Initial programme now available
Last update: 18 October 2018
| 08.00-10.30 | Registration | ||||
| 09.00-16.30 | Pre-conference workshops, Van der Valk Hotel Nijmegen-Lent | ||||
| 09.00 | Item Banking for Computerized Adaptive Testing Angela Verschoor, Roel Visseren Room: Waalsprong 1 |
Achieving in Content Through Language: Assessing Bilingual and Multilingual Learners Stuart Shaw Room: Waalsprong 2 |
IRT in R made easy
Remco Feskens, Jesse Koops Room: Waalsprong 3 |
Innovative on-screen assessment – confronting barriers, sharing ideas and moving forward
Caroline Jongkamp, Susan Stothard , Rebecca Hamer Room :Waalsprong 4 |
Large-scale performance assessments: problems and potentials
Rianne Janssen Room: De Bongerd 8 |
| 18.30-19.00 | Welcome reception for new attendees
Cito Office , Amsterdameweg 13, 6814 CM Arnhem |
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| 19.00-20.30 | Welcome reception
Cito Office , Amsterdameweg 13, 6814 CM Arnhem |
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| 08.00-10.30 | Registration | ||||||||
| 09.00-09.30 | Welcome addresses
Room : Waalsprong 1- 4 Thierry Rocher , AEA- Europe President Pieter Hendrikse, President National Board of Tests and Examinations The Netherlands |
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| 09.30-10.15 | Keynote speech: The balance in the performance: a missed opportunity in achievement testing
Dr. Norman Verhelst Chair: Thierry Rocher Room: Waalsprong 1- 4 |
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| 10.15-10.45 | Coffee break | ||||||||
| 10.45-11.30 | Keynote speech: Response times in educational assessment: Moving beyond traditional assumptions
Dr. Maria Bolsinova, Kathleen Tattersall New Assessment Researcher Chair: Alex Scharaschkin Room : Waalsprong 1- 4 |
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| 11:30 – 12:45 | Poster presentations
Chair: Cor Sluijter |
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| 11.30 | Poster 1
English Language Teachers` Perceptions and Practices of Formative Assessment in Kazakhstan |
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| 11.30 | Poster 2
How useful are data reduction techniques for an Awarding Body? |
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| 11.30 | Poster 3
On-action reflections and self-assessment of pre-service language teachers in Turkish higher education context |
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| 11.30 | Poster 4
Teachers as trainees of an online program: challenges and support |
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| 11.30 | Poster 5
Uncovering Learner Patterns in Process Data within the MathemaTIC Assessment-For-Learning Platform |
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| 11.30 | Poster 6
Using the results of teachers` within in-service teacher training programs assessment to review the content of the training program |
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| 11.30 | Poster 7
An Evaluation System for Assessing Effectiveness of Employee Training Programs: The Case of the National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| 11.30 | Poster 8
Uncovering the Disparities in Educational Attainment across Urban and Rural Locations in Northern Ireland. |
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| 11.30 | Poster 9
Computer Science and Technological Education in Primary School Education – Two Sides of the Same Coin? |
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| 11.30 | Poster 10
Test-enhanced learning: Using tests beyond the scope of assessment – to improve learning |
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| 11.30 | Poster 11
User Experience (UX) in the World of Assessment |
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| 11.30 | Poster 12
Examination malpractice analysis: defensibility, clarity and complexity |
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| 11.30 | Poster 13
Large Scale National Diagnostic Assessment in Italy: A Case Study |
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| 11.30 | Poster 14
Bridging Standards between International Qualifications and Cognate Papers taken within the UK |
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| 11.30 | Poster 15
Personalized Learning Environment in Mathematics |
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| 12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch | ||||||||
| 13:45 – 15:15 | Open paper sessions A, B, C, D, E, F | ||||||||
| Sessions A: Papers 1-3 – Perspectives on assessment innovations
Chair: Tom Bramley Room: Waalsprong 1 |
Session B: Papers 4-6 – E-assessment in large scale assessment
Chair: Fabienne van der Kleij Room: Waalsprong 2 |
Session C: Papers 7-9 – Educational policy
Chair: Angela Verschoor Room: Waalsprong 3 |
Session D: Papers 10-12 – Adaptive Approaches to Testing
Chair: Isabel Nisbet Room: Waalsprong 4 |
Session E: Papers 13-15 – National Test & Exams
Chair: Naomi Gafni Room: De Warmoes 6 |
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| 13:45 | PISA test validity from a student perspective
Eva Knekta, Hanna Eklöf |
Preventing unintended consequences? – a pre-validation of the digitalization of a large-scale high stakes test
Christina Wikstrom, Per-Erik Lyrén |
Education for the twenty-first century: assessment to support the development of problem solving goals in mathematics curricula 5 to 16.
