The CEA

Posted on August 03, 2012

Dr Caroline Long, a senior researcher at the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA),was recently invited by Dr Christine Merrell, Deputy Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM Centre) and the Education Department at the University o

CEA delegates attend National Research Coordinators meeting, Singapore

Posted on July 06, 2012

Two delegates from the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), Dr Surette van Staden, a senior researcher at the CEA and also the co-national research coordinator for PIRLS 2011 and Mr Mishack Tshele, the data manager at the CEA, attended the 8th PIRL

CEA staff members present conference papers

Posted on May 29, 2012

Dr Vanessa Scherman and Dr Caroline Long presented papers at the Conference on Education Standards, organised by Umalusi, the quality council for general and further education and training, in May 2012.

Cilla Dowse attends the European Writing Centers Association 2012 conference

Posted on May 21, 2012

Ms Cilla Dowse from the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) at the University of Pretoria attended the European Writing Centers Association conference on Creating Communities of Collaboration: Writers, Learners, Institutions, held at the American U

Netherlands professors visit CEA

Posted on March 12, 2012

Prof Tjeerd Plomp and Prof Roel Bosker from the Netherlands have long-standing collaboration with the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) in the Faculty of Education.

International reading literacy evaluated by the CEA

Posted on February 21, 2012

The Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) has been conducting the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2011 (PIRLS 2011). The main objective of the study is to measure trends in children

PIRLS 2011 shows success in South African Schools: Centre for Evaluation and Assessment involved

Posted on November 28, 2011

The Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) has, over the past three months, been conducting the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2011 (PIRLS 2011) in South African schools.

Research coordinator visits CEA

Posted on September 27, 2011

Andrea Netten, the Dutch Research Coordinator for the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), is visiting the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, which is the National Research Coordi