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Dr Paul Newton is the new member of the IAEA Executive Committee. Dr. Newton is the Director of the Cambridge Assessment Network,Cambridge (UK).
The 36th IAEA annual Conference will be held in Bangkok Thailand, from Sunday 22 to Friday 27 August 2010 at The Ambassador Hotel.
Newsletters from the Conference organizers:
Newsletter 1 (November2009)
Visit the conference website: http://www.iaea2010.com
Download Call for papers and proposal form
Educational Research Center (ERC) will hold its second annual conference on educational measurement on March 27, 2010, under the theme: Electronic assessment platforms and item banks The upcoming conference will be held in Lebanon on March 27, 2010. continue reading...
Owing to an irregularity in the nomination process for membership of the IAEA Executive Committee (EXCO) at the recent IAEA Business Meeting in Brisbane, the nomination of EXCO members was declared null and void. (Note: This does not apply to the nomination of IAEA officers, President and Vice-President.)
The two IAEA members who were nominated at the Brisbane meeting have already been contacted about the situation. Primary member organizations in the UK have been officially invited by the IAEA secretary to propose their nominee(s).
IAEA members and others interested in educational assessment are invited to join the LinkedIn Group International Association for Educational Assessment Network
Added to the documents section:
The IAEA Conference Handbook (PDF, 147 Kb; draft: sept. 2009)
Abstracts and full papers presented at the 35th IAEA Annual Conference are available from the conference website
This edition of Education Research Update includes summaries of ETS research publications from April 1 to July 10, 2009. PDFs of ETS-published reports are free. Some are available at http://www.ets.org/research. Other ETS-published reports can be requested, for individual use only, via e-mail at R&DWeb@ets.org.
ETS researchers recently addressed a gathering of education experts in Washington, D.C., as part of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Research Forum "Toward the Next Generation of Reading Assessment." The seminar described experimental work that ETS has been conducting around new approaches to K-12 assessment. continue reading...
When leading education, science, or policy publications write about educational innovation, researchers at Educational Testing Service (ETS) are frequently featured as leaders in the drive to revolutionize standardized testing.
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Educational Testing Service, the world's largest educational research and assessment organization, has announced that Dr. Michael Kane will become the first holder of the Samuel J. Messick Chair in Test Validity.
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Ofqual published two reports:
* Statistics for malpractice at GCSE and A level: 2008
* Enquiries about results and appeals: Report on the summer 2008 GCSE and A level examinations series continue reading...
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) published a report today on marking quality in national curriculum tests. The report draws upon a number of studies, including an analysis of 2008 quality assurance data carried out by independent researchers. continue reading...
The Cambridge Assessment Network is pleased to announce its two-week residential course 'Public Examinations: Development and Administration', to be held in Cambridge, 11-22 May 2009.
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From 23rd November till 6th December 2008 the Advanced Training on Measurement and Evaluation took place at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria). continue reading...
Conference papers, photos and videos of the IAEA 2008 Conference in Cambridge, UK, are available from the conference website:http://www.iaea2008.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/ca/
Officials of the IEA-ETS Research Institute (IERI) announced the release today of the first in a series of monographs that will address the scientific and methodological issues related to the design and implementation of large-scale group assessments. The series reflects the fact that these assessments, which sometimes are used to gauge an entire country's progress towards collective educational goals, are playing a growing role in education policy decisions worldwide.
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