Step into September with a new learning update!

Hello and welcome to the September edition of The Assessment Network's monthly learning update.

September will have seen many of you embark on a new academic year or begin a new role in assessment, we'd love for you to take a moment and familiarise yourself with our range of online training courses.

You may be looking for group training across your organisation and need a more bespoke solution - we can work with you to make your own assessment learning programme that supports your people and enhances expertise.

Find out what's coming up over the next few weeks with workshops covering topics such as multiple-choice questions and Computer Adaptive Tests.

Digital assessment: drivers, benefits, barriers and challenges

03 October 2024

This interactive online workshop aims to familiarise participants with issues encountered when introducing digital assessment. Using theory, research and practical experience this session will allow you to consider what digital assessment is and why the intended benefits are not always realised.

Item banking: theory, practice and delivery

09 October 2024 - 23 October 2024

An interactive series of workshops introducing item banking theory, practice and delivery, with an opportunity to discuss the relevance of item banking in your own context.

Computer adaptive testing for beginners

13 November 2024 - 27 November 2024

A series of three interactive workshops that will cover the basic concepts of Computer Adaptive Tests and their use in different assessment contexts.

Assessment validation for beginners: How do I know my assessments have worked well?

03 December 2024

This interactive workshop will introduce some key ideas underpinning validity and validation and will offer practical ideas for validating your assessments to check their overall quality.

Multiple-choice questions for languages: Getting them right for your learners

10 December 2024

Is your understanding of multiple-choice questions?

⬜ Strong

⬜ Weak

✅ In need of improvement!

This interactive workshop will help you understand how to design and use multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in the assessment of languages to ensure valid and reliable outcomes.

Classroom Assessment for Teachers: Transforming Outcomes for Learners

This on-demand course has been developed by Cambridge expert and former teacher James Beadle, who has experience teaching in an international context.

Book your Classroom Assessment course before 1 October to enjoy an exclusive early bird offer.

Or for a group booking of 10 places or more, please get in touch thenetwork@cambridgeassessment.org.uk.

Have you read the Assessment 101 glossary?

This new glossary from The Assessment Network aims to provide easy access to sound definitions and concepts regularly used in assessment discourse.

It builds on previous work across Cambridge University Press & Assessment from the Assessment Projects Group and reflects the wide range of activities in assessment that Cambridge delivers and supports.

Download your FREE copy of the Assessment 101 glossary.

Catch up with our recent webinar and podcast appearances!

Senior Professional Development Manager James Beadle recently hosted a very popular webinar entitled 'What does every teacher need to know about assessment' - you can now watch a recording of this session.

Dr Simon Child, Head of Assessment Training, appeared on Brighter Thinking Pod from Cambridge last week to discuss how schools can create an effective predicted grades policy - listen to the episode to find out more.

Thank you for joining us for the September edition of the The Assessment Network monthly update, we hope you'll join us again next month!