IERI to organise the IERI Autumn Academy on Assessments design in November - 07/10/2008

The IEA-ETS Research Institute IERI is organizing a four-day Autumn Academy on “Assessment Designs, Item Response Theory and Proficiency Estimates in Large Scale Assessments”. Instructors representing the IERI Autumn Academy include Matthias Von Davier and Kentaro Yamamoto from ETS.

The IERI Autumn Academy 2008 will take place between November 11th and 14th, 2008 in  Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The general day-to-day schedule will consist of presentations during the morning, and hand-on practical assignments during the afternoon.

The International Educational Research Institute IERI is a collaborative effort between the Research & Development Division at ETS and the IEA Data Processing and Research Centre, focusing on improving the science of large-scale assessments. The IERI organises and conducts training in specialised topics related to large-scale assessment.  These involve inviting recognised experts in the field to conduct training seminars lasting one or more days.

For more information about the IERI Autumn Academy please visit: www.IERInstitute.org