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Call for papers
The Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors is planning to hold its third National Assessment conference at The Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington, London on Wednesday 6 May 2009.
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.
The conference aims to establish a national platform for the dissemination of research into educational assessment in the UK and from abroad, and support the development and application of good assessment practice.
The conference plans to attract delegates from all over the country from schools, colleges, the examiner community, awarding bodies, government and government agencies.
Topic Submission
The CIEA is therefore issuing a call for papers on different topics of educational assessment to be presented at the conference.
Research papers submitted will be eligible to be presented in one of eight bespoke seminars at the conference alongside keynote speakers on educational assessment
Examples of possible topics may include, but are not limited to
- The reform of curriculum delivery and its assessment and the implications for teachers in their assessment practices;
- The developments in teacher judgement and moderation for quality assurance purposes in the context of national assessment reform;
- What should teachers know and understand about assessment;
- The use of technology and the implications this has for the assessment of student learning;
- The validity of internal tests
- Using assessment results to improve learning;
- Cognitively based development models used as a link between formative and summative assessment;
- The role of interim formative assessment in pupil achievement;
- Quality assurance in vocational qualifications;
- The role of national assessment systems in reforming the education sector
- The role of assessment: changing the mentality of the student from exam oriented to learning oriented.
Information for Presenters
If you are interested in presenting a paper at this conference could you please provide:
- a 200 word synopsis of your paper
- ensure that the submission is compatible with MS Word and in font/size Arial/pitch 10
- a brief biography and a background to your research in this area
Important Dates
- Submission of abstracts Friday February 20th 2009
- Notification of acceptance/rejection: Friday March 6th 2009
- Submission for full papers: Friday March 27th. 2009
Contacts
All correspondence should be sent to
Graham Herbert
Project Manager
E-mail address: conference@ciea.org.uk