Centre for Assessment and Learning Studies (CALS)
The Centre for Assessment and Learning Studies (CALS) Centre is structured around the following research interests:
Professor Jo-Anne Baird, Director
Examination standards
- What do we mean by examination standards in England?
- How do we know if standards are equal across examinations?
- What are the psychological judgment processes in setting standards?
Education policy
- Are the policies targeted at the needs of our education system?
- Do the policies deliver their objectives?
Educational assessment evaluation
- Do assessments measure what they claim to?
- How reliable are educational assessments?
- What are the best ways to design assessments?
Other CALS projects
Assessment of language
Dr Guoxing Yu, Lecturer
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What strategies for formative assessment in classroom interaction do language teachers use?
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What are the roles of language in educational assessment?
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What are the social and instructional impact of language tests and test preparations?
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What's the role of lexical diversity in determining the quality of writing and speaking task performance?
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What are the factors affecting test takers' performance in integrated tasks (e.g. summarisation)?
Assessment of mathematics
Ms Jan Winter, Senior Lecturer in Education (Mathematics) and PGCE Tutor for Assessment
- How can classroom assessment support the learning of mathematics?
- What are the implications for teachers' practice of current changes to assessment policies?
Learning to learn
Dr Ruth Deakin-Crick, Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director, MPhil/PhD Programme
Comparative studies of assessment
Professor Leon Tikly, Professor in Education and Deputy Director of Research
School effectiveness
Professor Sally Thomas, Professor in Education
