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Peter Hermans

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Nominations for the election of Board of Trustees (BoT) members opened

September 24, 2020

Official representatives of Full Institutional Members may make nominations for the vacant Bot Member positions and Full Individual Members may make nominations for the Full Individual Member position. When voting…

2020 Annual General Meeting of the IAEA

September 24, 2020

Peter Hermans

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The Board of Trustees will host the 2020 AGM via Zoom as follows: Date: 15 October 2020 Time: 15:30 (South Africa time) Should you wish to attend and have not…

7th IAEA Newsletter

September 24, 2020

Peter Hermans

Association_FP

The 7th IAEA Newsletter was released today. Among the contents are a message from the 2021 IAEA Congress Organizers and and an impression of the NEQMAP 7th Annual Meeting. Download…

Judge bars University of California from all use of SAT, ACT scores in admissions

September 2, 2020

Peter Hermans

International news, North American Region

The University of California, which has already stopped requiring applicants to take the SAT or ACT, must go further and prohibit campuses from allowing prospective students to submit their scores,…

International Approaches to Exams Given the Pandemic

May 14, 2020

Peter Hermans

International news

Covid-19

IAEA invites members and non members to share information about how they are handling their school-leaving or university entrance exams as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Swedish university exam unlikely to go ahead at all this year

September 2, 2020

Peter Hermans

Europe

Covid-19

It is looking increasingly unlikely that ‘högskoleprovet’ – an exam used by thousands of students every year as a way to enter Swedish university will go ahead – despite a…

England’s exam results fiasco has exposed its flawed education system

August 15, 2020

Peter Hermans

Europe

There is nothing a politician fears more than the organised public wrath of a group of articulate parents, headteachers and the ex-chief inspector of schools. The approaching furore over A-level…

Comparability of Large- Scale Educational Assessments: Issues and Recommendations.

July 1, 2020

Peter Hermans

Books

Book

Title: Comparability Of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: Issues And Recommendations Author: Berman, A. I., Haertel, E. H., & Pellegrino, J. W. (Eds.). Publisher: National Academy of Education Release Date: 2020 Format:…

The beginning of the end of our obsession with standardized tests

June 23, 2020

Peter Hermans

International news, North American Region

America has been obsessed with student standardized tests for nearly 20 years. Now it looks like the country is at the beginning of the end of our high-stakes testing mania…

Without English testing, study abroad cannot resume

June 19, 2020

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Covid-19

On 26 May, for the fifth consecutive month, the Chinese National Education Examinations Authority and the British Council announced the cancellation of IELTS tests scheduled for June. Prospective international students…

Posts by Peter Hermans

Nominations for the election of Board of Trustees (BoT) members opened

2020 Annual General Meeting of the IAEA

7th IAEA Newsletter

Judge bars University of California from all use of SAT, ACT scores in admissions

International Approaches to Exams Given the Pandemic

Swedish university exam unlikely to go ahead at all this year

England’s exam results fiasco has exposed its flawed education system

Comparability of Large- Scale Educational Assessments: Issues and Recommendations.

The beginning of the end of our obsession with standardized tests

Without English testing, study abroad cannot resume

The IAEA

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