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Certificate in Examination and Assessment in Education [Overview]

Introduction

Certificate in Examination and Assessment in Education (CEA in Edn) is part of the SkillsFuture for Educators (SFEd) Professional Development roadmap designed to support in-service teachers in their continuing professional growth in the area of Assessment Literacy.

Programme Structure and Objectives

CEA in Edn was designed to develop teachers’ thought leadership in making decisions and recommendations in their context to address diverse assessment issues both in their daily classroom assessments and school-wide approach to assessment. It is anchored on reflective practice enriched by critical engagement with established and new strategies and methods generated from the programme content, interactions with fellow educators and performance in the assignments after the completion of the instructional units of each module. It aims to:

help teachers to explore and apply established and new assessment strategies and methods on individual students, class assessments and level-wide implementations;
integrate new approaches in their own assessment practices; and
demonstrate their professional development as reflective leaders and informed practitioners in assessment within the teaching fraternity.

Criteria for Certificate Award

Based on the SkillsFuture model, the programme comprises stackable modules to give teachers greater flexibility to choose the modules to attend within 3 years from attending the first module. To be awarded the Certificate for CEA in Edn, teachers would have to complete two core and one elective modules and the Capstone Assignment within the 3 years validity period. This adds up to 104 hours for the whole programme.

Find out more details on the Capstone Assignment.

Upon completion of all required modules and the Capstone Assignment, teachers will be awarded with a hardcopy certificate.

Modules Offered under the Certificate Programme

The list of CEA in Edn modules is shown in the table below.

Type of Module	Module Title	Number of Days
Core	Interpretation of Test Data	3
Core	Making Sense of Quality School-Based Assessment	3
Elective	Test Item Review for Primary English Language	1
Elective	Mathematics (Primary) – Designing Quality Mathematics Items	1
Elective	Mathematics (Primary) – Understanding Assessment Demand	1
Elective	Mathematics (Secondary) – Quality Assurance in Marking	1
Elective	Mathematics (Secondary) – Understanding Assessment Demand	1
Elective	Chinese Language (Primary) – Reading Comprehension MCQ Items	1
Elective	Chinese Language (Primary) – Reading Comprehension Open-ended Items	1
Elective	Chinese Language (Secondary) – Reading Comprehension MCQ Items	1
Elective	Chinese Language (Secondary) – Reading Comprehension Open-ended Items	1
Elective	Malay Language (Secondary) – Assessing Reading Comprehension Skills in Malay Language	1
Elective	Tamil Language (Secondary) – Assessing Reading Comprehension Skills in Tamil Language	1
Elective	English Language (Secondary) Reading – Assessing Reading Skills in the English Language Classroom (Express / Normal Academic)	2
Elective	English Language (Secondary) Writing – Assessing Writing Skills in the English Language Classroom (Express / Normal Academic)	2
Elective	Literature (Secondary) – Assessing Literature in English in the Upper Secondary Classroom (Express / Normal Academic)	2
Elective	Science (Primary)	2
Elective	Social Studies (Secondary) – Assessing Critical Thinking in Upper Secondary Social Studies: Back to Basics (Source-Based Case Study)	2
Elective	Social Studies (Secondary) – Assessing Critical Thinking in Upper Secondary Social Studies: Back to Basics (Structured-Response Questions)	2
Elective	Malay Language (Primary) – Reading	2
Elective	Tamil Language (Primary) – Reading	2

Please write to SEAB_Training@SEAB.gov.sg if you have questions about the programme.

Certificate in Examination and Assessment in Education [Core Modules]

Find out more details on core module workshops.

Certificate in Examination and Assessment in Education [Elective Modules]

Find out more details on elective module workshops.

SEAB-Initiated Workshops

Workshop Title	Outline	Number of Days
Design and use of rubrics and rating scales in assessing 21st century competencies	The workshop focuses on developing rating scales and rubrics which could be used for assessing 21st century competencies. Participants will learn about principles of developing rating scales and rubrics, understand the use of different rubrics for different assessment purposes and apply the concepts to develop or improvise a rubric or rating scale for their school’s assessment purpose. Register for the course or scan the QR code to do so now!	0.5
Design of Interactive Tasks including Video Stimulus for Conversation (CL Pri)	1. Understand the criteria and guidelines of using video as stimulus for oral assessment 2. Be equipped with skills to develop oral assessment items for learners with different proficiency level Register for the course or scan the QR code to do so now!	0.5
Design of Interactive Writing and Language Use Items for NTCL and OCL (Secondary CL)	1. Understand the assessment criteria of Interactive Writing Task for N(T)-Level Basic Chinese 2. Understand the assessment criteria of Language use items (word replacement) for O-level Chinese 3. be equipped with skills to design interactive writing task and language use items of the appropriate levels Register for the course or scan the QR code to do so now!	0.5
Design of Oral Presentation and Discussion Tasks in Higher Chinese Language (Sec)	1. Understanding key assessment objectives of O-level Higher Chinese Oral 2. Design of an oral presentation task 3. Conducting discussion based on oral presentation Register for the course or scan the QR code to do so now!	0.5
Design of Oral Presentation and Discussion Tasks in H1 Chinese Language (JC/MI)	1. Understanding key assessment objectives of A-level H1 Chinese Oral 2. Design of an oral presentation task 3. Conducting discussion based on oral presentation Register for the course or scan the QR code to do so now!	0.5
Assessment of 21 CC Communication Skills in Chinese Language	1. Assessment tasks to enhance communication skills 2. Use of AfL and AaL in assessment of communication skills 3. Design of assessment rubrics for AfL and AaL Register for the course or scan the QR code to do so now!	1
Design of Interactive Writing and Language Use Items (Secondary ML)	This course aims to equip Secondary School Malay Language teachers with the knowledge and skills to develop interactive writing tasks and language use items based on the Secondary Malay Language curriculum. The workshop comprises topics on assessment of writing and reading skills, and item development. The full day workshop will also include hands-on sessions for participants to demonstrate their attainment of the programme objectives. Register for the course or scan the QR code to do so now!	1
Design of Interactive Writing and Language Use Items (Secondary TL)	This course aims to equip Secondary School Tamil Language teachers with the knowledge and skills to develop interactive writing tasks and language use items based on the Secondary Tamil Language curriculum. The workshop comprises topics on assessment of writing and reading skills, and item development. The full day workshop will also include hands-on sessions for participants to demonstrate their attainment of the programme objectives. Register for the course or scan the QR code to do so now!	1