Finalists announced for the 2018 International e-Assessment Awards

The e-Assessment Association is delighted to announce the shortlisted finalists for its international awards programme, The e-Assessment Awards. The winners will be announced at the gala dinner on 18 April.
The international e-Assessment Awards programme has been developed to highlight and celebrate the outstanding and positive contributions that technology makes to all forms of assessment, and will showcase the best practice, research and innovation in the sector. The Awards programme holds a unique position, as it encompasses all of education; from school, through further and higher education to workplace training and professional exams.
Finalists were shortlisted by a highly experienced, international panel of experts.
The following have been announced as finalists within the respective categories:
Best Research
- PSI Services (UK) Limited
- Trinity College London / Lancaster University
- The University of Melbourne/ Australian Council for Educational Research
Best Transformational Project
- International Baccalaureate
- University of Surrey
- Vretta Inc.
Best Use of Formative Assessment
- RS Assessment from Hodder Education
- RWA Compliance Services Ltd
- Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT)
- Vretta Inc. and Luxembourg Ministry of Education
Best Use of Summative Assessment
- International Baccalaureate
- PSI Services (UK) Limited and Amazon Web Services
- Vretta Inc. and Department of Evaluation Planning and Performance (DEPP), Ministry of Education, France
- Maxinity Software Limited
Excellence in Export
- TWI Ltd
- The Nautical Institute
- RM Results
Innovation
- Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Innovate Awarding
- Sheffield Hallam University and PebblePad
- Prepona Sistemas de Testagem e Avaliação S.A.
Janet Garcia, President, PSI International, the Awards’ headline sponsor, said: “The bar was set high in 2017 in terms of the quality and ingenuity of the entries, and our industry has once again risen to the challenge to showcase the very best in e-Assessment solutions.”
Matt Wingfield, Chairman of The e-Assessment Association, continued, “The Awards were launched in 2017 to shine a light on those who are making a positive contribution to all forms of e-assessment and to promote awareness of the sector. The Awards programme helps to highlight the benefits that technology brings to assessment at all levels, particularly around delivering better learning and assessment, rather than just greater efficiency. We wish all the shortlisted finalists the very best of luck.”
For more information about the awards, visit www.eassessmentawards.com