December 2008
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| CIEAMail, Issue 28 | December 2008 |
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Welcome Welcome to CIEAMAIL, the topical monthly members e-newsletter, carrying news and views from the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors (CIEA).
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We also believe that personal recommendations should not go unrewarded and that is why we are giving you the opportunity receive an unlimited number of £10 M&S vouchers for every friend and/or colleague that you recommend*. To recommend a friend or colleague please click the link below: As a nation, we sit a lot of exams. During their time at school, pupils in England today sit an average of seventy formal examinations, with English primary school children currently subjected to more tests than in any other country. The results of these exams are used to scrutinise them throughout their academic career and when applying for jobs. However, new research from the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors (CIEA) reveals that the overwhelming majority of UK adults - over three quarters (77%) - agree that their performance in exams does not reflect their true abilities.
The theme of the conference will be quality assuring assessment and embedding good practice and its timing has been planned to coincide with what would have been the start of the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum Tests. To register an interest in attending this event please email conference@ciea.org.uk. Call for Papers The CIEA is issuing a call for papers on different topics of educational assessment to be presented at the conference. For examples of possible topics and key dates for the diary please follow the link below.
Topics... The CIEA Research Database (Powered by EBSCO) is an extremely powerful assessment-related search-tool enabling members to browse and search over 200 educational reports and 550 high quality educational journals. To gain access to the CIEA Research Database please follow this link. To gain access to specific educational journals please follow the links below:
If you are practising as a senior examiner (at Team Leader level or equivalent) or hold a senior internal assessment role (within a school, college or workplace) and would like to establish if you are eligible to upgrade your membership status please visit the new online membership upgrade identification tool located on the CIEA website. You will need to login to the members area to access the tool.
The results from this month's and all previous months' member polls can be found below by following this link. Independent Review Recommends Key Stage 1 teachers should be involved in the moderation of Early Years (EYFSP) assessments. The CIEA read the Primary Education (interim) Executive Summary and Report; from both an assessment-specific perspective and as the organisation that will accredit the forthcoming Early Years Foundation Stage Moderator Registration Scheme in 2009; with great interest.
QCA's Chief Executive, Dr Ken Boston, announced on the 14th December 2008 that he had submitted his resignation to the QCA Board. He said: "In the summer I apologised to pupils, teachers and parents for the failure to deliver the key stage test results on time. I repeat that apology today. "The performance of ETS Europe in 2008 was quite unacceptable. The contract was terminated in August. ETS Europe paid £19.5 million back to the taxpayer and, rightly, apologised for their own failures. Ministers have abolished the national tests for 14 year olds, and I welcome the government's commitment to look at better ways of assessing pupil performance.
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood has published the report of his independent inquiry into the late delivery of key stage 2 and key stage 3 National Curriculum test results this summer. Lord Sutherland said of his thorough and far reaching inquiry: "In July this year, around 1.2 million pupils learnt that their National Curriculum test results would be delayed. Since the summer, I have identified reasons for this failure and sought to understand the impact it has had on pupils and schools. In my report I seek to make constructive recommendations for improving the delivery and management of National Curriculum tests in the future." Each month the CIEA communicates educational assessment focused events and training courses that are taking place around the UK. The INGOTS Staff Development Courses The assessor model supports staff development and this can be used to gain recognition through the Teacher Learning Academy (TLA) of the General Teaching Council for England. ICT Assessor Training Assessor training courses are arranged on a regular basis at various geographical locations. If you are interested in becoming an assessor, sign up at click here... for the forthcoming courses or put your name and details on the course waiting list. We will use this to arrange courses as far as possible to suit the geographical location. In general, the course fee is £129 per delegate. However, a discount of 15% is offered to CIEA members reducing the fee to £109.65. Communicate-ed Assessment related training courses: Communicate-ed is a company specialising in the training of education professionals who work in the area of special needs. The CIEA has negotiated a 15% discount for members. Please download the appropriate form for the Communicate-ed website Please return your application clearly marked 'CIEA discount' with your membership number. Please note that the discount only applies to the standard rate and cannot be used with any other offer. Training providers. Please contact info@ciea.org.uk if you would like to promote your courses within this section of CIEAMail. Members should be aware that the CIEA is only communicating these events to its members and not endorsing them.
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