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The Association for Educational Assessment – Europe
The foremost association for assessment professionals throughout Europe.
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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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25th Annual Conference
6th To 9th November, 2024, Paphos (Cyprus)
AEA-E 2024
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Winner of the Kathleen Tattersall New Researcher Award
Congratulations to Heather Kayton the winner of the Kathleen Tattersall New Researcher Award 2024.
An interview with Dr. Elena Papanastaiou
Read about the theme and highlights of the AEA-Europe 2024 conference
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Artificial intelligence and the future of test scoring
When the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) comes up in relation to educational assessment it tends to be treated with extreme excitement or extreme suspicion, or sometimes a combination of both. The opportunities presented throw up an equal volume of questions and concerns around how and when it should or could be used. An obvious application of AI to educational assessment is to use it for marking (scoring) learners’ responses to test items, against a mark scheme (rubric). Assessments such as GCSE or A level examinations in England comprise many such items, for instance essays and open text responses. And while we’re not currently considering using AI as a prime marker, we are looking at ways to train large language models to support our existing quality assurance arrangements for examination marking.
A holistic approach to educational assessment – without any candles or rose petals in bathtubs
Irenka Suto, Head of Assessment and Research, Cambridge Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring
Technology as a driver for educational change: moving towards a shared vision for digitalisation in learning and assessment
As the 21st century began to unfurl, it was becoming increasingly evident that technological ‘connectedness’ was revolutionising not only business and interpersonal relationships but also education. It seemed only a question of time before technology would provide an alternative means for supporting learning (Säljö, 2010), drive changes in assessment design (Bennett, 2002; Shute & Becker, 2010), and prompt efforts to reconfigure existing cycles of teaching, learning and assessment (Shute, Ventura & Kim, 2013; Thornton, 2012).