Assessment plays a central role in education systems, shaping teaching, learning, progression and opportunities for learners. The SIG aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers and assessment professionals to advance understanding of assessment in all its forms, from classroom assessment and feedback to high-stakes qualifications, digital assessment and assessment policy. The SIG will provide a forum for critical debate, collaboration and knowledge exchange on contemporary assessment challenges and innovations.
Research interests
Including but not exclusive of:
- Assessment validity, reliability and fairness
- Standards, comparability and maintaining standards over time
- Innovative approaches to assessment and credentialing
- Formative assessment and feedback
- Teacher assessment and professional judgement
- Assessment literacy for teachers and learners
- Fairness and accessibility in assessment
- Inclusive assessment design
- Ethics of educational assessment
- Public understanding and trust in qualifications and assessment systems
- Assessment and social justice
- International longitudinal tests and comparative analysis
- Digital and onscreen assessment
- Artificial intelligence and assessment
- International assessment policy and practice
- Emerging technologies and innovative assessment methods
- Assessment in a changing educational landscape
Aims
The SIG will facilitate seminars, workshops, conference symposia and other regular events to support collaboration and knowledge exchange among assessment researchers and practitioners. It will provide opportunities to:
- Share and discuss assessment research.
- Create opportunities for dialogue between researchers, practitioners, regulators and awarding bodies.
- Support collaborative publications, research proposals and impact activities.
- Foster the development of early career researchers with interests in assessment.
This SIG aims to establish a vibrant community for those interested in the theory, practice and future development of educational assessment across all phases and contexts of education.