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Cambridge Conference 2025 Summary

The document outlines key steps and strategies for English teachers to enhance assessment success, including informing parents, planning lessons, and analyzing exam results. It emphasizes effective exam preparation, structuring mock tests, and providing resources for both teachers and parents. The assessment process focuses on communication competence and actionable feedback to improve student performance.

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Cambridge Conference 2025 Summary

The document outlines key steps and strategies for English teachers to enhance assessment success, including informing parents, planning lessons, and analyzing exam results. It emphasizes effective exam preparation, structuring mock tests, and providing resources for both teachers and parents. The assessment process focuses on communication competence and actionable feedback to improve student performance.

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Conference

2025
The Journey to Assessment Success
Summary for English Teachers

Pablo Toledo
Cambridge Assessment Coordinator
South America

SaD

Michael Tomlinson
Kids Box Author

Brigita Seguis
Head of Impact Evaluation Cambridg

PaE

Alberto Costa
Cambridge Assessment Coordinator
Brazil
Key Steps in the
Assessment Journey
 Informing parents and new teachers
 Introduce the benefits of exams and create awareness.
 Planning teaching and preparation
 Structure lessons to cover necessary skills.
 Setting a mock test
 Provide students with a practice exam.
 Getting students ready for exam day
 Help students with final preparation and strategies.
 Exam day preparation – Ensure all logistics and mental readiness are in place.
 Analyzing exam results
 Review performance data after the test.
 Providing feedback on learners’ performance
 Offer constructive insights for improvement.
 Celebrating success – Recognize and reward student achievements.
Effective Exam Preparation
Strategies
- Create a - Avoid
supportive overwhelming
atmosphere students

- Foster
- Set achievable
familiarity with
goals
the test

- Present the
exam as an
attainable
challenge
Structuring Mock Tests

 1. All-in-One Approach:
 - Listening, Reading & Writing on the same day
 - Speaking test on a different day

 2. Gradual Approach:
 - Week 1: Listening + review
 - Week 2: Reading & Writing + review
 - Week 3: Speaking test + feedback & study
plan
Timing of Mock Tests

- Introduce mock tests - Avoid scheduling too - Help students


early to build far from the actual develop key exam
familiarity exam skills throughout the
year
Teacher & Parent
Resources
 For Teachers:
 - Handbooks defining assessment criteria
 - Teaching strategies and exam tips
 - Digital and paper-based practice tests
 - Additional Cambridge resources

 For Parents:
 - Printable posters and parent meeting materials
 - AI-powered teacher toolkits
 - Access to 1000+ webinar recordings
What Are We Assessing?

- Teaching language as
communication

- Designing rubrics for assessment

- Defining topics and assessment


criteria
- General vs.
linguistic,
sociolinguistic, and
pragmatic
competence

Communicati - What students know,


ve can do, and use in
communication
Competence

- Communicative
activities: Reception,
production,
mediation, interaction
- Observing evidence

Assessme - Interpreting data

nt
Process - Making conclusions

- Making informed
decisions
4 Key Pillars of ILA

- Learning - Evidence - - Tailored


objectives of Actionable follow-ups
progress feedback

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