Key Facts
- Indicative Fee
Home/EU: £5450 Part-Time: £2725
International: £12300 Part-Time: £6150 - Financial support
- Course Tutor(s):Tina Isaacs
- Duration: One year full-time or two years part-time.
- Study Method: Full-time, Part-time
- Department: Dept of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
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Educational Assessment MA
This masters degree will:
- investigate the purposes and potential uses of formative and summative assessment and the relationship between the two
- critically review assessment of learning and assessment for learning
- deepen your understanding of the principal concepts of educational testing and their uses.
Features
This masters degree provides the opportunity to:
- join the only MA programme in London affiliated with the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors (CIEA)
- become an automatic member of the CIEA
- benefit from fast track to chartered assessor status, on successful completion of the programme
- submit articles to Passed Papers, the CIEA journal.
Who is this programme for?
Teachers, educational administrators, examinations officers, inspectors and education policy-makers who want to improve their skills and understanding about assessment issues and practices – assessment for learning, formative and summative assessment, educational measurement and research.
Entry requirements
A good first degree.
How are you assessed?
By coursework assignments of up to 5,000 words, and a 20,000-word dissertation or a 10,000-word report.
Attendance
Face-to-face sessions.
Core modules
- Assessment for Learning
- Assessment: Issues and Practice
- Educational Testing
- Investigating Research Into Schooling, Curriculum, Teaching And Learning