Interdependence of National Assessment Systems and Educational Standards

Fatma Abdullazade
Humanitarian Policy Department at the Office of the President (Azerbaijan)
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Old Tests and New Curricula - Can old assessment structures measure achievement in the digital mathematics curriculum?

Tandi Clausen-May
National Foundation for Educational Research (UK)

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Assessment in MFA Career and Education Path: New steps, big plans

Hafiz Pashayev
Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of the Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan)

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An Assessment of Nigeria's Goal on Technical Education

Martha Onjewu
Kaduna Polytechnic (Nigeria)

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On agencies for evaluating quality of Education

Hamlet Isakhanli
Khazar University (Azerbaijan)

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International Data Base (IDB) Analyzer Demonstration

Oliver Neuschmidt
IEA Data Processing and Research Center (Germany)

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An International Partnership for Improving the Quality of Admission Tests

Linda Cook, ETS (USA)
Maleyka Abbaszade, SSAC (Azerbaijan)
Luis Saldivia, ETS (USA)

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Museum Education in Improving Teacher Quality

Emma Nardi
Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione (Itlay)

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Azerbaijan Tourism Institute

J.M.Jafarof
Azerbaijan Tourism Institute (Azerbaijan)

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Corruption in Education and Assessment Systems: The WAEC Experience in Nigeria

Godwin Uzoigwe
The West African Examination Council (Nigeria)

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Psychological aspects of the problem of corruption

Sveta Majidova, Psychological Center (Azerbaijan)

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Use ICT in test examinations’ preparation and conducting

Chingiz Khalilov
SSAC (Azerbaijan)

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Automated Information System "Abituriyent" Designed Solutions of problems of maintenance of examination security

Faiq Atamov
SSAC (Azerbaijan)

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Computer-aided paper-based tests construction process Experience of the SSAC

Oleg Shelaginov
SSAC (Azerbaijan)

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Automated Item Banking Model used at the SSAC

Mustafayev Tural
SSAC (Azerbaijan)

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Paper Presentations: 18 September (Tue)

Is electronic marking just about efficiency?

Graham Hudson
DRS Data Services Limited (UK)

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The Sociocultural Background of University Students' Text Comprehension Ability

Terezia Reisz and Mihaly Kocsis
University of Pécs (Hungary)

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Survey of reading comprehension skills of first year students

Mihaly Kocsis, Zsuza Matrai and Jozef Zsolnai
University of Pécs (Hungary)

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Fit for purpose or simply flabby? The need for alternative forms of assessment for enterprise education in England

Jonathan H. Robbins and Paddy O’Hagan
The Talent Centre Ltd (UK)

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Assessment in Admission to Civil Service

Vafadar Misirov and Narmina Mirzoyeva
(Azerbaijan)

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New demands, changing values: applications of connoisseurship to the assessment of personal qualities and attributes in diverse cultural and educational settings

Jonathan H. Robbins
The Talent Centre Ltd (UK)

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Challenges in National Assessment: An Experience of Large Scale Testing from Pakistan

Muhammad Afzal and Nasir Mahmood
CIDA-Canada Pakistan Basic Education Project (CPBEP) (Pakistan)

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Innovations in reporting results of National Assessment

Sylvia Acana
Uganda National Examination Board (Uganda)

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The Role of Assessment in improving teacher quality

Martha Onjewu
Kaduna Polytechnic (Nigeria)

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Achievements and Attitudes in the Learning and Teaching of Mother Tongue and Mathematics in Grades 4 and 9 in the Republic of Azerbaijan

José Noijons and Habib Karimov
Cito (The Netherlands)

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The End of Primary School Test (better known as Citotest)

Marleen van der Lubbe
Cito (The Netherlands)

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Admission of students into higher learning programmes offered by tertiary non-university institutions in Tanzania

Joffer Maggila and Amiri Kondo
National Council for Technical Education (NACTE) (Tanzania)

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Relationship between university matriculation examination scores and the screening scores

S.A.Ezeudu and Uju Umo
University of Nigeria, NSUKKA (UNN) (Nigeria)

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Assessment in Admission to Civil Service

Firdowsi Karimov
Khazar University (Azerbaijan)

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Moderation as a Quality Management Tool

Kari Miller
Enterprise Development Solutions Ltd (New Zealand)

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Vocational education and training in schools as an alternative mode of assessment

Brian Knight
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (Australia)

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Alternative Assessment and Women Education in Nigeria

Nneka Umezulike and Anthony Afemikhe
Enugu State University of Technology (Nigeria)

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The added value of Scotland's National Assessment System in Understanding and Sharing the Standards

Liz Wharton and Lillian Munro
Scottish Qualification Authority (UK)

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Harmonization of National Assessment Initiative and Policy Formulation in Kenya

Paul Wasanga and Francis Kyalo
Kenya National Examination Council (Kenya)

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The Role of the Zambia National Assessment Programme in Evaluating the attainment of Educational Goals

Chekani T. Sakala and Michael M. Chilala
(Zambia)

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Evaluating the Quality Assessment

Naghi Bayramli, Khazar University (Azerbaijan)

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How do you expect me to do something about it if you don't tell me?

