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Current Issues in Assessment
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This stimulating series of seminars provides a platform for debating current issues in assessment. If you have a question about this list, please contact: Liz Ford. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser. 0 upcoming talks and 27 talks in the archive. Should we bother with expert judgement in awarding GCSEs and A levels?To register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk Dr Neil Stringer and Dr Chris Wheadon (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance), Beth Black and Nat Johnson (OCR). Downing College, Regent Street, Cambridge, UK. Tuesday 04 December 2012, 16:30-18:30 Ofsted, accountability and assessmentTo register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk Richard Brooks (Ofsted). Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge. Thursday 15 November 2012, 15:30-17:00 The challenges of evaluating the impact of changes to qualification specifications on student learning and developmentTo register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk John Winkley and Jenny Smith (AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd). Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge, UK. Tuesday 16 October 2012, 15:30-17:00 How do examiners reach judgements?To register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk Victoria Elliott (Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment and Warwick Institute of Education) and Dr Talia Isaacs (University of Bristol). Downing College, Regent Street, Cambridge, UK. Thursday 06 September 2012, 16:30-18:30 Francis Galton, measurement, psychometrics and social progressTo register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk Professor Harvey Goldstein, University of Bristol. Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge, UK. Monday 21 May 2012, 15:30-17:00 (De-) Formative assessment: is formative assessment as benign as we think?To register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk Dr Barbara Crossouard, University of Sussex. Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge, UK. Tuesday 15 May 2012, 15:30-17:00 Just how closely should textbooks link to public examinations?To register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk Tim Oates (Cambridge Assessment) and Dr Mary Bousted (Association of Teachers and Lecturers). Downing College, Regent Street, Cambridge, UK. Wednesday 18 April 2012, 16:30-18:30 Current issues with National Curriculum assessment: lessons from school music educationTo register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk Professor Martin Fautley (Birmingham City University). Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge, UK. Thursday 15 March 2012, 15:30-17:00 High-stakes testing at the school/university interface: experiences from the former socialist states of central and eastern EuropeTo register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk George Bethell (Anglia Assessment). Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge, UK. Wednesday 08 February 2012, 15:30-17:00 The science of career success: personality and psychometrics in education and beyondTo register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic (Goldsmiths, University of London). Downing College, Regent Street, Cambridge, UK. Wednesday 25 January 2012, 16:30-18:30 The effective monitoring of marking quality through on-screen markingTo register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk Graham Hudson (DRS Data Services Limited), Beth Black (Cambridge. Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge, UK. Tuesday 15 November 2011, 15:30-17:00 Metaphors, markets and marks: the general qualifications market and its deregulationTo register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk Ben Jones (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance). Downing College, Regent Street, Cambridge, UK. Wednesday 02 November 2011, 15:30-17:00 Epistemic ascent and curriculum designTo register please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk Professor Christopher Winch (King’s College London). Jesus College, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, UK. Thursday 22 September 2011, 16:30-18:30 Digging for validity: developing new ways of assessing extra-curricular achievementTo register please contact the Network Team on thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk or 01223 553846 Dr Carenza Lewis, University of Cambridge. Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge. Wednesday 07 September 2011, 15:30-17:00 Plagiarism in Higher Education: is there a postcode lottery?To register please contact the Network Team at thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk or 01223 553846 Vera Bermingham, Kingston University. Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge. Wednesday 06 July 2011, 15:30-17:00 Measuring ‘quality’ in early education – determining whether pre-schools can support children to become better learnersTo register please contact the Network Team on thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk or 01223 553846 Professor Kathy Sylva (University of Oxford). Downing College, Regent Street, Cambridge, UK. Wednesday 15 June 2011, 16:30-18:30 Assessment for Higher Education entry: admissions testingTo register please contact the Network Team on thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk or 01223 553846 Tim Oates (Cambridge Assessment) and Professor John Laycock (Imperial College London). Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge. Thursday 12 May 2011, 16:00-17:30 Ensuring comparability in a diverse and unregulated qualifications marketTo register please contact the Network Team on thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk or 01223 553846 Professor Robert Coe (Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, Durham University). Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge. Thursday 28 April 2011, 15:30-17:00 What can we learn from the British Birth Cohort Studies?To register please contact the Network Team on thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk or 01223 553846 Professor Jane Elliott (Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education). Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge, UK. Tuesday 19 April 2011, 15:30-17:00 Inter-subject comparability, forced policy-making and the social responsibility of awarding bodiesTo register please contact the Network Team on thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk or 01223553846 Inter-subject comparability, forced policy-making and the social responsibility of awarding bodies. Howard Building, Downing College, Cambridge. Tuesday 15 March 2011, 16:30-18:30 Assessing assessment – progress or politics?To register please contact the Network Team on thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk or 01223553846 Dr Tony Ashmore (National Education Trust). Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge, UK. Wednesday 02 March 2011, 15:30-17:00 How can we improve the quality of marking in our examinations and what does this mean for validity?To register please contact the Network Team on thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk or 01223553846 Ayesha Ahmed (CamExam). Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge, UK. Tuesday 15 February 2011, 15:30-17:00 Resits in high-stakes examinations: the unusual case of A levelsTo register please contact the Network Team on thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk or 01223553846 Eva Poon Scott, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex. Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge. Wednesday 12 January 2011, 15:30-17:00 Today’s assessment jungle: a view from the regulatorTo register for this event, please contact the Cambridge Assessment Network at thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk, or 01223 553846. Dennis Opposs, Ofqual. Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge. Thursday 14 October 2010, 15:30-17:00 Managing and implementing effective internal assessmentsTo attend please contact the Network Team on 01223 553846 or thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk. Graham Herbert, Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors. Cambridge Assessment, 1 Hills Road, Cambridge. Thursday 08 July 2010, 15:30-17:00 Competitive admissions to Higher Education – how do institutions differentiate between applicants?To register for this event, please contact the Cambridge Assessment Network at thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk, or 01223 553846. Tim Oates (Assessment Research & Development Division, Cambridge Assessment), Janet Graham (Director, Supporting Professionalism in Admissions Programme) and Dr Robert Wilkins (Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford). Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge. Thursday 13 May 2010, 15:30-17:00 Assessing Citizenship in schools. Are we measuring the unmeasurable?To book a place please email thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org Dr Mary Richardson (Centre for Beliefs, Rights and Values in Education, Roehampton University). Cambridge Assessment, 9 Hills Road, Cambridge. Thursday 11 March 2010, 15:30-17:00 Please see above for contact details for this list. |
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