ASSESSMENT 2004
Raising Standards in Formative and Summative Assessment
Beyond Intuition

Conference Programme

The FULL VERSION of the conference programme is available for download in the following formats:
Opening session Wednesday 23 June
1700-1730 Conference President Olga Dysthe: Welcome
Vice Rector for Education, University of Bergen: Opening of the conference
Kari Smith: Welcome on behalf of the EARLI SIG
Liz McDowell: Welcome on behalf of the Northumbria Assessment Conference
Anton Havnes: Information about the programme and practical arrangements

Opening keynote
1800-1900 Opening lecture. Per Lauvås: Changing assessment practices in Norwegian higher education - from where to where?
Chaired by Olga Dysthe
2000- Mid Summer Party

Thursday 24 June
0900-1030 Parallel session
Session themes:
  • Symposium: Impact of assessment on teaching and learning
  • Self assessment
  • Peer assessment
  • Implementation issues - in school
  • Portfolio assessment
1045-1145 Poster session and roundtable discussions
1145-1245 Keynote. Patricia Broadfoot: Assessment Literacy and the Language of Learning
Chaired by Liz McDowell
1245-1415 Lunch
1415-1545 Parallel session
Session themes:
  • Impact of assessment on teaching and learning
  • Formative assessment
  • Balancing formative and summative assessment
  • Conceptions of assessment - higher education
  • E-assessment
1545-1615 Refreshment break
1615-1745 Parallel session
Session themes:
  • Transparency in assessment
  • Assessment in teacher education
  • Work-lifelong learning and assessment
  • Writing and assessment
1750-1830 Panel discussion
Panel discussion theme: Balancing formative and summative assessment
Panel members: David Boud, Patricia Broadfoot, Eduardo Cascallar, Trond Eiliv Hauge
Chaired by Kari Smith
2000- Conference Dinner

Friday 25 June
0830-1000 Parallel session
Session themes:
  • Validity
  • Formative assessment
  • Criteria in assessment
  • Second language assessment
  • Assessment for professional practice
1010-1110 Parallel session
Session themes:
  • Impact of assessment
  • Self assessment - school
  • Implementation - HE
  • Conceptions of assessment - teacher education
  • Summative assessment
1110-1130 Refreshment break
1130-1230 Parallel session
Session themes:
  • Impact of assessment
  • Plagerism
  • E-assessment
  • Summative assessment
1240-1340 Keynote. Filip Dochy: Assessment Engineering: Aligning Assessment, Learning and Instruction
Chaired by Anton Havnes
1340-1400 Closing of the conference
Best PhD Paper Award
Olga Dysthe, Anton Havnes
1400-1500 Lunch