Wrapping up the year in assessment

Hello and welcome to the last monthly learning update of 2024!

Many of our readers worldwide will be celebrating Christmas next week, and we'd like to wish all our followers a happy and safe holiday season.

There's a lot on the assessment horizon for 2025 which leads us nicely into our biggest announcement of the month...

The Assessment Horizons Conference 2025 is now open for booking

This year we are building our two-day 2025 programme around the following themes:

• AI and digital: where are we now?
• The value of assessment literacy
• Towards authentic assessment
• Maintaining validity through inclusive assessment

We are delighted to be joined by some incredible keynote speakers in 2025, and we’ll share information about them on our social channels over the next few weeks.

Click here to book now at the early bird ticket prices and to see our confirmed speakers.

Learn to lead effective and equitable assessment change

Education, AI and the future of assessment are at the forefront of debate around the world and the need for in-depth understanding of assessment has never been greater.

The COVID pandemic created lasting change, and the rapidly developing pace of technological advances is now raising many questions.

Learning how to respond to these macro-forces and other considerations in assessment is at the heart of our Cambridge International Study Programme for 2025.

Previous course participants have come from a variety of backgrounds including Heads of Ministries of Education, Directors and Senior Managers from awarding bodies, aspiring Assessment Managers, Researchers and Examination Officers.

A103: Assessment Data and Statistics

Since its launch in 2020, A103 has helped learners from various contexts make the most of their data.

After a thorough review process, A103 has been updated to ensure it more closely aligns with the data that assessment practitioners work with on a regular basis.

A103: Assessment Data and Statistics is our new online course that explores how to gather, interpret, and critically use assessment data to inform decisions and predict performance.

Click to learn more about our discounted course pilot.

Assessing 'competence': Definitions, challenges and strategies

14 January 2025 - 28 January 2025

This interactive series of three workshops is designed for anyone who wants to understand the key issues underpinning valid assessments of competence and is ideal for practitioners who are looking to embed 'competence', 'competencies' or '21st century skills' into their teaching, learning or assessment approaches.

A101: Introducing the Principles of Assessment

Monitored course runs 03 February 2025 - 06 April 2025

Please note that from 8 February 2025, the price of the monitored course option will increase to ￡395 (Members - ￡355.50).

If you're interested in attending the June or September sessions later in 2025 we recommend booking these now to take advantage of the 2024 prices.

Writing and evaluating effective multiple-choice questions

04 February 2025 - 18 February 2025

This interactive series of three workshops will help you understand how to design and use multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for a variety of educational purposes, and how to effectively design them for optimal impact.

What are the principles of assessment?

At Cambridge, we take pride in conducting principled assessments that meet the highest technical standards, ensuring learners from around the world have access to quality education.

We often refer to the 'principles of assessment' and wanted to provide an accessible overview of what they are and why they're important.

See you in 2025!

Thank you for reading The Assessment Network's monthly learning update - we'll be back in 2025 with more professional development and assessment training resources.

If you've not already read it, why not give yourself the (free) gift of our Assessment 101 Glossary?

Our on-demand training options are available all year, even during the holiday season.

Find out more about Classroom Assessment for Teachers, A101: Introducing the Principles of Assessment, and A102: Introducing Assessment Practice which are all available as on-demand self-study courses.