The conference aims to establish a national platform for the dissemination of action-led research into educational assessment in the UK, and support practitioners by the development and application of good assessment practice, in light of the government's wider programme of changes to reform pupil testing and assessment.

Audience

The event aims to attract over 200 delegates from across education, especially those with responsibility for and an active role in educational assessment in schools, colleges, the workplace as well as the external assessment community including educational policymakers, senior managers, head teachers, heads of departments, examiners, local authority managers, assessment advisers and education consultants.

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 nine bespoke seminars at the conference alongside keynote speakers such as Sue Hackman Chief Adviser on School Standards at the DfEd, and Professor Tim Brighouse from the Expert group on 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.
• The role of work based learning in the Higher Education sector

Information for Authors

If you are interested in presenting a paper at this conference could you please provide:

• a 200 word synopsis of your paper
• ensuring 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: Monday 15th March 2010
• Notification of acceptance/rejection: Monday 22nd March 2010
• Submission for full papers: Friday 11th June 2010

Contacts

All correspondence should be emailed to:

Richard Yeatman
Marketing Manager
Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors, 53-55 Butts Road, Earlsdon Park, Coventry, CV1 3BH

E-Mail: richardyeatman@ciea.org.uk