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Angela Hopkins, Head of Assessment Services at NFER, looks at the rise of Computer-Adaptive Assessment.
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Claire Hodgson, Research Director at the National Foundation for Educational Research, leads perspectives from a range of experts, to share their view on the power of assessments, from the future of Computer-Adaptive and Computer-Based Assessments to taking a deep dive into what formative, summative and diagnostic assessments are.
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