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.

Prof. Howie gives Keynote Address at the 42nd International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) Conference

Posted on October 31, 2016

On Monday 22 August 2016, Prof. Sarah Howie gave the opening keynote address entitled “Assessment for political accountability or towards educational quality” to an audience of several hundred delegates at the 42nd International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) Conference...

CEA Researcher Presents at the 22nd Annual South African Psychology Congress (PsySSA)

Posted on October 31, 2016

Ms Celeste Combrinck, Project Coordinator/Researcher at the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), presented at the 22nd Annual South African Psychology Congress (PsySSA) held at Emperors’ Palace, Johannesburg on the 20 th to 23 rd of September 2016.

The Use of Rasch Competency Bands for Reporting on Criterion-referenced Feedback and Curriculum-Standards Attainment

Posted on October 31, 2016

Ms Celeste Combrinck, of the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), attended the 42nd International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) Conference in Cape Town in August 2016.

CEA Post-graduate Students Present at the Faculty of Education’s 2016 Research Indaba

Posted on October 31, 2016

“Doing research in education that makes a difference” was the theme for this year’s Faculty of Education’s Research Indaba held at the University of Pretoria’s Groenkloof campus in October this year.

CEA staff members conduct a workshop on a text measurement tool at RASA 2016 Conference

Posted on October 31, 2016

The Reading Association of South Africa (RASA) held its 11 th annual conference at Claredon Primary School in Pietermaritzburg, Kwa-Zulu Natal from the 30 th of September to the 2nd of October 2016.

Academic elected as Deputy Chair of SAQA

Posted on August 31, 2016

Prof Sarah Howie, Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), has been appointed to the Board of the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) for the term 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2020.