Blogs by The Assessment Network

Sarah Hughes, Senior Research Manager, OCR and Sanjay Mistry, Head of On-Screen Research, Cambridge International, delivered a workshop for Cambridge Assessment Network focusing on the considerations of embarking on e-assessment and lessons learnt. In this blog, Sanjay outlines some of the key areas that the workshop covered.

In November 2020 Cambridge Assessment Network hosted Professor Nuno Crato, Portugal’s Minister of Education and Science from 2011-2015, to speak at their first online thought leadership seminar on Portugal's success in curriculum and educational reform. Here he answers some audience questions.

Aaron Mortlock, Business Development Manager for Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing, gives his account of how Cambridge Assessment Network's practitioner workshops have improved his assessment knowledge and impacted his day to day practice.

Cambridge Assessment Network, a division of Cambridge Assessment that offers professional development in assessment, has shared the methodology behind their new online assessment practitioner workshops.

We spoke with teacher and freelance assessment consultant, Verónica Floretta, on her career in assessment and how Cambridge Assessment Network's new online course, A104: Psychometrics in Educational Assessment, has led her to reflect on the best ways to structure tests to ensure positive learning outcomes - not only in high stakes testing but also in the classroom.

As we come to the end of the pilot for A103: Introducing Data Literacy, we spoke to participants on the importance of data literacy and how their learning has impacted their professional practice.

Dr Simon Child, co-director of the Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Studies: Educational Assessment (PGCA), gives his thoughts on how the course prepares students for the future of assessment.

Ewan Brady shares his motivation for applying for the PGCA, providing insight into how the course is structured and how what he learned can be applied to his role as Subject Advisor at OCR.

Helen Ash, Monitor/Educator on The Network's online courses, discusses her experience working with Cambridge Assessment and the importance of studying assessment.

How knowledge of key assessment concepts can support teachers to make evidence-based decisions in order to optimise the use of technology in education.