Jennie Golding, Grace Grima |
Urnings Algorithm for Tracking Learners’ skills and Items’ Difficulties in Adaptive Assessment and Learning Environments Maria Bolsinova, Gunter Maris, Han van der Maas, Abe Hofman, Benjamin Deonovic, Matthieu Brinkhuis, jesse koops |
Building bridges between assessment and subject matter: An innovative approach to assessing GCSE Practical Science
Yasmine El Masri, Sibel Erduran, Alison Cullinane, Ruth Johnson |
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| 14:15 | High-stakes testing reimagined – The German citizenship test
Kristine Gorgen |
Personalised Assessments in Wales: a bridge to future assessment?
Sarah Maughan |
Re-thinking the relationship between the media and educational assessment in the future
Maria Teresa, Florez Petour |
Improvement of Measurement Efficiency in Multistage Tests by Targeted Assignment
Stéphanie Berger, Angela Verschoor, Theo Eggen, Urs Moser |
Probing the impact of an (arguably) unsuitable rating scale in high-stakes language assessment
Iasonas Lamprianou, Dina Tsagari |
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| 14:45 | Transforming the delivery and marking of international assessments from paper to tablets: Stakeholder perspectives.
Grace Grima, Mary Richardson, Tina Isaacs |
Transitioning from paper based to computer based assessments at a national level – challenges and opportunities
Louise Bailey, Oliver Stacey |
Difficult policy decisions: weighing up perceptions, statistics and key stakeholder acceptance as evidence for A level grade standard adjustment in England
Milja Curcin, Qingping He, Beth Black |
Adaptive Pairwise Comparison for Educational Measurement
Elise Crompvoets, Anton Beguin |
Routing in the Multistage End of Primary School Test
Maaike van Groen, Hendrik Straat, Marie-Anne Keizer-Mittelhaëuser |
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| 15.15-15:45 | Coffee/tea break | ||||||||
| 15:45-17.15 | Open paper sessions F, G, H, I and J | ||||||||
| Session F: Papers 16-18 – Analyses of international survey data
Chair: Theo Eggen Room: Waalsprong 1 |
Session G: 19-21 – Analysis of Big Datasets in Assessment
Chair: Therese Hopfenbeck Room: Waalsprong 2 |
Session H: Papers 22-24 – Assessment for Learning in Mathematics
Chair: Paul Newton Room: Waalsprong 3 |
Session I: Papers 25-27 – Psychometric Models 1
Chair: Mary Richardson Room: Waalsprong 4 |
Session J: Papers 28-30 – Examination Boards and the Role of Examiners
Chair: Bas Hemker Room: De Bongerd 8 |
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| 15:45 | Do low or high achievers need more support in Romanian primary schools? Findings from TIMSS 2011
Catalina Lomos
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The attributed value of big data analytics for educational assessment
Bernard Veldkamp |
Curriculum sampling as a strategy employed for student performance monitoring system in Mathematics at NIS
Laila Issayeva, Nico Dieteren, Daniyar Temirtasov, Sjoerd Crans |
PsychoNetrics: a comprehensive network perspective on psychometric models
Gunter Maris, Maria Bolsinova, Benjamin Deonovic |
Reviewing assessments and dense data: towards effective evaluation of assessments for the non-technically minded
Jonathan Powell |
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| 16:15 | A possibility for cross-country comparisons of early reading for children starting school in Russia and in the UK
Alina Ivanova |
Regulatory and ethical implications of using log file data
Damian Murchan, Fazilat Siddiq |
Professional Learning Community for MathemaTIC” – an online teacher environment, designed to support the implementation of digital innovations
Catalina Lomos, Carole Frieseisen, Frauke Kesting, Filipe Lima, Amina Afif |
Which statistics help us automatically create tests with predictive validity?
