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The Test Community.Network
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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5th Nov - Global Assessment News Update
This week’s collection covers 21 stories. AI is a big theme, from smart glasses that can solve most SAT questions to new ways of designing assessment that…
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What Would You Ask the World’s Teachers About AI? In conversation with Adam Edmett
In this week’s episode, Tim Burnett chats with Adam Edmett,Head of EdTech Innovation at the British Council, who leads the organisation’stechnology-enabled…
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29th Oct - Global Assessment News Update
Read the collection in full: https://testcommunity.network/collections/29th-october-weekly-global-update This week’s round-up spans the globe, from Ofqual’s…
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Why Test Security Needs the Whole Room, with Jim Wollack
In this week’s episode, Tim Burnett chats with Jim Wollack, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and President of the Council on Test Security…
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22nd Oct - Global Assessment News Update
Read the articles in full: https://testcommunity.network/collections/22nd-october-weekly-global-update This week, AI tests the foundations of assessment…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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: -…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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22nd Jan: AI, VR & Soft Skills, Innovation Fund Update with Dean Blewitt
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Dean Blewitt, Senior Innovation and Investments Manager at NCFE. They discuss: - The findings from the Metaverse…
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15th Jan: UX Thinking with Anna Kate Phelan & Richard London
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Anna Kate Phelan, Head of Product at Eintech, and Richard London, Senior User Experience at Prometric. Both are…
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8th Jan: New Year, New Career: Job Hunting Tips for 2026 with Joe James
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Joe James, Co-founder of Cannon James, a specialist recruitment firm working with awarding organisations…
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4th Dec: Assessment in the Age of AI: A Language Testing Perspective with Zeynep Urkun
I'll help you generate the show notes for this episode. Let me first read the transcript to understand the discussion points.Based on the transcript, here are…
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Research Sprint Webinar: What are the impacts of using AI to author question items?
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Sergio Araneda, Karl Hartley, Miia Nummela-Price, and Neil Wilkinson as they launch a groundbreaking Research…