Posted on February 28, 2025
The first Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) seminar of the year was held on the 19th of February 2025 at the Research Commons in the Library Building. The speaker/ facilitator was prof Linda Theron
Posted on February 15, 2025
Ms Prudence Shai and Ms Shine Aung co-presented a working paper entitled “Examining the reading culture of parents on the reading literacy development of Grade 4 learners”
Posted on June 06, 2024
The IEA released a report on "Aspects of Student wellbeing and reading Achievement in PIRLS 2021"
Posted on June 06, 2024
The DBE commissioned Standard-setting workshops on national and international studies
Posted on June 06, 2024
Prof Funke Omidire, the Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment and Dr Diane Rodriguez from the Fordham University in the United States of America (USA) co-presented on Pedagogical Multicultural Communities in Teacher Preparation at the Education Association of South Africa hosted...
Posted on May 17, 2024
Two representatives from the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), Prof Funke Omidire and Mr Gabriel Mokoena, attended a roundtable discussion at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies on 19 June.
Posted on May 17, 2024
Prof Funke Omidire and Mr Gabriel Mokoena attended the panel discussion at the Open Distance and eLearning (ODeL) Conference 2023, hosted by UNISA at Emperor’s Palace on 17 August 2023. The conference focused on the staff wellness in the ODeL in times of volatility, uncertainty, complexity...
Posted on September 11, 2023
The Literacy Association of South Africa (LITASA) and the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) co-hosted a seminar entitled ‘Utilising results from PIRLS 2021: How can teacher practice be informed’ on 24 October at the Centre for Visual Impairment Studies (VISUP).
Posted on May 16, 2023
The South African portion of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2021 conducted by UP has found that 81% of South African Grade 4 learners are struggling to read for comprehension at age 10.
Posted on January 18, 2023
The team of four colleagues, Prof. Rinelle Evans, Mr Hendrick De Kock, Mr Gabriel Mokoena and Ms Taslima Ahmed from the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) met with the Directorate of Research, Western Cape Education Department (WCED), The School Development Unit (SDU) of the University of...
Posted on January 18, 2023
Prof. Funke Omidire attended the fifth RESEP Quantitative Education Research Conference at the STIAS Conference Centre in Stellenbosch on 12 and 13 September, 2022. There were a number of interesting and informative presentations.
Posted on January 18, 2023
Two staff members from the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), Mr Mishack Tshele and Mr Gabriel Mokoena, joined delegates at the national workshop on Improving the Quality of Assessment at School Level, organised by the Department of Basic Education at its offices in Pretoria. The purpose...
Posted on August 12, 2021
The Centre for Evaluation an Assessment (CEA) has completed the packing of assessment material in preparation for the data collection phase of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021
Posted on October 30, 2020
The Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), with the help from the Department of Basic Education, conducted the pilot study of the international reading assessment, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2021) in South Africa as the country prepares to roll out the PIRLS 2021.
Posted on October 30, 2020
The Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), Dr Surette van Staden attended the second Questionnaire Development Group (QDG) meeting on 13 and 14 July for the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2021).
Posted on April 24, 2020
Mrs Karen Roux, a researcher at the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), was invited to speak at the National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA) annual reading conference on the 6th of March.
Posted on March 13, 2020
Dr Surette van Staden attended the 4th PIRLS National Research Coordinators meeting in Belgrade from 1-6 March 2020.
Posted on February 14, 2020
The staff members of the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) met with the representatives from Western Cape Education Department, School Development Unit (SDU) and Dark Data on the 10th February 2020 to review the items for the Western Cape Education Department’s 2019 provincial...
Posted on January 03, 2020
Mr Last Sinandawa represented the University of Pretoria (UP) at the Stellenbosch quantitative data analysis meeting, hosted by the Research on Socio-Economic Policy (RESEP) centre.
Posted on October 04, 2019
The University of Hamburg’s Diversity in Education Research Centre (DiVER) is headed by Prof. Ingrid Gogolin. DiVER’s research focuses on problems of migration and linguistic diversity in education
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