Tom Benton |
National examination systems and school improvement The roles of teachers and examination boards in national examination policies Andrew Watts |
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| 16:45 | The role of missing responses in the assessments of the future. A preliminary look at missing responses in TIMSS 2015.
Elena Papanastasiou
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Assessment in the age of Data Science: the case of interactive items tested in France
Reinaldo Dos Santos, Saskia Keskpaik |
MathemaTIC – creating new paths for adaptive teaching, learning and assessment in a digital environment
Carole Frieseisen, Frauke Kesting, Catalina Lomos, Amina Afif |
Modeling partial knowledge in multiple-choice questions using elimination scoring
Qian Wu, Tinne De Laet, Rianne Janssen |
The Roles of National Examinations in Norwegian Secondary Education: Bridging Long-Standing Traditions with New Political Demands and Methodological Approaches
Sverre Tveit, Rolf Vegar Olsen |
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| 19:00 – 20:30 | Social events (free choice)
Room: Artez/Airborne at the Bridge (meeting point Arnhem Central Station) |
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| 19:00 – 20:30 | Event for members holding accreditation and for doctoral students Chair: Rolf V. Olsen Room: Historische Kelders, Arnhem (meeting point Arnhem Central Station) |
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| 09:00- 10:30 | Open paper sessions K, L, M, N and O | ||||||||
| Session K: Papers 31-33 – Test Development 1 Chair: Sarah MaughanRoom: Waalsprong 1 |
Session L: Papers 34-36 – The E-Assessment SIG
Chair: Stuart Shaw Room: Waalsprong 2 |
Session M: Papers 37-39 – Assessment for Learning: Challenging Contexts
Chair: Christina Wikstrom Room: Waalsprong 3 |
Session N: Papers 40-42 – Psychometric Models 2
Chair: Yasmine el Masri Room: Waalsprong 4 |
Session O: Papers 43-45 – Features of National Assessment
Chair: Ayesha Ahmed Room: De Bongerd 8 |
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| 9:00 | Agree to disagree? Understanding the impact of levels-based mark scheme design on examiner agreement
Sarah R. Hughes |
eMarking in HIgher Education. Lecturers’ perceptions of change in assessment practice.
Mary Richardson |
A Study of Norwegian Teachers’ Conversation About the Use of Test Results for Instructional Purposes
Hege Rangnes, Aslaug Fodstad Gourvennec |
Evaluating the ‘similar items method’ for standard maintaining
Tom Bramley |
The many goals of the Finnish basic education evaluation system
Jukka Marjanen, Mari Huhtanen |
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| 9:30 | Broadening admission and orientation tests: The importance of self-efficacy (factors) for academic achievement.
Lot Fonteyne |
‘Identifying priorities for the future of assessment – A collaborative approach’
Martyn Ware, John Winkley |
Assessment for Learning in challenging contexts
Therese N. Hopfenbeck, Joshua McGrane, Yusuf Sayed, Anjum Halai, Veronica Sarungi, Anil Kanjee |
Investigation of Composite Constructs Structure: Opportunities from Bin Factor IRT Models
Denis Federiakin |
Building bridges to future writing assessment: what next for writing assessment at KS2?
Rebecca Clarkson |
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| 10:00 | Constructs over time: the construct of language competence as captured in tests in England over the last 150 years perspectives.
Filio Constantinou |
Marking by Question-Item-Group (QIG): A survey of the examiner experience
Katie Schultz, Rebecca Hamer |
Two or three? The structure of motivation among primary school students: the case of Russia
Tatjana Kanonire, Alena Kulikova, Ekaterina Orel |
Measuring parental involvement in children’s education using a Rasch scenario scale approachInna Antipkina, Larry Ludlow |
Alignment of Standards in High Stake Examinations between the UK and International Examinations: A Rank Ordering Exercise Elena Mariani, Vasu Krishnaswamy |
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| 10:30 -11:00 | Coffee/tea break | ||||||||
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Discussion groups 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 | ||||||||
| Discussion group 1
Room: Waalsprong 1 |
Discussion group 2
Room: Waalsprong 2 |
Discussion group 3
Room: Waalsprong 3 |
Discussion group 4
Room: Waalsprong 4 |
Discussion group 5
Room: De Bongerd 8 |
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| 11:00 | What do we require of a PhD education?
