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This week’s collection covers 21 stories. AI is a big theme, from smart glasses that can solve most SAT questions to new ways of designing assessment that holds up against generative AI. Test security is close behind, with insider threats, cheating warnings in Kenya and a score investigation in Karnataka. Governments are also busy: Ofqual is consulting on T Levels, Vietnam is moving towards digita...

In this week’s episode, Tim Burnett chats with Adam Edmett,Head of EdTech Innovation at the British Council, who leads the organisation’stechnology-enabled teacher development work across English and school educationprojects in around sixty countries. They discuss: Adam shares insights from nearly two decades with theBritish Council, living and working in countries including Qatar, Malaysia,China,...

Read the collection in full: https://testcommunity.network/collections/29th-october-weekly-global-update This week’s round-up spans the globe, from Ofqual’s £185,000 fine against Innovate Awarding and QAA’s draft sector principles for assessment, to Vietnam’s push towards computer-based testing and the OECD’s plans to assess AI and media literacy in PISA 2029. We also explore governance frameworks...

In this week’s episode, Tim Burnett chats with Jim Wollack, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and President of the Council on Test Security. They discuss: Why AI, proctoring and process data are the trending topics shaping test security in 2026 How machine learning is being used to detect cheating patterns that human researchers would miss What to expect from COTS 2026, the first Co...

Read the articles in full: https://testcommunity.network/collections/22nd-october-weekly-global-update This week, AI tests the foundations of assessment: research questions whether coursework still proves learning, process-based approaches gain ground, cheating and identity fraud rise, and teens and employers ask if we’re measuring the skills that matter. Is assessment keeping pace? Disclaimer Thi...

Articles in full: https://testcommunity.network/collections/15th-october-weekly-global-update The 15th October Weekly Global Update brings together 25 curated articles from across the assessment world — covering AI in assessment, test security, regulatory action, equity and inclusion, and emerging formats. From Ofqual fines and Turnitin contract reviews to AI glasses used for cheating and the retu...

This week's global update brings together 21 stories from across the assessment world, covering AI-driven exam security threats, new invigilation platforms, international collaborations, and shifts in remote testing policy. From hardware cheating devices bypassing lockdown browsers to South Korea's ambitious IB rollout, and from AI-generated exam leaks to Kenya deploying over 340,000 offic...

This week's Global Update brings together 23 articles from across the assessment world — covering AI-powered cheating and detection debates, global-scale digital delivery with PISA 2025, exam security reforms in India, climate-driven scheduling changes in Tanzania, and South Korea's plans for AI-led language testing by 2029. You'll also find insights on formative assessment research, p...

In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Professor Ovidiu Bagdasar, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Derby and founder of the Numeracy Without Borders initiative. They discuss: How well-designed, randomised e-assessment with instant feedback helped Ovidiu tackle maths anxiety and lift pass rates on his module from 85% to 90%, and to 97% for students who completed the full pr...

Visit the full collection: https://testcommunity.network/collections/23rd-september-weekly-global-update This week's collection is dominated by one question: how should assessment respond to AI? Maxinity argues that medical exams must shift from recall to clinical reasoning, while Al Jazeera explores evidence that faster, AI-assisted homework may be linked to poorer exam results. In England, t...

In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Dr Shafiza Mohamed, Exams Officer and Head of Assessment Innovations at the Malaysian Examinations Council (MEC). They discuss: Why Malaysia is shifting from high-stakes summative examinations towards more formative, teacher-led assessment — and how parents and society are responding to that change How AI and digital literacy skills need to be wov...

Full collection details here: https://testcommunity.network/collections/17th-september-weekly-global-news-update This week's collection brings together 21 articles from across the global assessment landscape, covering AI's growing impact on education and examinations, test security challenges posed by smart glasses, digital assessment innovation, and the evolving conversation around equity...

In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Jim Henderson, owner of Validify Consulting and a Seattle-based specialist who helps IT companies build high-stakes certification programmes. With around twenty years in assessment — and a career in IT before that — Jim makes the case for assessing competence in the flow of work. They discuss: Why a knowledge test can only tell you so much about a...

