The Centre’s overall aim is to investigate the impact of educational assessment. Connections between policy, assessment theory and practice need to be elucidated, researched and critiqued for assessment to play a better role in improving education.
The Centre’s main research priorities are to:
Reliability of systems of assessing methodological trustworthiness underpinning systematic reviews of research
Engaging with the assessment community
Key concepts in educational assessment
Embedding standards in national qualifications
Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment in Scotland
Programme for International Student Assessment reports for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Research on how the public view standards in Scotland
A case study of the policy process in education in England during the pandemic
What features of England’s examination system that make it vulnerable to failure, particularly in the face of disruptive events?
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.
A project addressing how practical science can be better assessed at GCSE.
OUCEA is part of the Department of Education, University of Oxford, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
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For general enquiries, please email us: admin.oucea@education.ox.ac.uk
