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The Test Community.Network
by Tim Burnett
Welcome to the Test Community Network, your go-to weekly update on everything about assessment and testing. Tim Burnett and special guests will help you find the latest chances to explore and connect in the diverse world of assessment and testing. Discover new events, webinars, and podcasts, plus get inspiration from the Test Community Network marketplace. For more information visit: https://www.testcommunity.network
Episodes
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15th Oct - Global Assessment News Update - AI Glasses, Ofqual Fines, and the Return of Oral Exams — This Week in Global Assessment
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…
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8th Oct - Global Assessment News Update
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…
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1st Oct - Global Assessment News Update
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...
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24th Sept: Forget the Maths Gene: Ovidiu Bagdasar's Mission to Help Everyone Enjoy Maths
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…
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24th Sept - Global Assessment News Update
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...
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17th Sept: From High-Stakes to Formative: Malaysia's Assessment Balancing Act
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...
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17th Sept - Global Assessment News Update
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…
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10th Sept: Can Telemetry Replace the Exam? Jim Henderson on Assessing IT Skills in the Flow of Work
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...
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10th Sept - Global Assessment News Update
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…
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3rd Sept - Forty Years of Getting Assessment Right (and Wrong) with Rick Jones
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...
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3rd Sept - Global Assessment News Update
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...
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29th August - Global Assessment News Update
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...
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20th August 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community
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...
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13th August 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community
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...
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6th August 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community
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...
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30th July: Why Better Assessment Data Isn't Improving Schools with Amina Afif
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...
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30th July 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community
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...
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23rd July 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community
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,...
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23rd July: The Social Lift, How Assessment Reform Is Reshaping Central Asia with Vali Huseyn
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...
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16th July: The Limitations of AQA's AI Authoring Research, with Tim Burnett
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,...
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16th July 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community
See the full collection here: https://testcommunity.network/collections/16th-july-2026-weekly-global-news This week's collection captures an assessment sector under pressure on several fronts at once. Artificial intelligence dominates the agenda, cutting both ways. Universities like NUS are...
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9th July - The Illusion of Polish with Gelareh Keshavarz
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Gelareh Keshavarz, EdD(c), CMP, President of the Athabasca University Graduate Students' Association and a Board of Governors member at Athabasca University, ahead of the IAEA conference in Toronto. They discuss: - The "illusion of polish" — why...
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9th July Assessment Global News Update
Read the articles in full: https://testcommunity.network/collections/9th-july-weekly-update This week's collection spans the fault lines running through assessment right now. Test security dominates, with Portugal suspending its national exam marking platform over security failings, the…
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2nd July: Paper, Pixels and Trust - Rethinking High-Stakes Exams in Pakistan with Munira Mohammad
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Munira Mohammad, who leads a team of psychometricians, statisticians and academic experts at the Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) — Pakistan's first private national board for secondary and higher secondary certificates. They discuss…
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2nd July - Weekly Global News
This week's global update covers 26 stories spanning test security and integrity (exam fraud scandals in Thailand, paper leaks in India, AI-enabled cheating with smart glasses), regulatory developments (EU AI Act updates, SQE evaluation, Portugal's digitalisation fallout), and professional...
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25th June - Weekly Global News
This week's update brings together 21 stories from across the global assessment landscape. Test security dominates the headlines, with 2.3 million students retaking India's medical entrance exam after a leak, Thai officials caught altering scores for bribes, and fresh calls for accountability…
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25th June: Building Assessment for Good: What's Coming to Rome This October
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Emily Worthington, Head of Programmes at Pearson VUE and 2026 Chair of the European Association of Test Publishers (E-ATP). They discuss: - Why AI is forcing a fundamental rethink of assessment — and how the industry plans to rise to the challenge…
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18th June: Training Doctors for an AI-Saturated World with Ebrahim Talaee, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Ebrahim Talaee, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Curricular Assessment and Evaluation at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, and a fellow ambassador for the IAEA's 51st Annual Conference in Toronto. They discuss: How AI...
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18th June Weekly Global News Update
Welcome to the Test Community Network's weekly update for 18th June 2026. This week's collection spans 23 articles, podcasts, and research pieces from across the global assessment and education landscape. From the gaokao's place in a shifting job market and India's ongoing examination integrity...
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11th June Weekly Global News Update
Twenty stories this week. Here are the headlines. Surpass has dropped version 26.1 with AI-powered item search and automated similarity detection. Tim Burnett's vibe coding talk from the EAA AI Symposium is now live as a podcast — including a moat analysis of 29 assessment vendors. And Globebyte...
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Could Vibe Coding be the Innovation Unlock for Assessment Experts?
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett presents his talk "Code Without Coders: What the Rise of Vibe Coding Means for Assessment," originally delivered at the AI Symposium during the EAA Conference in London. He discusses: 🔹 What vibe coding is, how it works, and why it was named Collins…
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4th June Weekly Global News Update
This week's global news collection brings together 21 stories from across the assessment and education technology landscape. Test security dominates, with CBSE's On-Screen Marking crisis in India unfolding across a coordinated cyberattack, a vendor under scrutiny, and a sharp argument that the…
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Why Membership Bodies Need to Get Serious About AI with Richard Gott
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Richard Gott, Chair and Founder of the MemberWise Network — a professional network for over 8,000 membership and association professionals across the UK and EU. They discuss: Why membership organisations are moving from piloting AI to needing proper...
