Events List
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| Item and test evaluation (Basics of Assessment) Date: 4 Sep 2008 Venue: Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge A discussion of the uses of data which is available at the level of the whole test and the individual item. |
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| Singapore's success story - the Cambridge Connection (Cambridge Assessment 150th anniversary: who do we think we are?) Date: 4 Sep 2008 Venue: Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge This talk will look at the contribution of Cambridge secondary examinations to education in Singapore. |
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| IAEA 2008 Conference Date: 7 Sep 2008 - 12 Sep 2008 Venue: Robinson College, Cambridge, UK The conference will be held from 7-12 September 2008. The theme is Re-interpreting Assessment: Society, Measurement and Meaning. The keynote speakers will be Professor Robert J Mislevy, University of Maryland, and Professor Dylan Wiliam, Institute of Education - University of London. |
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| The next big thing in Europe - recognition of prior learning (Assessment Issues) Date: 17 Sep 2008 Venue: Cambridge Assessment, 1 Hills Road, Cambridge Strongly contrasting mechanisms for facilitating recognition in learning exist across Europe. While the European Qualifications Framework, the Bologna and Lisbon agreements are top-down system-level approaches to supporting movement of workers and cross-country recognition of learning, other 'bottom-up' approaches are being encouraged. The presentation will explore the potential of these approaches and whether they pose an alternative to 'traditional' forms of certification. |
Seminar |
| Certificate in the Principles and Practice of Assessment Date: 20 Sep 2008 Venue: Cambridge Assessment, 1 Hills Road, Cambridge This innovative course is offered by the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education with Cambridge Assessment, one of the world's largest assessment agencies and a department of the University of Cambridge. Led by tutors who are specialists in assessment, the course provides an introduction to educational assessment using topic and relevant examples. |
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| From instrumental compliance to genuine engagement: insights from research in formative assessment in further and adult education (FNDEA) Date: 2 Oct 2008 Venue: Downing College, Regent Street, Cambridge Kathryn Ecclestone will talk about her latest research on the uses of assessment in vocational and other settings for adult learners. |
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| Reliability and validity (Basics of Assessment) Date: 2 Oct 2008 Venue: Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge This will provide plenty of opportunity for group discussion of the philosophical issues which arise from the notions of reliability and validity. |
Course |
| Using assessment data to benefit the learner: workshop for teachers Date: 3 Oct 2008 Venue: New Hall, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge How can we use assessment data to help students make the best progress? How does your school manage and exploit the assessment data that is around? Does assessment data help or hinder? The Cambridge Assessment Network invites middle managers in secondary schools with an interest in assessment to a one-day workshop to explore these issues. |
Seminar |
| The history of examining vocational skills by the RSA (Cambridge Assessment 150th anniversary: Who do we think we are?) Date: 15 Oct 2008 Venue: OCR, Progress House, Coventry This seminar will describe in broad terms the development of vocational assessments in England and Wales, and colleagues from Cambridge Assessment who remember working with the RSA will give us the human side of this story. |
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| Why are we doing this in English? (New Horizons) Date: 16 Oct 2008 Venue: Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge This presentation will take as its focus the motives and historical/cultural context for taking examinations in the medium of English. |
Seminar |
| Validity: does the assessment 'do what it says on the tin'? (Assessment Topics) Date: 20 Oct 2008 Venue: Cambridge Assessment, 1 Hills Road, Cambridge The concept of validity has been broadened in the last fifteen years and has become the key issue for those who want to create appropriate assessments. This seminar will look at different facets of validity - like face, content and construct validity - and will focus particularly on the adequacy of our interpretations and actions based on test scores. |
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| Equating (Basics of Assessment) Date: 6 Nov 2008 Venue: Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge Test equating is an important component in assuring the maintenance of standards and comparability of tests. |
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| Assessment for Learning: One-day conference for teachers Date: 14 Nov 2008 Venue: New Hall, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge Assessment for Learning (classroom-based assessment which is designed to improve students' learning) continues to be a topic of great interest and discussion. This one-day conference for teachers is designed for all staff interested in Assessment for Learning, especially assessment leaders. |
Conference |
| Grades and levels - misclassification, error and educational mistreatment (Assessment Issues) Date: 17 Nov 2008 Venue: Cambridge Assessment, 1 Hills Road, Cambridge This presentation will explore the rationale for grades and levels, and examine the place which grades and levels should have in modern qualifications systems. |
Seminar |
| Psychometric testing for job selection (New Horizons) Date: 20 Nov 2008 Venue: Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge This seminar will introduce some of the ways psychometric principles are used in the employment arena. It will give an opportunity for the audience both to understand the use of psychometric tests better and to discuss the implications of using them. |
Seminar |
| Standard setting by expert judgement (Basics of Assessment) Date: 4 Dec 2008 Venue: Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge A look at a fundamental issue in assessment. Topics covered will include standard setting - concepts and issues; and methods of standard setting (Angoff methods, bookmark methods, rank-ordering method, Award meetings). |
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| Recognising the error of our ways (Forum for New Developments in Educational Assessment) Date: 10 Dec 2008 Venue: Downing College, Regent Street, Cambridge This seminar will explore the concept of 'error' as it relates to large-scale educational assessments, such as national tests or public examinations. |
Seminar |
| Should the public trust national assessments? (Assessment Topics) Date: 15 Dec 2008 Venue: Cambridge Assessment, 1 Hills Road, Cambridge This seminar raises the issue of reliability and considers it in the light of present attitutdes in society. Materials from the first Cambridge Assessment Conference will be shown and discussed. |
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