Teaching & learning
Using exam management and online proctoring to deliver 2022 HSC assessments in a COVID world
As Australia faces a secondary teacher shortage, high schools are seeking outside help to deliver HSC exams in a reliable and COVID-safe...
Translating global assessment in local languages: making it valid, reliable and fair
For an online test to be valid, reliable and fair it requires high quality test items that are fully translated and localised to meet the needs of...
High stakes vs low stakes testing – key differences to know
In this brief guide, we clarify the meaning of ‘high-stakes assessment’ and its invaluable cousin, ‘low-stakes assessment’. What makes a...
How reflecting on their “why” will help teachers recover and re-engage these festive holidays: A guide with headspace Schools
Hannah Jamieson, national education advisor for headspace Schools, knows only too well how easy it is for teachers to burn out by the time they reach...
For exhausted teachers, the three Rs these festive holidays are Rest, Recover and Re-engage: A guide with headspace Schools
The end-of-year school break is likely to be the first taste of respite that teachers will get from the strain of this past year's challenges. We...
The rich tapestry of assessment: How holistic testing ties together many threads to tell each student’s story
Just as the beauty of a tapestry is the result of tying together loose threads, so too, the online assessment of a learner relies upon a series of...
The new “Three Rs of Education”: Responsiveness, Resilience and Relationships
After more challenging months of uncertainty and lockdowns for our teacher colleagues as well as parents, schools are open once more, and it seems...
PISA for Schools vs PISA: understanding the differences
It's easy to assume the term ‘PISA for Schools’ refers to the three-yearly PISA test which runs in more than 80 OECD countries and whose results...
A guide to 5 school assessment types and their key purposes
Whether you're a teacher or parent, it’s highly likely that you’ve come across various terminology for the types of tests your child sits at...
How the OECD Test for Schools meets the criteria for ESSER funding
The true impact of COVID-19 and US school closures on K-12 learning remains to be seen, making it challenging for any one school to gauge its...
10 things to love about PISA for Schools
The bedrock of an individualised approach to teaching is a self-aware school ecosystem – one in which schools have a clear, proportional and global...
Top ways an online assessment platform helps higher education streamline its processes
These days, most institutions are delivering at least a portion of their tests online. An online assessment platform can provide time, effort, cost...
How to take the pain out of exam day for your students
There are unpleasant experiences in life in which we have little choice but to participate – not least attending a exam which may have implications...
How the COVID-19 restrictions present an opportunity to transform education: One-on-one with new Janison CEO David Caspari [Q&A]
The lockdown has accelerated educators’ and students’ interactions with online learning and assessment technologies. So, what happens next? New...
Assessment question type varieties and why they matter
Digital testing has opened more elicitation techniques than ever to test authors. Given that question types have their inherent strengths and...
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