Anne Oberholzer
Independent Examination Board (South Africa)

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Admission into Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

Yusuf Lawal and Judith Asein
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (Nigeria)

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Preliminary Stages of a Validity Study of the Use of an Aptitude Test in University Entrance

Chris Whetton
National Foundation for Educational Research (UK)

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The quality of assessment in admission exams as a factor for forecasting of the future student's achievements

Anvar Maksudov
Khujand Branh of Technological University of Tajikistan (Tajikistan)

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Federal Internet-exam in the sphere of higher education in Russia

Vladimir Navodnov and Alexander Maslennikov
National Accreditation Agency of the Russian Federation (Russia)

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Test Item Development (Workshop – Entire session)

Mustafa Yilmaz, Vali Aliyev, Tariel Eybatov, Musaver Musayev, Chingiz Aliyev, Nizami Kerimli, Tofiq Rasulov, Narmina Mammadova, Fuad Chiragov, Farah Suleymanova, Shahla Musayeva

Sensitivity to Instruction: the missing ingredient in large-scale assessment systems?

Dylan Wiliam
Institute of Education, University of London (UK)

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Large scale assessment studies: Supporting formative assessment in South African schools

Anil Kanjee
Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa)

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Comparison of the Evaluation System

Nigar Abbaszade, J. Jafarov and N. Nasirli
Tourism Institute (Azerbaijan)

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Intergovernmental Organizations and Indicators

David Rutkowski
IEA Data Processing and Research Center (Germany)

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International Assessments and Quality of Education

Eugene Gonzalez
Educational Testing Service (USA)

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Implementation of International Assessment at Baku-Oxford School

Naila Rzayeva, CET-GUNAR Baku-Oxford School (Azerbaijan)

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Parental informal payments in school: monitoring study

Elmina Kazimzade, Center for Innovations in Education (Azerbaijan)

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Taxonomy of the corruption in higher education system

Elchin Akbarov and Ismet Ahmadov
Khazar University (Azerbaijan)

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Corruption in Education

Leyla Abdullayeva, Khazar University (Azerbaijan)

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Whose performance is it anyway? Reflection on examining music, meanings, standards and reliability in an international context

Jonathan H. Robbins
The Talent Centre Ltd (UK)

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A consideration of assessment validity in relation to classroom practice

Nat Johnson
Cambridge Assessment (UK)

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Applications of process control for the maintenance of standards and the quality assurance of results in a connoisseurship model of assessment

Jonathan H. Robbins
The Talent Centre Ltd (UK)

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Examination on finding out talent and special abilities

Elmira Huseynova and Nigar Mammedli
SSAC (Azerbaijan)

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Flexibility in national examinations: The Dutch experience

Erna Van Hest
CITO (The Netherlands)

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How a centrally managed focus on aligning curriculum, assessment and reporting can lead to improvements in teacher practice

Janina Drazek and Yvana Jones
Queensland Studies Authority (Australia)

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Khanim Jafarova, Khazar University (Azerbaijan)

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Godswill Obioma and Moses Salau
Educational Research and Development Council (Nigeria)

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Chris Whetton
National Foundation for Educational Research (UK)

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Role of the ICT in education of the developing countries

Rufat Gulmammadov, Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (Azerbaijan)

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Translating and Adapting a Test, yet Another Source of Variance; The Standard Error of Translation

Yoav Cohen
National Institute for Testing & Evaluation (Israel)

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The Philippine Aptitude Classification Test: Why shift from Classical Test Theory to Item Response Theory?

Maria Lourdes Franco
Center for Educational Measurement Inc (Philippines)

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What does it mean to be a Nonprofit Educational Measurement Organization in the 21st Century

Randy Bennett
ETS (USA)

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Response to Randy Bennett on issues of working in a non-for-profit organization in the domain of assessment and qualifications

Tim Oates
Cambridge Assessment (UK)

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School based assessment in Nigerian primary schools

Ebelechukwu Petronilla Elui
Tertiary Institution (Nigeria)

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Equity and Fairness in the Assessment of Nigerian Polytechnic Students' Performances in English: The Factors of Influence

Martha Onjewu
Kaduna Polytechnic (Nigeria)

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School based assessment: the need, the reality, the future

Frances Kerr-Phillips
Independent Examination Board (South Africa)

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The comparability of onscreen and paper and pencil tests: no further research required?