Eva Bjerkholt, Tony Burner, Andre Gaathaug, Synne Kleiven, Tone Marte Ljoså |
Building an Assessment Institute that serves Education in a Country: comparing the examples of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and the Netherlands
Frans Kleintjes, Vali Huseyn, Nazipa Ayubayeva,Jacqueline Visser |
eAssessment Special Interest Group: Progress and Planning for the Future
Martyn Ware, Rebecca Hamer, Jenifer Moody, Mary Richardson, Jurik Stiller, Naomi Gafni, Lesley Wiseman |
Computerizing large-scale high-stakes examinations: Possibilities and pitfalls
Per-Erik Lyrén, Christina Wikström, Avi Allalouf, Naomi Gafni |
The big crunch: combining sources of evidence in standard setting
Dennis Opposs, Kristine Gorgen, Lena Gray, Tina Isaacs |
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| 12:00 – 13:00 | General assembly
Chair: Thierry Rocher and Jannette Elwood Room: De Warmoes 6 |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | ||||||||
| 14:00 -15:30 | Open paper sessions P,Q, R and S | ||||||||
| Session P: Papers 46-48 – Assessment Cultures
Chair: Tim Oates Room: Waalsprong 1 |
Session Q: Papers 49-51 – Social Justice in Assessment
Chair: Reinaldo dos Santos Room: Waalsprong 2 |
Session R: 52-54 – Assessment for Learning
Chair: Iasonas Lamprianou Room: Waalsprong 3 |
Session S: Papers 55-57 – National Tests & Exams Chair: Amina AfifRoom: De Bongerd 8 |
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| 14:00 | A Study in Computer-Based Testing Washback: A Framework for Supporting Practitioner Research
Stuart Shaw, Martin Johnson |
Extended Time as Accommodation: Monitoring Test Fairness in Standardized Tests
Marcus Strömbäck Hjärne |
Improving teaching and learning through descriptive feedback in external assessment
Paula Simoes |
Inter-subject comparability of A level examination standards in England – the evidence and the impact of aligning statistical standardsQingping He, Beth Black |
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| 14:30 | TALE: the development of a new assessment training paradigm
Dina Tsagari |
Secondary transition in Northern Ireland: children’s accounts of equity and assessment for selection
Leanne Henderson |
Addressing culturally responsive assessment in Norwegian Schools
Guri A. Nortvedt |
National tests in Norway – and assessment tool for learning
Olav Dalsegg Tokle, Bård Vinje, Grethe Ravlo |
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| 15:00 | Assessing the effects of bilingual schooling on language learning motivation and proficiency
Karen Dunn, Barry O’Sullivan, Janina Iwaniec |
“It all depends on how we look at things” – Bringing a lens to fairness in assessment
Isabel Nisbet, Stuart Shaw |
Assessing Micro-teaching Performances of Pre-service Language Teachers: Integration of Alternative Assessment ToolsYonca Özkan, Ebru Sire Kaya |
Predictive validity: Using success on acceleration programmes for postsecondary admissions and predicting university successSarah Mattey, Stuart Shaw |
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| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break | ||||||||
| 16:00 – 17:20 | Ignite Session and Symposia | ||||||||
| Ignite Session
Chair: Gill Stewart Room: Waalsprong 1 and 2 |
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| 16:00 | Automated marking of open-ended items
Roel Visseren |
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| 16:10 | Remote invigilation: a spotlight on assessment administration
Nicola Mellor, Liam Simington |
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| 16:20 | Test-enhanced learning: Evidence from behavioral and brain imaging studies
Bert Jonsson, Carola Wiklund-Hörnqvist, Tova Stenlund, Linnea Karlsson Wirebring
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| 16:30 | Free applications to support the formative function of knowlegde testing
Natasja Kok, Desirée Joosten-ten Brinke |
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| 16:40 | The assessment expert of the future
Desirée Joosten-ten Brinke, Theo Eggen |
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| 16:50 | Building Bridges by Open Standards
Mark Molenaar |
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| 17:00 | An investigation of (dis)engaged test-taking behavior in PISA using response times
Michalis Michaelides, Militsa Ivanova, Christiana Nicolaou |
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| 17:10 | A Unique Solution for Student Success in Mathematics
Carole Frieseisen |
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| 16:00 – 17:00 | Symposium : 20 years of international large-scale assessments: Lessons learned from three countries.
