Human-in-the-loop marking: agreement between examiners and large language models on extended response
2026 · 24 pp.Download PDF ↓
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Maintaining standards across a syllabus change: an equating study of three cohorts
2025 · 31 pp.Download PDF ↓
IAEA International Standards for Educational Assessment Organisations, 2024 revision
2024 · Standard 1–9Read online →
Assessment in Education Worldwide, Vol. 18 No. 2: Accommodations and access arrangements
2025 · 7 articlesView contents →
Examining in Many Tongues: assessment design for multilingual education systems
2023 · 288 pp.Members read free →
Remote invigilation at national scale: candidate experience and malpractice detection in Brazil
2026 · 19 pp.Download PDF ↓
Assessment in Education Worldwide, Vol. 17 No. 3: Advances in adaptive testing
2024 · 6 articlesView contents →
Rebuilding public trust after a contested examination series: lessons from four jurisdictions
2023 · 22 pp.Download PDF ↓
The Digital Examination Hall: infrastructure, security and continuity planning
2025 · 214 pp.Members read free →
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IAEA International Standards for Educational Assessment Organisations
Nine standards describing what a credible assessment body does — from governance and item development through to marking, grading, reporting and the ethical use of results. Written by practitioners, reviewed on a four-year cycle, and used by ministries and boards as a shared reference point.
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17 September 2026Thursday, 13:00 UTC
Webinar: writing accessible items for candidates with low vision
Online · Equity & Access Special Interest Group
27 Sep – 2 Oct 2026Six days
51st IAEA Annual Conference — Assessment in an Age of Intelligent Systems
Toronto, Canada · Hosted with EQAO
12 November 2026Thursday, 09:00 UTC
Standards clinic: preparing a recognition submission
Online · Standards Committee
3–4 February 2027Two days
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Suva, Fiji · With the Pacific Community
21 April 2027Wednesday, 14:00 UTC
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