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SUMMARY:How can assessment support learning? - Andrew Watts
DTSTART:20120510T093000Z
DTEND:20120510T110000Z
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DESCRIPTION:What do people mean when they claim that summative assessment 
 ‘damages learning’? And what are the recommendations of groups which c
 hampion greater reliance on ‘Assessment for Learning’? This seminar wi
 ll look at some of the arguments which have been put on both sides of this
  debate. Is it possible to say that formative assessment regimes support l
 earning better than summative? If so\, should our response be to get summa
 tive assessment over and done with as briefly and painlessly as possible? 
 Or is there more to say about the positive effect of examinations and exte
 rnal assessments on learning?\n\nThis seminar is free to University of Cam
 bridge staff and students\, £30 for others.\n\nThis seminar is part of th
 e Assessment Principles series of seminars presented by Andrew Watts\, a P
 rincipal Consultant for the Cambridge Assessment Network Division. The ser
 ies focuses on five key topics in assessment: the purposes of assessment\;
  the relationship between assessment and learning\; the development of ass
 essments\; the validity and the reliability of assessments. Each session a
 ddresses one of these topics. Though the topics are the same each year\, u
 p-to-date issues are discussed which focus on recent news stories or which
  represent the latest thinking in that area. The series is for those who w
 ant to take a broad view of the field of educational assessment\, in compa
 ny with others working in the field. Participants will be able to share th
 eir own experiences and perceptions\, and to reflect on those of others. A
  certificate is awarded for attendance at all five sessions (contact the N
 etwork team for details).\n\nDates for 2012 are:\n\n8 March: What is the p
 urpose of public assessments (Cambridge)\n12 April: What is the purpose of
  public assessments (Coventry)\n10 May: How can assessment support learnin
 g? (Cambridge)\n12 July: Measurement or judgement: is assessing an art or 
 a science (Cambridge)\n13 September: How can we ensure the value of the as
 sessments we create? (Cambridge)\n11 October: Can the public have confiden
 ce in national assessments? (Coventry)\n8 November: Can the public have co
 nfidence in national assessments? (Cambridge)\n
LOCATION:Cambridge Assessment\, 1 Hills Road\, Cambridge
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