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The Assessment & Evaluation Research Centre (AERC) is dedicated to the advancement of assessment, measurement, and evaluation in various fields, with a primary focus on education. We conduct research and teaching that draws on the latest theoretical, methodological and technological advancements in these disciplines to inform and improve assessment and evaluation practices locally, nationally and internationally.

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Upcoming events

Monday 22 June 2026 1pm - 2pm

AERC Hosts: Dr Louise Couceiro "Insights from the University of Oxford: Towards equity-focused EdTech"

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Wednesday 17 February 2027 5pm - 7:30pm

AERC's Annual Lecture 2027

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Past events

Tuesday 19 May 2026 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Dr Çağla Sanri "Thriving relationships: Conceptualisation, assessment, and applications in relationship education"

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Monday 11 May 2026 1pm - 2pm

AERC Hosts: Professor Jason Lodge "Entangled evidence: Distributed cognition and the crisis of assessment validity"

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Wednesday 18 February 2026 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Dr Thorben Jansen "Writing with Generative AI: Studying AI-Supported Writing Processes and Products in PISA 2025"

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Tuesday 11 November 2025 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Alina von Davier "Human-Centered AI and Trust Building in Language Learning and Testing Systems"

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Tuesday 28 October 2025 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Dr. Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh "Teaching Assessment in an Era of Student Voice and AI: Challenges and Opportunities"

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Thursday 4 September 2025 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Sarah Hughes & Ellen Barrow "Evolving High Stakes English Language Tests: Engaging Stakeholders in Research and Development"

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Tuesday 12 August 2025 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Dr Keiko Bostwick 'What are the Priorities? Research and Evaluation Design in Indigenous Education Projects'

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Thursday 3 July 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm

AERC Hosts: A/Prof Kane Meissel 'An overview of the ‘Our Voices’ study'

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Tuesday 10 June 2025 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: A/Prof Joshua McGrane 'Can GenAI make the (constructed response) grade?'

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Tuesday 20 May 2025 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: A/Prof Carlo Perrotta 'Whack the prompt in there and see what it says': Educational Encounters with Communicative AI

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Tuesday 1 April 2025 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Dr. Samantha-Kaye Johnston "On Whose Terms? Engaging Teachers in Critical Evaluation of Data Policies in AI-Enabled EdTech"

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Tuesday 11 March 2025 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Todd Nelson "Equity in Education: An Us-Too Responsibility".

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Monday 17 February 2025 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Prof. David Andrich "Rasch meta-meters of growth in reading and mathematics attainment tests".

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Wednesday 17 July 2024 12pm - 1pm

AERC Seminar: Getting Published with Integrity - Professor Therese N. Hopfenbeck

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Wednesday 19 June 2024 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Making Space for Accessible Assessment: Student experience of Assessment for Learning

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Wednesday 8 May 2024 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Conversation with Dr Nathan Zoanetti: "Combining paired comparisons of item difficulty with item response data to increase item calibration precision in small sample contexts"

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Wednesday 1 May 2024 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: Dr Emma Carter Discussion on “Insights from the Leaders in Teaching project in Rwanda”

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Wednesday 20 March 2024 5:30pm - 7pm

Dean's Lecture Series:

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Wednesday 14 February 2024 12pm - 1pm

AERC Hosts: PISA-VET assessment: why, what and how (to continue)?

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Tuesday 24 October 2023 12pm - 1pm

AERC Seminar: Teacher's feedback to students in the past, present and future.

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