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Peter Hermans

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The IAEA 2020 Frances M. Ottobre Distinguished Student Scholarship

January 13, 2020

The 2020 Frances Ottobre Distinguished Student Scholarship is now open for applications. The award will support attendance at the 2020 IAEA Conference hosted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC),…

Educational Testing Service Launches Institute Focused on Fairness and Equity in Education

January 27, 2020

Peter Hermans

International news, North American Region

In support of ETS’s commitment to fairness and equity in assessment and learning, the organization announced today that it has launched a new research methodologies institute to investigate issues that…

Indonesia seeks to abolish national exams but could end up creating a new rat race

January 27, 2020

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

In December last year, Indonesia’s Minister of Education Nadiem Makarim announced sweeping changes to the education sector through four priority reforms. One of them is the abolition of the country’s…

Game-Based Assessment Revisited

January 5, 2020

Peter Hermans

Books

Title: Game-Based Assessment Revisited Author: Dirk Ifenthaler, Yoon Jeon Kim, Genre: Education Publisher: Springer Release Date: December 10, 2019 The capabilities and possibilities of emerging game-based learning technologies bring about…

Counteracting Methodological Errors in Behavioral Research

January 5, 2020

Peter Hermans

Books

Title: Counteracting Methodological Errors in Behavioral Research Author: Gideon J. Mellenbergh Genre: Psychology Publisher: Springer Release Date: May 27, 2019 Pages: 376 This book describes methods to prevent avoidable errors…

No More National Exam per 2021 in Indonesia

December 12, 2019

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim has announced four educational policy programs dubbed “Merdeka Belajar” or freedom of learning. One of them is the termination of the national examination (UN)…

Large-scale education tests often come with side effects

December 12, 2019

Peter Hermans

International news

While large-scale education assessments, such as the PISA, are meant to show how education systems are faring around the world, evidence shows these assessments come with a host of problems.…

Young people struggling in digital world, finds latest OECD PISA survey

December 4, 2019

Peter Hermans

Association news

One in four students in OECD countries are unable to complete even the most basic reading tasks, meaning they are likely to struggle to find their way through life in…

New statistical model improves the predictive power of standardized test scores

November 25, 2019

Peter Hermans

Association news

A study has validated a new statistical model that uses multiple standardized test scores over time to predict future academic performance. The dynamic measurement model accurately predicted academic performance decades…

DfE opts England’s schools out of new Pisa creativity test

November 25, 2019

Peter Hermans

Association news

Ministers have decided that England should opt out of a new test into creative thinking being added to the Pisa international education rankings, Tes can reveal.Critics have condemned the decision as “very unhelpful”…

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