Christopher Wheadon and Carolyn Adams
Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (UK)

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Response times for mathematics items in computer adaptive testing

Jeffrey Searle and Neville Hallam
Curriculum and Evaluation Center (UK)

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Interactive scenario-based assessment system (ISBAS)

Seth Mayotte
University of Minnesota (USA)

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Techniques for monitoring the comparability of examination standards

Paul Newton
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (UK)

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The 'Marking Expertise' projects: Empirical investigations of some popular assumptions

Irenka Suto
Cambridge Assessment (UK)

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Selecting the conscientious marker - a study of marking reliability in CSE

Michelle Meadows and Chris Wheadon
The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (UK)

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Development of new interactive item types for computer based tests

Peter Hermans
Cito (The Netherlands)

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Conduct of Oral Examinations via Internet

Yin Yuen Cheong, Siok Leng Ng nad Toh Poh Guan
Singapore Examination and Assessment Board (Singapore)

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Development of testing materials for the Internet-exam in the sphere of higher education in the Russian Federation

Sharafutdinova Lyutsiya, Vladimir Navodnov and Alexandr Maslinnikov
National Accreditation Agency of the Russian Federation (NAA) (Russia)

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An Investigation of Teachers' Readiness towards School Based Assessment Scheme in Selected Malaysian Teacher Training Institutes

Shanusi Ahmad
Malaysian Examinations Syndicate, Ministry of Education (Malaysia)

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Assuring Fairness in the Continuous Assessment Component of School-based Assessment

Martha Onjewu
Kaduna Polytechnic (Nigeria)

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How Cultural-Component are Malaysian Teachers? The Development of Self-assessment Package in Measuring Teachers' Cultural Competence

Zuraimi Zakaria
Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia)

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Public Examination Systems as a Support for Teaching and Learning Improvement in Slovenia - Assessment for Learning Analytic Tool

Darko Zupanc
National Examination Center (Slovenia)

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Differentiated system of student achievement assessment

Zulfiya Veysova
Research Center “Inkishaf” (Azerbaijan)

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Assessment and Educational Standard Improvement: Reflection from Nigeria

Anthony Afemikhe
University of Benin (Nigeria)

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An exploration of self-confidence and insight into marking accuracy among GCSE maths and physics markers

Rita Nadas and Irenka Suto
Cambridge Assessment (UK)

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Do assessors pay attention to appropriate features of student work when making assessment judgments?

Victoria Crisp
Cambridge Assessment (UK)

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Remarking of Examination Answer Scripts

Coert Loock, Joe Cesare and Prem Govender
University of Johannesburg (South Africa)

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Gender Aspects of the Results of the Admission Examinations

Tariyel Badalov and Mahabbat Akbarli, SSAC (Azerbaijan)

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Admission to master degree of Universities of the Azerbaijan Republic

Natig Aliyev, SSAC (Azerbaijan)

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Evaluation of content and level of students' training in terms of compliance with the requirements of State Educational Standards of the Russian Federation

Alexandr Maslennikov, Vladimir Navodnov and Lutsiya Sharafutdinova
National Accreditation Agency of the Russian Federation (NAA) (Russia)

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School-based Assessment in Shanxi province

Zhuoyu Zhang
Shanxi Province Educational Department (China)

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Reforming Science Assessment in Shanxi Province

Graham Orpwood
York University (Canada)

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Selection for Admission to Graduate Level Education in China

Chen Rui
National Education Examination Authority (China)

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The role of the West African Examination Council in improving teacher quality

Iyi Uwadiae
The West African Examination Council (Nigeria)

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Theoretical and Practical Substantiations of the Role Assessment in Improving Teacher Quality

Eldar Shahgaldiyev
Khazar University (Azerbaijan)

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How to promote educational quality through national assessment systems

Tim Oates and Sylvia Green
Cambridge Assessment (UK)

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IT applications – for transparency and fairness in admission to higher education

David Chankotadze

The Systems of the Independent External Estimation of the Quality of Education in the Republic Of Kazakhstan

Balykbaev Takır Ospanovıch and Sagindikov Issatay Umirzakovich

Indicators for National and International Assessment of Learning Achievement: Making learning central to the EFA Agenda

Key Note Presentation : 21 September (Fri)

Cream Wright
Chief of Education in the Programme Division at the United Nations Children's Fund