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SUMMARY:How can we ensure the value of certificates and qualifications? - 
 Andrew Watts\, Consultant to Cambridge Assessment
DTSTART:20110324T103000Z
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CONTACT:Elizabeth Ford
DESCRIPTION:Our understanding of the concept of validity has been developi
 ng over the past century. It is confirmed as the most fundamental aspect o
 f any assessment and the challenge to assessment developers is to show tha
 t what is measured in a test or exam bears a valid relation to the desired
  knowledge and skills in the real world. But it is claimed that present ex
 planations of the concept are now of less help than they used to be becaus
 e they emphasise the interpretation of assessment results\, a matter over 
 which exam and test developers have limited control. Traditionally\, exami
 nations in the UK have relied on a close link with teaching and learning c
 ommunities (of vocational or subject specialists) to underpin the validity
  of their assessments. Can we ensure the value of assessment results by re
 affirming this traditional system? Or is the gathering of ‘validity evid
 ence’ and validation by assessment experts the way to do this?
LOCATION:Cambridge Assessment\, 1 Hills Road\, Cambridge
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