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The Association for Educational Assessment – Europe

The foremost association for assessment professionals throughout Europe.

What We Offer

AEA-Europe offers its members a range of opportunities to network with each other, sharing news, debate and research. At institution level, the association provides a forum for international liaison and co-operation.

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Accreditation

Become an AEA-Europe Fellow, Practitioner or Associate.

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SIG Membership

Join one of AEA-E’s Special Interest Groups.

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Awards

Get recognition for your work and research.

26th Annual Conference

The Hague, Netherlands

05-08 November, 2025

Designing tomorrow’s assessment landscape for positive impact on learning

AEA Europe 2025

News

Keep in touch with what’s happening.

Interview

Interview

SPC Chair Stuart Shaw shares insights across his interview, discussing the Scientific Programme Committee’s vital role, this year’s call for submissions

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Interview

Interview

Rebecca Hamer, a member of the IB Conference Organizing Committee, offers her insights into AEA Europe 2025 and what participants can look forward to.

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New Blog Post

New Blog Post

George MacBride explores the theme “Assessment Culture: Looking Forward or Looking Back?”

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Calendar of Events

31st October 2025
  • Webinar by Céline Girardet [SIG Assessment Cultures]

    31st October 2025  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

11th November 2025
  • Sharing Voices, Building Community: Early Career Researchers at AEA Europe

    11th November 2025  10:00 am - 11:00 am

18th November 2025
  • SiG Early career researcher Webinar by Dr. Ayse Ciftci, Çankırı Karatekin University, Turkey

    18th November 2025  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Our Blog

Join the conversation and contribute to our blog

Assessment culture: looking forward or looking back?

While students around the world received last summer their report cards and diplomas, in Switzerland, the Federation of Swiss Enterprises (Economiesuisse[1]) recently took a stand on the issue of grades, in a policy paper entitled “Debate on grades at school: we’ve lost our way…”.

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Should we trust teachers’ practices or standardized tests?

While students around the world received last summer their report cards and diplomas, in Switzerland, the Federation of Swiss Enterprises (Economiesuisse[1]) recently took a stand on the issue of grades, in a policy paper entitled “Debate on grades at school: we’ve lost our way…”.

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What should the word ‘holistic’ imply?

Recent Holistic Assessment SIG seminars have prompted reflection on what we mean by the term ‘holistic’, a word often employed in education as a token of approval without clear definition of what it means in practice.

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