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RCEC has developed the Assessment Frameworks for Passage Tests and for Pupil Monitoring Systems for primary education

Wednesday 22 February 2023

From 1 January 2023, the Board for Tests and Examinations (the CvTE) is at the behest of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science responsible for monitoring the quality of Passage Tests (formerly Final Tests)

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In memoriam Dr Piet F. Sanders

Sunday 8 January 2023

On 3 January 2023, Dr Piet F. Sanders passed away. Piet was one of the founders and the first director of the Research Centre for Examination and Certification. With his rich wealth of knowledge and

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Report of the AEO’s XIII International Research-to-Practice Conference in Astana, Kazakhstan

Sunday 30 October 2022

On 21 and 22 October, Arnold Brouwer contributed on behalf of RCEC to the Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools AEO’s XIII International Research-to-Practice Conference in Astana, Kazakhstan. The first conference day, 21 October, started with the ceremonial

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The Center for Pedagogical Measurements (CPM) in Kazakhstan receives the international RCEC quality mark

Sunday 30 October 2022

In the previous period, RCEC conducted a product audit of the Student Selection System of the Center for Pedagogical Measurements (CPM) of the Autonomous Educational Organisation ‘Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools’ (AEO-NIS) in Astana in Kazakhstan. The

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Report of the IAEA2022 Conference in Mexico City

Tuesday 11 October 2022

From 2 to 7 October 2022, the 47th edition of the annual conference of the International Association for Educational Assessment was held in Mexico City. This year’s theme was “Contributions of Assessment to Quality Education“.

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RCEC is officially a CRKBO-registered institution

Friday 9 September 2022

We can proudly announce that RCEC is officially a CRKBO-registered institution as of 9 September 2022. This means we comply with the Quality Code for Professional Education Institutions. An important additional advantage is that from

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RCEC provides workshop and co-presentation at IAEA conference in Mexico City

Monday 15 August 2022

From 2 to 7 October, the 47th edition of the International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) annual conference will take place. This year, the conference is being organised by Anáhuac University in Mexico City. With

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Report on visit to Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Thursday 21 April 2022

From 11 to 15 April 2022, RCEC’s Arnold Brouwer visited the Center for Pedagogical Measurements (CPM) under the Autonomous Educational Organisation ‘Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools’ (AEO-NIS) in Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan. The visit was part of the

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RCEC in conversation with national newspaper Trouw about the final tests primary education 2022

Wednesday 20 April 2022

Following the publication of the State of Education 2022 by the Education Inspectorate and in the week when the final tests for primary education 2022 will be held, Arnold Brouwer was interviewed by the editorial

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Research on the quality of the norming of the 2022 final tests for primary education

Saturday 19 March 2022

In the Netherlands there are several different primary education final tests that can be used: one Central Final Test is made available by the government and next to that several private providers offer a final

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