AEA Europe Conference

Trinity’s School of Education and the Educational Research Centre, Drumcondra will host the AEA-Europe Annual Conference on 9-12 November. https://2022.aea-europe.net/

Over 350 delegates from 37 countries will reflect on the possible direction of travel for assessment policy and practice in schools, higher education, and vocational/workplace settings over the coming years.  The pandemic, war in Ukraine and economic challenges globally have created a sense of uncertainty in all spheres of life. Delegates will take stock and reimagine assessment in a world where the certainties of the past decades have given way to a more uncertain environment.

 Keynote speakers

• Dr. Harold Hislop, recently retired Chief Inspector of the Department of Education.
  Reflections on assessment in the Irish context
• Prof. Derek Briggs, Director of the Center for Assessment Design Research and Evaluation, University of Colorado, Boulder.
  Modelling student progress using learning progressions
• Prof. Emer Smyth, Research Professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
  Assessment research: listening to students, looking at consequences
• Dr. Paula Lehane, Institute of Education, Dublin City University.
  Impact of multimedia items on examinee performance and engagement

Prof. Damian Murchan, conference Co-chair notes that:

AEA-Europe 2022 is the largest international conference on educational assessment ever held in Ireland and comes at a time when there are intense efforts to progress reform of assessment in all education sectors. The conference will provide a valuable opportunity for the interchange of ideas between Irish-based researchers, policymakers and providers and their colleagues in other jurisdictions where reforms are also underway or planned.