Room: Waalsprong 3 and 4 Rolf Vegar Olsen, Therese N Hopfenbeck, Thierry Rocher, Julius Björnsson, Emily |
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| 19:00 – 23:00 | Conference dinner Room: River Dream Boat (Rhine) (transfer by bus) |
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| 09:00- 10:30 | Open paper sessions T, U,V, W and X | ||||||||
| Session T: 58-60 – Test Development 2 Chair: Nico Dieteren Room: Waalsprong 4 |
Session U: Papers 61-63 – Developments in E-assessment
Chair: Rebecca Hamer Room: De Warmoes 6 |
Session V: Papers 64-66 – Assessment for Learning Validity Considerations
Chair: Mary Richardson Room: De Lentse Lus 5 |
Session W: Papers 67-69 – Vocational Assessment
Chair: Lesley Wiseman Room: De Tuinderij 7 |
Session X: Papers 70-72- Assessing New Skills & Constructs
Chair:Martyn Ware Room: De Bongerd 8 |
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| 9:00 | Subject specific discourse and the plain English campaign: impact on question and task development
Shakeh Manassian |
Curiosity (didn’t) kill the CAT: Technical issues arising from the development of computer adaptive tests for Wales
Ben Smith, Angela Verschoor |
How can we develop multiple choice items that support assessment for learning?
Bård Vinje, Olav Dalsegg Tokle, Grethe Ravlo |
Vocational, technical and applied qualifications within upper secondary education in England: who takes them, how do they fit within students’ programmes of study, and where do students progress to next?
Joanna Williamson, Matthew Carroll |
Permanence versus transience? Designing national systems to assess digital technology skills in an ever- changing world.
Cassy Taylor, Gareth Downey, Rachael Sperring |
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| 9:30 | Should we be banking on it? Exploring potential issues in the use of ‘item’ banking with structured examination questions
Victoria Crisp, Tom Bramley, Stuart Shaw |
A brave new world of continuous assessment
Cesare Aloisi, Claire Whitehouse |
A General Framework for the Validation of Formative Assessment
Dorien Hopster-den Otter, Saskia Wools, Theo Eggen, Bernard Veldkamp |
Grading Competence-Based Vocational Qualifications
Paul Newton |
Developing a new assessment instrument for 21st century learning objectives for Science in Peru
Carmen Maribel Carpio, Caroline Jongkamp, José Bruêns |
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| 10:00 | Developing a conceptual framework of creativity and critical thinking: evidence from a validity study
Irina Uglanova, Georgy Vasin, Irina Brun |
Automation of the assembly of Multistage Tests
Angela Verschoor, Theo Eggen |
Piloting a tool for enhancing secondary students’ engagement with assessment feedback
Fabienne Van der Kleij |
A level playing field? Does the levelling of qualifications build bridges or barriers?
Cassy Taylor, Paul Newton, Norman Gealy |
Individualised learning, personalised learning – implications for assessment
Tim Oates |
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| 10:30 -11:00 | Coffee Break | ||||||||
| 11:00 – 11:45 | Keynote speech: On the assessment of (digital) reading skills.
Prof. Dr. Eliane Segers Chair: Christina Wikstrom Room: Waalsprong 1 – 3 |
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| 11:45 – 12:30 | Keynote presentation: Educational assessment and its prospects in the 21st century,
Prof. Dr. Samuel Greiff Chair: Andrej Novik Room:Waalsprong 1 – 3 |
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| 12:30 – 13:00 | Awards and Closing Session
Chair: Jannette Elwood Room:Waalsprong 1 – 3 |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | ||||||||