Psychometric theory promoted at Groenkloof Campus

Posted on November 08, 2017

Can information be trusted? How can we as social scientists build a case for our hypotheses using Rasch models and methodological norms? These questions were posed at the most recent Rasch PLC meeting held in August 2017 at the Research Commons on the University of Pretoria’s Groenkloof...

CEA prepares for release of South African Reading Literacy Achievement results

Posted on November 08, 2017

In preparation for the media release of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2016 results, the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria hosted the final National Steering Committee meeting for the year at the Ivory Manor...

Acting Director from CEA at PAPU 2017 congress

Posted on November 08, 2017

The Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA), in collaboration with various African psychology societies and universities, under the auspices of the Pan-African Psychology Union (PAPU) organised the first-ever continental psychology congress. The theme of the congress was Psychology for...

Acting Director awarded to attend conference in Australia

Posted on August 23, 2017

Ms Celeste Combrinck, the Acting Director at the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) at the Faculty of Education, received an award, offered by the Graduate School of Education (GSE) at the University of Western Australia to attend the Seventh International Conference on Probabilistic...

International Performance Indicators in Primary Schools in the Western Cape

Posted on August 23, 2017

The Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) at the University of Pretoria in collaboration with the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) at Durham University in England, hosted a series of feedback meetings and workshops for the International Performance Indicators in Primary Schools...

Exploring Complexity in Defining Higher-Order Reading Comprehension in prePIRLS 2011

Posted on August 23, 2017

The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Charles University and the Czech School Inspectorate hosted its biennial 7th IEA International Research Conference (IRC-2017) on 28–30 June 2017 at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. The goals of...

The 8th National Research Coordinator (NRC) Meeting in Latvia

Posted on August 23, 2017

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 country representatives reviewed exhibits and draft international reports at the 8th National Research Coordinators Meeting in Riga, Latvia, from 18 to 23 June 2017.

Collaboration between 21 universities culminates in publication of book

Posted on March 08, 2017

Collaboration between 21 education researchers from South African, Mozambican and Dutch universities has culminated in the published book entitled Monitoring the Quality of Education in Schools.