News archive - [Event Review] Better Assessment and Evaluation to Improve Teaching and Learning
This conference was held on 19-20 March 2013 and focused on how assessment and evaluation frameworks and practices implemented by schools and educational systems can best promote the acquisition of key competences and improved learning for students.
Delegates considered the implications for policy and educational practice of recent research conducted by both the European Commission and the OECD, and the experience of countries that have successfully combined assessment and evaluation systems to promote better teaching and improved learning.
Participants included education policy makers, personnel from government departments and local authorities, personnel involved in evaluation and assessment, including inspectorates of education, research and evaluation institutes, school leaders and teacher educators.
Conference Resources
Addresses
Opening Address - Seán Ó Foghlú (Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills)
Closing Address - Minister of State for Training and Skills Ciarán Cannon TD
Presentations (19-20 March)
Day 1
#1 The Assessment of Key Competences in Schools - Tapio Säävälä
#2 The Assessment of Key Competences: Implications for Practice - Professor Paul Black
#3 The Assessment of Key Competences: A Response- Professor Eugene Wall
#4 School Evaluation to Support the Acquisition of Key Competences - Professor Graham Donaldson
Day 2
#5 OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes- Dr. Paulo Santiago
#6 Evaluation and Assessment Framework: A Country Response - Dr. Harold Hislop
#7 Feedback from Workshop Discussions - Pádraig Mac Fhlannchadha
#8 Rapporteur's Report - Professor John Coolahan
Workshops
Workshop #1 Comparing country approaches to assessing key competences - Dr. Bertrand Pajot, Caroline Kearney and Kath Grant
Workshop #2 Evaluation and Assessment of Key Competences in Denmark - Steen Lassen
Workshop #4 Evaluation and Assessment Policy and Practice in Northern Ireland - Faustina Graham
Workshop #5 The Use of ICT for the Assessment of Key Competences - Dr. Christine Redecker and Dr. Yves Punie
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Entry created by Desiree Pecarz on April 11, 2013
Modified on April 11, 2013
