CPD training courses

Understand the practicalities of gathering, interpreting, and critically using assessment data as you are guided through the process of collecting and analysing data, and making informed decisions based on that data. Courses available: 16 Feb-19 Apr 2026 | 15 Jun-16 Aug 2026 | 28 Sep-29 Nov 2026

Learn methods from psychometrics to ensure your tests are reliable, valid, and fair. Gain the tools and understanding to analyse your assessment data. Courses available: 23 Feb-26 Apr 2026 | 7 Sep-8 Nov 2026

This interactive workshop will describe the different approaches to mark scheme design and provide practical guidance on how to optimise your mark schemes.

Learn how to develop, deliver and quality assure your assessments as part of apprenticeship qualifications.

A series of four interactive online workshops designed to introduce the basic concepts behind item response theory (IRT), a popular psychometric approach to modelling response data from your assessments.

This interactive series of three workshops will provide you with a solid foundation in using AI for item generation and assessment design.

Learn how to create, evaluate, and adapt multiple-choice questions to ensure valid and reliable outcomes in your language assessments.

Join us in Cambridge or online on 23-24 April 2026 and hear from leading voices on the evolving assessment landscape. Connect with the wider assessment community and access insights, research, and best practice sessions.

A series of four interactive online workshops on the principles of writing good exam questions. A comprehensive guide to the effective development of assessments and individual items with practical information and opportunities to evaluate a range of questions and mark schemes.

Gain a clear understanding of grading and the different approaches to setting and maintaining a grading standard.