Tina Isaacs

  • Qualifications and position:
    • BA (magna cum laude, history); MA (history); PhD (history); PGCE (history)
    • Academic Director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Children and Learning
  • Department:
    • Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
  • Centre:
    • Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation
  • Summary:
    • Tina has returned to Higher Education after 15 years of working for NCVQ, QCA and Ofqual, primarily in the field of 14-19 qualifications including Diploma, Functional Skills, GNVQ, GCSE, GCE A levels and Advanced Extension Awards. Immediately prior to that, she worked for the National Center on Education and the Economy in Rochester New York. Her research interests include educational assessment, education policy and politics, qualifications development, accreditation and regulation and comparative studies.
  • Teaching:
    • Assessment Issues and Practice - course leader
      Educational Testing – course leader
  • Research Projects:
    • Assessment policy and practice in England
      Assessment policy and practice in New York State
      International assessment and education reform
  • Professional Activities:
    • Editor, Passed Papers
      External examiner, Certificate of Continuing Education in the Principles and Practice of Assessment, University of Cambridge
      External examiner, MA in Educational Assessment, University of Warwick
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Why Do We Need Qualifications: a comparison between the US and the UK, Cambridge Assessment Conference, 19 October 2009
      Chasing Standards in the US and the UK, keynote speech for the Pearson Conference on Standards and Assessment, 25 March 2010, St Hughes College, Oxford
      The Role and Purpose of Assessment, 10 February 2011, QAAET, Bahrain
      The Role of International Assessment in Improving Education Quality, 4 October 2011, ECSSR 2nd Annual Conference on Education, Abu Dhabi
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • USA: curriculum and assessment, kindergarten to grade 12
  • Languages Spoken:
    • French (basic)
  • Languages Written:
    • French (basic)
 

Contact details

Contact details

  • Email:

  • Address:
  • Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
    Institute of Education University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London
    WC1H 0AL

  • Office Location:
  • Room 740
    20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL

Publications

  • Zara, C. and Isaacs, T.,  Coombs, S., Herbert, G. and Smith, C. (2012) Key Concepts in Educational Assessment. London: Sage.
  • Isaacs, T. (under contract for 2012) 'The Role of International Assessment in Improving Education Quality, with special consideration of the UAE' Paper presented at ECSSR , Abu Dhabi
  • Isaacs, T. (2011) 'Wrong lesson: vocational diplomas have failed', Prospect Magazine October, 18.
  • Isaacs, T. (2010) 'Educational Assessment in England', Educational Assessment: principles, policy and practice
  • Isaacs, T. (2007) 'SAT og opptak til universitetene i USA', Norsk Pedagogisk Tiddskrift 91,
  • Isaacs, T. (2001) 'Entry to University in the United States: the role of SATs and Advanced Placement in a competitive sector', Assessment in Education: principles, policy & practice 8(3),