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The growing test-optional movement may redefine merit in higher education

August 6, 2018

Higher education admissions have hit a watershed moment. Indeed, the recent public announcement of the University of Chicago no longer requiring SAT or ACT scores for undergraduate admissions is a major development…

We All Need to Get Smarter About Testing

August 6, 2018

What is “assessment literacy,” and why should we all care about it? Testing expert W. James Popham explains. By enhancing the assessment literacy of those among us who have a…

Cloud Based Examination System is The Revolution Which is About to Come

August 6, 2018

Cloud technologies offer a highly efficient and cost-effective alternative to educators for conducting examinations. The ease with which software as a service (SaaS) platforms facilitate easier first-time deployment of IT…

The Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP)

June 19, 2018

NEQMAP , established in March 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand, is a platform for exchange of knowledge, experience and expertise on the monitoring of educational quality in countries and jurisdictions of…

There are better ways to assess students than with high-stakes standardized tests. These schools are using them with success

April 4, 2018

For years, education policy dictated that student standardized test scores be central in the assessment of students (not to mention teachers and principals and schools) — despite protests by parents,…

Thousands of teachers caught cheating to improve exam results

February 15, 2018

Thousands of teachers caught cheating to improve exam resultsStaff at institutions offering OCR exams from 2012-16 committed about 2,300 malpractice offences. More than half of the cases were of teachers…

NAPLAN testing faces scrutiny as education ministers push for changes

February 15, 2018

Some of Australia’s education ministers unite to push for changes to the controversial testing system in schools known as NAPLAN. They believe the testing has strayed from its original purpose of…

Computer-based testing: What you need to know – UNESCO, IAEA offer seminar

February 10, 2018

Education systems around the world are making the shift from paper to computer-based testing, which can offer an effective and efficient means of conducting assessments. But what are some of…

PISA 2018 Test to Include Global Competency Assessment

January 11, 2018

For the first time, the triennial Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test, which measures the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students worldwide, will include an assessment of students’ global…

The growing test-optional movement may redefine merit in higher education

We All Need to Get Smarter About Testing

Cloud Based Examination System is The Revolution Which is About to Come

The Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP)

There are better ways to assess students than with high-stakes standardized tests. These schools are using them with success

Thousands of teachers caught cheating to improve exam results

NAPLAN testing faces scrutiny as education ministers push for changes

Computer-based testing: What you need to know – UNESCO, IAEA offer seminar

PISA 2018 Test to Include Global Competency Assessment

The IAEA

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