This week's global assessment news spans AI regulation in schools, exam security crackdowns, and the future of digital credentialing. From New York City's ban on AI use through middle school to NSW's new limits on take-home assessments, education systems worldwide are grappling with how to respond to generative AI. Meanwhile, mass cheating arrests and a deepening crisis of trust at Ind...

In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Rick Jones, President of RMJ Assessment and independent assessment consultant with forty years of experience across Canadian provinces and international settings. They discuss: How the assessment conversation has shifted from digitising paper-based exams to exploring AI for item generation and constructed response scoring Whether candidates should...

This week's global news roundup spans 21 stories across the assessment, education and credentialing landscape. Test security dominates the headlines, with South Korea tightening exam rules after smart glasses cheating, Rwanda ordering over 7,000 students to retake national exams, and a new report urging an immediate ban on all remote unsupervised testing. India's examination system also fa...

Welcome to this week's Test Community Network global weekly update. Here are the highlights: AI & Assessment — Can AI mark video as well as text? We explore the next frontier in automated assessment. Plus, ATP looks ahead to what assessment might look like by 2040, and Credentialing Insights asks whether your AI policy is keeping pace with your AI adoption. Regulatory & Compliance — Th...

This week's global roundup covers exam security under the spotlight — from AI-enabled cheating and leaked papers to GPS-tracked test transport — alongside developments in proctoring fairness, assessment platform innovation, and the growing push for stronger regulation in the age of AI. We also feature job opportunities, conference registration, and a significant UK government tender for AI ski...

This week's collection covers 24 stories from across the global assessment landscape. AI continues to dominate the headlines — South Korea's Insurance Institute has moved to 100% AI-generated exam questions, colleges in the US are quietly integrating AI into admissions, and universities from Edinburgh to Sheffield Hallam are wrestling with whether policing AI use is even worth the effort....

This week's global news roundup takes in a bar exam cancellation in Washington State and the fallout that followed, Ofqual's £150,000 fine against EAL for repeated qualification failures, and a cyber-attack affecting over 600,000 records at England's Department for Education. Elsewhere, WAEC withholds more than 167,000 WASSCE results over malpractice, Kenya rolls out blockchain-verifie...

In this episode of the Test Community Network podcast, I sat down with Amina Afif , Executive Secretary of FLIP+ and The International Association for Educational Assessment 2026 Conference Ambassador for Western Europe. Amina has spent twenty years working across Luxembourg, Seychelles, and international organisations like the OECD and IEA. Her perspective is unlike anyone else I've spoken to...

See the collection in full: https://testcommunity.network/collections/30th-july-2026-weekly-global-news This collection spans the key themes shaping the testing and assessment landscape: AI's growing impact on exams and academic integrity, persistent exam security challenges across India and the US, regulatory shifts affecting credentialing bodies and school assessment in the UK, and emerging...

This week's round-up spans the shifting global landscape of assessment, from tougher anti-cheating measures in Spain and a spy-style pen-cam racket in Punjab, to fresh debates about AI's role in authoring items and shaping student motivation. We look at test anxiety and its effect on performance, industrial action at AQA over pay, and licensing changes for optometrists in Kentucky. Elsewhe...

Full News Collection: https://testcommunity.network/collections/23rd-july-2026-weekly-global-news Read the Article with Vali: https://testcommunity.network/the-social-lift In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Vali Huseyn, Regional Assessment Expert for Central Asia and the Caucasus, who works with governments and ministries across the region to reform large-scale assessment. They dis...

In this week's episode, Tim Burnett goes solo to dig into AQA's new research report, Evaluating AI‑Authored Assessment Items for High-Stakes Exams , and to challenge the way it approached generating items with AI. Drawing on his own research sprint and recent workshops with awarding organisations, he sets out what the report gets right, where he thinks it falls short, and what it really ta...