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SUMMARY:Is assessing an art or a science? - Andrew Watts (Cambridge Assess
 ment consultant)
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CONTACT:Liz Ford
DESCRIPTION:Much writing on the theory and practice of assessment is to be
  found in the United States. There\, a model of standardised\, external te
 sts is more the norm than in the UK\, and indeed than in Europe. What are 
 the differences between their psychometric approach to assessment and one 
 that is more embedded in the school curriculum and linked to teaching? Can
  we in the UK learn more from psychometrics in the development of our exam
 inations? Or does over-reliance on standardised testing fail to reward the
  full breadth of student learning? 
LOCATION:Cambridge Assessment\, 9 Hills Road\, Cambridge
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