Certificate in Educational Assessment

Over the past few months, we have been carefully reviewing our courses. A great deal of work has taken place behind the scenes to update and enhance them, ensuring they better reflect current developments in assessment, professional practice, and the needs of our community. These updates are designed to make our courses more engaging, more responsive to professional demands, and even more valuable for those looking to deepen their expertise in assessment. We are excited about the changes that are taking shape and look forward to sharing them with the CIEA community. There will be much to look forward to, with refreshed courses becoming available soon. 

Whether you’re new to working in assessment, want to refresh your understanding of the key principles of assessment or starting on your journey to becoming a Chartered Educational Assessor, the CIEA Certificate in Educational Assessment qualification will support you in gaining knowledge and understanding in the key principles of educational assessment. Through coming to understand these principles and the issues and debates around assessment practice, you will reflect on and develop your assessment understanding and develop a greater awareness of their implications in your own work situation.

About the course

This interactive online course includes video content, links to resources, group activities and reading suggestions. You will be required to participate in forum discussions with fellow students and complete a post-course task in order to achieve the CIEA Certificate in Educational Assessment and progress to the next stage of the Chartered Educational Assessor training.

Areas covered in the course:

  • Learning taxonomies (Bloom’s and SOLO)
  • What is assessment?
  • Purposes of assessment
  • Learning and assessment
  • Uses of assessment
  • Making a good assessment
  • Standards and comparability

Find out more about the course structure and outline.

This was a very useful and worthwhile course. The information was presented in an easy to access way. Each session was well-timed and not overloaded with content.

September 2022 delegate

Course leaders Marianne Talbot and Newman Burdett will be available to respond to queries throughout the course.