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28th May - Global Assessment News
This week's collection brings together 18 items from across the assessment world. AI continues to dominate the conversation, with research warning that generative AI overuse may deskill graduates, a striking statistic showing student AI use in exams has risen to 92%, and several voices calling…
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14th May - Global Assessment News
Assessment & Testing Updates Oxford seminar exploring how AI could transform examinations, personalised learning, authenticity, surveillance and inequality. https://testcommunity.network/a-new-examination-era-ai-and-the-transformation-of-educational-assessment Surpass Conference 2026 heads to...
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7th May: How a £7 Webcam, + a Vibe-Coded AI App, Could Be a Test Security Problem with guest Lee Fawcett
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Lee Fawcett, a counter-fraud and investigation specialist supporting the UK qualifications and assessment industry. They discuss: - How a £7.36 USB webcam and a vibe-coded cheating app scored 8 out of 10 on a GCSE algebra test — with almost no...
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30th April: ReadSpeaker: Rethinking Accessibility in Assessment with Hugh McNeela
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Hugh McNeela, Sales Account Manager for Corporate Learning (UK & Ireland) at ReadSpeaker. They discuss: - Why text-to-speech in assessments isn't just an accessibility tool, and how a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approach benefits all...
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23rd April- Reliability, Validity, Fairness: with Mary Pitoniak
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Mary Pitoniak, Assessment and Measurement Expert and President of Pitoniak Educational Measurement. They discuss: Why reliability, validity and fairness are the three pillars of good assessment — and how they connect, reinforce and constrain each…
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Webinar: AI Superpowers - Vibe Coding, Cowork & AI Skills
You don't need to be a developer to build software anymore — and this session proves it.In this hands-on webinar, Tim Burnett explores three game-changing AI developments that are reshaping how professionals work and build:🛠️ Vibe Coding — Learn how anyone can create functional apps and tools…
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2nd April: Exams, Coursework or Both? What the OECD Found Across 38 Countries with Lena Gray and Rebecca Frankum
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Dr Lena Gray and Rebecca Frankum, a consultant assessment researcher and a policy analyst at the OECD respectively. They discuss: The findings from the OECD's major new report mapping 71 upper secondary certificates across 38 education systems...
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Webinar: Using AI to Generate Question Items PLUS New Guide Published
A Practical Guide to Authoring Test Items with Artificial IntelligenceTim Burnett, Founder of the Test Community Network, is publishing a brand-new guide: A Practical Guide to Authoring Test Items with Artificial Intelligence. In this live session, Tim will walk you through the guide, sharing the...
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19th March - Don't Chase the Tools — Build Your AI Pedagogy First, with Med Kharbach
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Med Kharbach, PhD, an educator, researcher, and part-time faculty member at Mount Saint Vincent University. They discuss: - AI literacy for educators and students — what AI-literate students do differently and why freely available practitioner guides...
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12th March - The AO Forum Returns: Regulator Panels, Deception Devices, and Compliance with Ben Smith at Gordon Associates
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Ben Smith, from Gordon Associates. They discuss the upcoming AO Forum 2026, the evolving role of AI in awarding bodies, and what's new across Gordon Associates' product suite. They discuss: The AO Forum 2026 – What to expect from this year's event on...
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5th March: Breaking the Mould: Using Escape Rooms to Rethink Assessment with Dr Erin Leeming
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Dr. Erin Leeming, Doctor of Speech and Language Pathology at the University of Central Florida. They discuss: - Using an escape room as an alternative assessment method for a phonetics class, and how it reduced student anxiety while revealing deeper...
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How STA Is Making AI Marking Work — Responsibly and on Their Own Terms
Safety Training Awards didn't go looking for an AI marking solution — but a chance conversation led them to sAInaptic, and it's already transforming how their tutors deliver feedback on swimming teacher lesson plans. In this episode, STA's Director of Education Kaylë Brightwell joins sAInaptic...
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19th Feb: Breaking Through the Complexity Wall with AI Teammates
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with E.W. Looney, CEO and Founder of BrightLink, a technology company and advisory firm specialising in credentialing programme management. They discuss: - The Complexity Wall in Credentialing - How programmes hit predictable scaling challenges when…
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12th Feb: Assessment Horizons 2026: Feedback, Failure, and the Future of Learning
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Rosie Applin and Dr Simon Child from Cambridge University Press & Assessment about the upcoming Assessment Horizons Conference 2026. They discuss: The emotional science of feedback and why understanding learners' emotional responses is critical for...
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IAEA 2026: Why We Need Your Voice in the Room
What does the global assessment community need to be talking about right now — and who needs to be in the room? Dan Koenig, CEO of EQAO, shares his vision for the 51st IAEA Annual Conference in Toronto this September. From public trust and equity to AI and digital transformation, this is a...
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5th Feb: Love Paper Week with Tim Cammack, Secure & Confidential Documents
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Tim Cammack, a veteran of the exam and education print industry with over 15 years at SCD. They discuss: The myths around paper and sustainability – why paper is actually more environmentally friendly than many believe How digital and paper coexist…
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29th Jan: AI in the Classroom: Visibility, Safeguarding and Traffic Lights with Ed Swift
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Ed Swift, Head of Philosophy and Religion at Wellington College in Berkshire, with fifteen years of teaching experience and a background as a Director of Teaching and Learning. They discuss: Implementing a traffic light system (red, amber, green) for...
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Welcome to the Test Community Network, your go-to weekly update on everything about assessment and testing. Tim Burnett and special guests will help you find the latest chances to explore and connect in the diverse world of assessment and testing. Discover new events, webinars, and podcasts, plus get inspiration from the Test Community Network marketplace. For more information visit: https://www.testcommunity.network
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