proEMA in Manila

10 November 2011

School-based and teachers' assessments received a great deal of attention and the IAEA conference. Our presentation was well attended and has enjoyed good follow up responses. There is to be a focus group for school-based assessment at next year's conference. You are always up to date with the latest when you follow the proEMA lead

Re: More support for changes to assessment systems

22 May 2011

The 'London Evening Standard' of 16 May and the 'Independent' of 19 May have joined the call for changes to exam systems in the UK.They comment that teachers are not trusted to get the best results from their students and that the curriculum continues to be too narrow and focused on league tables and targets. The proEMA moderation and assessment design systems support consistency of teacher judgment and provide mechanisms to demonstrate that teachers' assessments skills can be aligned with contemporary curriculum trends -both valid and reliable. Join us now and find out how.

Re: Assessment in the press

03 May 2011

Linda Darling-Hammond supports moderated school-based assessment. Once again, we find ourselves well ahead of current thinking and advice but we still need your support to build the proEMA assessment community. Sign in and get active today! Members can access copies of the related article and links to the recent report, Teacher and Leader Effectiveness in High-Performing Education Systems, edited by Professor Darling-Hammond via the proEMA Community Forum.

Re: Assessing assessment -Policy or Progress?

29 March 2011

Tony Ashmore (National Education Trust, UK) presents a view of assessment that is closely aligned to the proEMA model of high quality assessment. We are well ahead on this because our moderation and assessment design programs are already being used successfully by teachers to support their assessment skills. Here's a link to his 2010 paper, Assessing assessment Policy or Progress? -http://www.nationaleducationtrust.net/ShapingIdeasShapingLives075.php Here's a link for his pod-cast at Cambridge assessment: http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/c ... litics.mp3

Re: Assessment in the press -MySchool site

21 March 2011

Much has been written about the recent release of the latest version of the My School website (http://www.myschool.edu.au/ ). We would like to see more attention to support of teachers' assessment skills and to the broader matter of educational assessment in general. The provision of longitudinal data will be a boon over time but it's important to remember that the NAPLAN data represents a very thin slice of what is going on in schools. When we can better substantiate the quality of teachers' assessment and school-based data, there will be a much richer source of information than is currently available. proEMA is singularly focused on achieving this goal.

Re: Professional development -Returning teacher courses

22 February 2011

Returning to Teaching in Schools (RTTS) program approved by QCT: http://www.qct.edu.au/renewal/ApprovedPrograms.html. Use this link to view details of TTA's course. This is the only face-to-face program currently on offer and we have contributed 2 Strands; Strand B -Curriculum and assessment issues, (naturally!) and Strand C -Syllabus implementation. Use the usual TTA link for more details and enrolement: http://www.tta.edu.au/