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AEA-Europe 
Attard, Malta Conference 2009 
Programme and Presentations 
 
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4 
All day: pre-conference workshops 
Download the abstracts for the pre-conference workshops here 
19.00 Welcome Reception The welcome reception was held at Verdala Palace under the 
Patronage of the President of Malta, His Excellency Dr George Abela.  
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5 
8.45 Official opening by the Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, the honorable 
Dolores Cristina. 
9.00-9.30 Opening Chris Whetton, President, AEA-Europe  
9.30-10.15 Keynote session Prof. Frank Ventura, University of Malta, Meeting the 
challenges of change in assessment systems - A Maltese perspective 
10.15-11.00 Keynote session Dr. Marian Sainsbury, National Foundation for Educational 
Research, UK E-assessment in school - from innovation to integration.  
 
11.00-11.30 Coffee break  
11.30-12.30 Open Papers session A, B & C 
1. Relationships among pupil self assessments, teacher judgements and test results Sandra 
Johnson, Assessment Europe and Lillian Munro, Scottish Qualifications Authority, Scotland 
2. Innovation in Assessment and Recognition in Prior Learning Tova Stenlund, Umeå 
University,Sweden 
3. Using new technology to support professional learning about assessment for a new 
curriculum in Scotland Louise Hayward, Carolyn Hutchinson and Myra Young, Learning and 
Teaching Scotland 
4. Some forecasts of e-assessment adoption using a quantitative model Andrew Boyle, Office 
of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator, Ofqual, UK  
5. Toolkit for assessment of subject competences of primary school students Piotr Nezhnov, 
Center for International Cooperation in Education Development, Russian Federation  
6. Detecting Instructionally Insensitive Items in Accountability Tests- Methodological 
Advances W. James Popham, University of California, Los Angeles and Kristopher Kaase, 
Mississippi Dept. of Education, USA  
12.30-13.30 Lunch  
13.30-14.30 Poster Presentations 
A. Exhibition on Testing & Measurement Avi Allalouf and Diana Alderoqui Pinus (Israel)  
B. Automated Testing of Computer Skills. Developing a new technology within the 
automatic assessment field - a description of a new item format performed in an application. 
Mona Åström (Sweden)  
C. Raters' role in L2 written performance assessment Bukta Katalin (Hungary)  
D. Using data from on-screen marking to consider the difficulty and functioning of 
mathematics examination questions for weaker readers Victoria Crisp (UK)  
E. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice Alexis Goodyear and Jo-Anne 
Baird (UK)  
F. Beyond pass: When and how should the achievement of learners pursuing vocational 
qualifications be graded? Helen Harth and Inga Fitzgerald (UK)  
G. The use of technology and collaboration to enhance assessment literacy Barbara Hill and 
Brendan Tierney (UK)  
H. Assessment for Learning in science – what goes on in the primary schools in England? 
Claire Hodgson, Katie Pyle and Yarim Shamsan (UK)  
I. The assessment of learning approaches and the underlying cognitive capacities: 
implications for teaching Eva Kyndt, Eduardo Cascallar and Filip Dochy (Belgium)  
J. Assessment of the multidimensionality of executive functions in children: factors and 
dimensions affecting learning and performance Mariel Musso (The Netherlands / Argentina)  
K. Relationships between reading comprehension and numeracy Guri A. Nortvedt (Norway)  
L. Cadmo – the continuing story Julie Sewell (UK), Jo-Anne Baird (UK), Guri A. Nortvedt 
(Norway), Emma Nardi (Italy) and Chris Whetton (UK)  
M. Creating research programmes to support the development and validation of 
qualifications: what are the key assessment issues and what are the key research methods? 
Stuart D. Shaw and Irenka Suto (UK)  
N. Fitness for purpose: English examinations at tertiary level Doreen Spiteri (Malta)  
O. Assessment of Educational Quality in China Sally Thomas and Wen Jung Peng (UK)  
P. Qualitative assessment as the effective accompaniment of large-scale assessment surveys 
Julia Tiumeneva and Marina Kuznetsova (Russian Federation)  
14.30-16.00 Discussion Groups 1-4  
DG1. The recognition of uncertainty in the reporting of assessment results Qingping He, 
Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator, Ofqual, (UK) and Chris Whetton, 
National Foundation for Educational Research, NFER, (UK)  
DG2. Schools auto-evaluation as an innovative process of change Manuela Terrasêca, 
Anabela Sousa and Carina Coelho, University of Porto, FPCE-UP, (Portugal)  
DG3. Pan-European qualifications recognition: issues in the development of national 
qualifications frameworks Sandra Johnson, Assessment Europe (Scotland)  
DG4. Aspects of developing Matura or national exams for secondary schools Frans Kleintjes, 
Cito (The Netherlands) and Aspasija Hadzisce (Croatia)  
16.00-16.30 Coffee Break  
16.30-17.30 Open Papers session D, E & F  
7. Marking essays on-screen and on paper- investigating the impact of mode Sylvia Green, 
Cambridge Assessment, UK 
8. The Comparability of Short-Answer Constructed Response and Selected Response Items 
Richard Hanna, Paul E. Jones, Joy Matthews-Lopez and Siobhan Matthewson, Northern 
Ireland Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment (Northern Ireland)  
9. Knowing what to do Next -The Hard Part of Formative Assessment Margaret Heritage, 
CRESST/University of California, Los Angeles, USA 
11. The longitudinal stability of marking characteristics in high-stakes Iasonas Lamprianou, 
European University, Cyprus  
12. A study on the effects of implementation of QCF regulatory criteria on traditional 
assessment practices Inga Fitzgerald, City & Guilds (UK)  
