E-Assessment Association

The e-Assessment Association (eAA) is a UK trade body that lobbies for e-assessment – or technology enhanced assessment – in education.

Edtech lobbyist, Lord Jim Knight described e-assessment as 'the tail that wags the education dog'.

Unlike the 'revolvution' that is happening in e-learning in the UK, where teaching and learning is done through technology, e-assessment is seen as 'evolving' incrementally. 'We’re bogged down a little bit more in policy, device resource limitations [not enough computers], and the stress that builds up as part of the process,' says eAA's Tim Burnett.

Testing firms that are described as 'pionneering' in the use of e-assessment include: WJEC and SQA

People

Board members

As of July 2016:

• Matt Wingfield, eAA Chairman. He is also Chief Business Development Officer of Digital Assess, an e-assessment management tool company.
• John Winkley, eAA Secretary. He is also Director of AlphaPlus Consultancy.
• Helen Claydon. She is also a Senior Test Development Researcher at the Department for Education's Standards and Testing Agency, where she manages development of the national curriculum mathematics tests.
• Patrick Craven, Head of Learning and Assessment Design, City & Guilds.
• Tim Burnett, Head of Marketing at BTL Learning & Assessment.
• Chris Peat, Customer Services Director, Axia Interactive Media.
• Tim Downie. Business Development Director, RM Results, working on RM's exam e-marking solution, RM Assessor.
• Graham Hudson, GA Partnership Ltd, an independent consultancy working in e-assessment.

Sponsors

Sponsoring firms with a commercial interest in the e-assessment market include:

• Cambridge Assessment
• City and Guilds
• RM
• AQA

Contact

• Website: http://www.e-assessment.com/
• Twitter: @eAssess