The Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA) was established in October 2007. Associate Professor Therese N. Hopfenbeck is its Director.
The Centre, based in Oxford’s Department of Education, is interested in all aspects of research into assessment in education but especially assessment’s role in public policy and system-level change. The Centre’s main research aims are:
Most recently, the Centre has launched a new MSc course in Educational Assessment at a time when high quality educational assessment is recognised as a core element of a strong education system. Further information here – MSc Educational Assessment
Thursday, October 29, 2020
By Dr Rebecca Eynon (Associate Professor between the Department of Education and the Oxford Internet Institute) & Professor Jo-Anne Baird (Director of the Department of Education) Now that the infamous...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Last month Professor Nancy Perry, Dorothy Lam Chair in Special Education and Professor of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education at the University of British Columbia, delivered the OUCEA Annual...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Kit Double, Joshua McGrane, Jamie Stiff and Therese N. Hopfenbeck have published an article in the British Educational Research Journal entitled “The importance of early phonics improvements for predicting later reading...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Friday, July 12, 2019
OUCEA won a competitive grant to investigate the effect of the International Baccalaureate’s Diploma Programme on the development of critical thinking. The twelve-month project entitled ‘The effect of the Diploma...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Times Educational Supplement Article featuring comments from Jo Anne Baird (Director of the Department & Professor of Educational Assessment) Read Now
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Professor Anil Kanjee from Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa is visiting OUCEA for the term. As co-investigator of the AFLA project Anil will be working with Principal Investigator Dr Therese Hopfenbeck and...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
On 15th May Prof Jo-Anne Baird shared the findings of her latest research on GCSE reforms in the Tes Podagogy podcast, which you can listen to here. In the 25 minute podcast episode...
Monday, May 20, 2019
Dr Therese Hopfenbeck gave the opening keynote address at this year’s Nordic Conference at the Norwegian Reading Centre at the University of Stavanger, which took place from the 7th to 9th of...
Thursday, May 9, 2019
A three-year joint research project between exam regulator Ofqual and OUCEA on the impact of modular and linear exam structures at GCSE UK culminated this week in the publication of...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Openaccessgovernment.org Article about research from Oxford University's Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA) with comment by Jo-Anne Baird (Director of the Department & Professor of Educational Assessment) Read Now
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Times Educational Supplement Article about research from the Oxford University Centre of Educational Assessment (OUCEA) with comment from Jo-Anne Baird (Director of the Department of Education and Professor of Educational...
Monday, April 29, 2019
Associate Professors Therese N. Hopfenbeck and Joshua McGrane as well as Dr. Kit Double presented their work this week in Toronoto, Canada. They are attending the American Educational Research Association (AERA)...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
OUCEA welcomed back the students on the new Msc Educational Assessment course last week for the first core module; Assessment Issues and Practice – History, Policy, Standards, Validity, Reliability. This...
Friday, March 15, 2019
Applications for the MSc in Educational Assessment entry in 2019/20 are still being accepted. If you would like further information or to begin your application, please visit the Department of...
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
The first issue of Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice for 2019 is out now: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/caie20/current Four published articles look at writing assessment from different perspectives with the focus on writing...
Monday, February 25, 2019
Director Therese N. Hopfenbeck travelled to Oslo for a Viva examination, known in Norway as a Disputation, on 19th February for PhD candidate Drita Saliu-Abdulahi and her topic Teacher and Student Perceptions...
Friday, February 22, 2019
OUCEA Director Therese N. Hopfenbeck was invited to give a key-note speech for the European Commission Working Group for Digital Education: Learning, Teaching and Assessment. Her talk, in Brussels on 14...
Monday, February 18, 2019
OUCEA Director, Therese N. Hopfenbeck presented the key-note speech at the International Congress on Higher Education in Braga, Portugal on 8th February 2019. This conference is an international congress with over...
Friday, February 15, 2019
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
As part of the department’s 100th Anniversary celebrations a special public seminar series, Student Access to University, has been convened by Professor Simon Marginson and Professor Jo-Anne Baird. The series aims to...
Monday, January 14, 2019
A new article by Dr Kit Double from OUCEA has been published in the journal Metacognition and Learning. The abstract is below: Confidence ratings (CR) are often used to evaluate the metacognitive processes...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Monday, December 3, 2018
Therese N. Hopfenbeck (Director of the Centre for Educational Assessment) has, together with DPhil student Anna Steen-Utheim, published a new article in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education....
Friday, November 2, 2018
Joshua McGrane is in Abu Dhabi to present his key-note speech titled Psychometric research in challenging educational contexts at the 2nd International Conference on Educational Measurement, Evaluation and Assessment. Full abstract available here.
Friday, November 2, 2018
Yasmine El Masri has been appointed by Qualifications Wales as Expert Advisor to provide specialist and technical advice to the newly established Welsh Baccalaureate Design Group. The Welsh Baccalaureate Design...
Friday, November 2, 2018
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Times Education Supplement online, 10/09/2018, Dennis Opposs Article about how the UK’s school exam system compares to other countries notes that exam regulator Ofqual’s findings will be published in a...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Friday, September 14, 2018
On 10th September UCL IoE Press will publish Examination Standards- How measures and meanings differ around the world. The volume is edited by Prof Jo-Anne Baird, Dr Tina Isaacs (UCL IoE)...
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Dr Michelle Meadows, an Honorary Research Fellow at OUCEA and Deputy Chief Regulator of Examinations in England explains the new GCSEs on BBC Breakfast: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6437677435004813312/
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA) is proud to announce that the centre will be hosting an all-day event at St Annes College Oxford celebrating 25 years of the...
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
The Times Article citing research by the department's Centre for Educational Assessment. Read now.
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
PIRLS 2016 is the fourth cycle of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, coordinated by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). The Oxford University Centre...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
The House of Commons Education Select Committee are conducting an investigation into the integrity of the English public examination system. The Director of the Department of Education, Professor Jo-Anne Baird gave evidence to...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Examining translation effects on item difficulty in English, French and Spanish versions of the Diploma Programme Science examinations
Assessment for Learning in Africa (AFLA): Improving Pedagogy and Assessment for Numeracy in Foundation Years
Examination standards are not well defined in theoretical terms and this leads to problems in their public understanding, with consequent periodic crises in public confidence.
Assessment practice and research is dominated by psychometric ways of thinking. We think psychometrics is valuable, but these techniques are not the only way to view assessment issues.
The effect of the Diploma Programme on Critical Thinking Development: An International Multisite Evaluation
To conduct research on formative assessment in primary school early years’ numeracy contexts in Tanzania, East Africa and two sites in South Africa.
A project addressing how practical science can be better assessed at GCSE.
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OUCEA is part of the Department of Education, University of Oxford, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
OUCEA Office: tel 01865 284098
Visitor Reception: 15 Norham Gardens
For general enquiries, please email us: admin.oucea@education.ox.ac.uk