17.45-18.30 Business meeting (minutes will be published in member's area of the website.) 
19.00 Excursion to M'dina 
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6 
9.00-9.45 Keynote session Prof. Dr. Filip Dochy, University of Leuven, Belgium New 
modes of assessment and new teaching methods -Do they work the way we want? Studies on 
the role of workload, task complexity, familiarity and study approaches of students.  
9.45-10.30 Keynote session Prof. Dylan Wiliam, University of London, UK From ten 
classrooms to ten thousand - heuristics for scaling up formative assessment  
10.30-11.00 Coffee break  
11.00-12.30 Open Papers sessions G, H & I  
13. How can we help teachers respond to national assessment strategies - The position in 
England Tim Oates Assessment Research and Development Group, Cambridge Assessment 
(UK) and Jill Grimshaw, Cambridge Assessment Network Division, Cambridge Assessment 
(UK)  
14. Moderation of Teacher Judgements in the Changing English Assessment Context Sarah 
Maughan, National Foundation for Educational Research, NFER, UK 
15. Standardizing innovation in assessment: Students voices, learning communities and 
criteria development. Results from a Norwegian Assessment Project Therese Nerheim 
Hopfenbeck, University of Oslo (Norway) Inger Throndsen, Svein Lie, Erling Lars Dale 
(Norway)  
16. Understanding the impact of person and task characteristics on assessment: a cognitive 
framework for learning and assessment. Eduardo C. Cascallar, Catholic University Leuven / 
Assessment Group International (Belgium) and Mariel Musso, University of Leiden (The 
Netherlands) / CONICET (Argentina)  
17. (Re)Innovations in University Admission Tests - Potential Consequences for Test 
Development, Admission Decisions, and Test-Takers Per-Erik Lyrén and Christina 
Wikström, Umeå University (Sweden)  
18. Investigation of the factors affecting the pre-test effect in national curriculum science 
assessment development in England Katie Pyle and Yarim Shamsan, National Foundation for 
Educational Research, NFER, (UK) Page 5 Session I. Factors in assessing quality in 
assessments Chair: Janette Elwood (UK)  
19. The effect of manipulating features of examinees' scripts on their perceived quality Tom 
Bramley, Cambridge Assessment (UK)  
20. Assessing graduateness in a changing world - innovative assessment in a research-
intensive university Rosalind Duhs, University College London, UK  
21. Quality of pass-fail decisions in examinations Huub Verstralen, Cito, The Netherlands 
12.30-13.30 Lunch  
13.45 Visit to Valletta  
18.00-21.00 Gala Dinner with Award ceremony for Poster and New Assessment 
Researcher Award winners. The Dinner was held at Palazzo Parisio, a historic palace 
described as 'a miniature Versailles' and which was once the residence of one of the Grand 
Masters of the Knights of St John.  
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7 
9.00-10.30 Open Papers session J, K & L  
22. Rethinking assessment as a socially contextualised process Harvey Goldstein, University 
of Bristol (UK)  
23. A proposed framework for evidencing assessment validity in large-scale, high-stakes 
international examinations Stuart Shaw, Victoria Crisp and Nat Johnson, Cambridge 
Assessment (UK)  
24. The importance of being valid Alastair Pollitt, CamExam and Ayesha Ahmed, UK 
25. Empirical Methods to Evaluate the Instructional Sensitivity of Accountability Tests 
Stephen C. Court, Wichita Public Schools - Director of Research, Assessment, and 
Evaluation, USA 
26. Optimal Sampling Designs Angela J. Verschoor and Huub H.F.M. Verstralen, Cito (The 
Netherlands)  
27. Dealing with conflicting goals in test design and construction Bernard P. Veldkamp, 
University of Twente,  The Netherlands 
28. Introducing a new subject and its assessment in schools Beth Black, Chris Wheadon, 
Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, UK  
30. Creating a backwash for the teaching and learning of higher order skills Dr Suzanne 
Chamberlain, Assessment & Qualifications Alliance, Dr Jo-Anne Baird, Dr Anthony Daly 
and Dr Michelle Meadows, UK 
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break  
11.00-12.30 Discussion Groups 5-8  
DG5. Fostering communicating, sharing ideas and research - building an AEA-Europe 
doctoral network Guri A. Nortvedt, University of Oslo (Norway), Jo-Anne Baird, University 
of Bristol (UK), and Gabriella Agrusti, University Roma Tre (Italy)  
DG6. The Revised Dutch Rating System for Test Quality 2009 Bas T. Hemker, Cito (The 
Netherlands)  
DG7. Reconceptualising assessment practice through a sociocultural lens - teachers, students 
and classrooms Jill Willis, Queensland University of Technology (Australia); Jannette 
Elwood and Whitney Wall, Queens University Belfast (UK); Val Klenowski and Lenore 
Adie, Queensland University of Technology (Australia); Karen Martin, Southern Cross 
University (Australia); Sverre Tveit, University of Oslo (Norway)  
DG8. Establishing European Assessment Standards: An u update of the current work by 
Standards Committee of AEA-E and Future Plans Eduardo Cascallar (Belgium); Gerben van 
Lent, Frans Kleintjes, Saskia Wools and Bas Hemker (The Netherlands); Jannette Elwood, 
Alastair Pollitt, Gordon Stobart and Andrew Watts (UK); Carolyn Hutchinson (Scotland); 
Kiril Bankov (Bulgaria)  
12.30-13.30 Lunch  
13.30-14.15 Keynote session New Researcher Award winner Saskia Wools, CITO, the 
Netherlands, Evaluation of validity and validation by means of the argument-based approach 
short paper 
14.15-15.00 Keynote session Prof. Olaf Köller, Institute for Educational Progress, Germany, 
Using computer-based assessment to test listening and visual comprehension in large-scale 
assessments of foreign languages  
15.00-15.30 Closing Ceremony 


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