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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

Prof. Jennifer Randall, Keynote Speaker AEA Europe 2025
talks about justice-centered approaches in educational assessment.

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Interview

Interview

Damian Murchan, President of AEA Europe
reflects on his career journey, what shaped his thinking, and his aspirations for the association in the coming years.

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Calendar of Events

23rd June 2025
  • Holistic Assessment SIG webinar on "Curriculum as Social Practice

    23rd June 2025

9th September 2025
  • Assessment Cultures Webinar by Juuso Nieminen [Tentative]

    9th September 2025  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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

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

Our Blog

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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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