PhD course: Capacity for educational assessment (Cancelled)
Assessment, curriculum, accountability, and evaluation policies in education.
University of Agder, February 18th to 20th 2026.
The course discusses the education system’s capacity to serve the various concurrent uses of assessment. Drawing on historical, theoretical, and empirical perspectives on individual level and system level assessment and evaluation, the course explores the emergence of comparative evaluations which underpin contemporary governing and accountability policies. Further the course discusses the side effects of accountably policies such as performance-based assessments and teacher assessment programs.
Along with scholars from the Department of Education at the University of Agder, we have two external contributors to the PhD course: Christian Lundahl, an expert in the history of education assessment and evaluation, and Antoni Verger, who resarches social policy, educational Policy and Comparative Education.
Christian Lundahl
Professor of Education, Örebro University
From Paris to PISA - the history of comparative evaluations
AI and assessments as merit, learning and evaluation
Antoni Verger
Professor of Sociology, Autonomys University of Barcelona
Contemporary Trends in School and Teacher Assessment Policies: Balancing Regulatory Governance with Formative Approaches
The Side Effects of Performance-Based Assessments: Why They Occur and How to Design More Robust and Equitable Systems
Important links
Link to the course description
Registration for PED603 (5 ECTS)
See the course description in Norwegian