched at two one-hour webinars held on 22 May 2024 and attended by around 70 people from around the world. The slides used at those launch webinars are available here.
Please address any questions or comments to the Recognition Committee of the IAEA (e-mail address: recognitioncommittee@iaea.info).