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SUMMARY:Assessment for Higher Education entry: admissions testing - Tim Oa
 tes (Cambridge Assessment) and Professor John Laycock (Imperial College Lo
 ndon)
DTSTART:20110512T150000Z
DTEND:20110512T163000Z
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CONTACT:Elizabeth Ford
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will consider the place of admissions testing\, i
 n the overall range of assessment options for Higher Education entry. It w
 ill show how admissions testing is able to round out the holistic assessme
 nt of applicants to HE\, in addition to\, for example\, the data on prior 
 or predicted academic achievement provided by examination grades and the n
 arrative provided by the UCAS personal statement. It will also look at how
  assessment of candidates through admissions testing is clearly distinguis
 hable from other forms of academic assessment\, such as A levels.\n\nThe s
 eminar includes a case study presented by Professor Laycock on how admissi
 ons testing is used in the context of competitive entry to Medicine.\n\n
LOCATION:Cambridge Assessment\, 9 Hills Road\, Cambridge
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