Articles & Papers
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Where next for assessment technology?
As online assessment approaches its tenth anniversary of full-scale use in the UK, we consider what the future holds.
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Formative Impact of Summative Assessment
Published in the International Journal of e-Assessment (Vol 2), this article presents an overview of the growing range of assessment data which have become available to schools in the UK over the past decade. It describes a range of initatives and shares evidence of the overall impact these initatives have had. The paper argues that these initiatives increasingly form an important part of effective school improvement in the UK context.Read More -
Teacher perspectives on technology in summative assessment
The current wave of technology adoption in assessment is enabling widespread innovation and change, from e-marking and on-screen testing, through to providing detailed item level data and analysis to schools. Whilst there is much discussion about modes of use and potential benefits from introducing technology, these have often focused on the assessment organisation and less reflection has been given to the teaching communities’ perspective on this change.Read More -
e-assessment and Cloud Computing
The term “Cloud Computing” has become a buzz word over the last couple of years; all of a sudden businesses feels they should be “in the cloud”, that it will save them money and be the answer to all their problems. So what is this “Cloud” and is it applicable for the e-assessment world?Read More -
A successful start to e-marking in Slovenia
RM Assessment successfully carried out an e-marking pilot for RIC, the Slovenian National Examinations Centre, in the autumn of 2009.
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Supporting the work of quality enhancement at Cambridge Assessment
Ensuring quality in assessment is one of the keenest challenges facing any examination agency. On-screen marking with scoris assessor helps Cambridge Assessment to respond to these demands with success.
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RAISEonline - the online reporting tool
RAISEonline, launched in 2006, has established itself as the main tool for analysing school performance data in England. It is used by 22,000 schools and 3,000 inspectors to support school improvement and self-evaluation, as well as the school inspection process.
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Active Results - the results analysis tool for OCR
Discover the innovative and intuitive results analysis tool as implemented by the OCR examination board.
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Delivering ICT tests for the QCDA
In 2003, RM Education was awarded a 6 year, £23m contract by the English schools' exam regulator, QCA, to deliver a system for assessing pupils' capability in ICT at the end of Key Stage 3 (age 14) across all secondary schools in England.
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The EPAS secure reporting system
Recognising the knowledge and skills required to aggregate and disseminate results level data to Local Government within England.
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