Abolishing marksism and rescuing validity
What could be more valid than judging that one piece of work is more creative than another? Or more effective? Or just better? And if many judges agree that the…
35th annual conference (2009)
Assessment and Intervention in Technological Schools in the Arab Sector in Israel
The goal of this article is to describe an educational intervention project in technological high schools in the Arab sector of the Israeli educational system. The intervention was in keeping…
Dealing with inconsistency and uncertainty in assessment
This symposium is about how we think about and talk about the concept of reliability, both technically and publicly. This paper explores some aspects of what we mean by reliability…
The Role and Purpose of Standards in the Context of National Curriculum and Assessment Reform for Accountability
There is an already strong and growing policy and public interest push at both national and international levels for public institutions, including corporations, hospitals, government agencies and schools, to be…
Successful National English Proficiency Testing Systems in Mainland China and Taiwan
While national college English proficiency tests are being carried out in virtually all universities in Mainland China and some universities in Taiwan, test designers and college English teachers are rising…
Creating behavioural change through assessment?
Assessment by Professional Conversation™, (APC) was originally developed as a tool for assessing current competence for high level, integrated performance, mainly in the management and service sectors. Use of the…