Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, based in Durham University in North-East England. CEM provides indicator systems to schools and colleges, the confidentiality of these systems renders them unique. We are the largest educational research unit in a UK university.
Established in 1983, the Centre works with schools, colleges, education authorities and government agencies to provide high quality information through scientifically grounded research. CEM is the home of a widely used family of monitoring systems including ALIS, Yellis, MidYIS and PIPS.
What we do
- Provide monitoring systems for schools and colleges
- Develop on-screen test and questionnaire solutions
- Carry out research and evaluation
- Provide training on the use of our systems through conferences and in-service work
We are committed to:
- applying the best standards of science to the development and evaluation of policies
- evidence, rather than authority or opinion, as the guide to practice
- collecting gold-standard evidence by using controlled trials wherever possible
- quantification to give precise answers and keep things ‘in perspective’
CEM is based on the science site of Durham University in the North of England. Click here for directions.
Latest News
| 11-Mar-10 | Link found in early childhood development |
| Professor Peter Tymms, said the study's findings fitted a pattern of children's school achievements being predicted by their performance in tests of understanding from an early age, but... read more... | |
| 11-Mar-10 | Issues with Assessment Form and its Function |
| Cambridge Assessment Podcast - now available. Professor Peter Tymms explores issues involved with the form of assessments and its function. | |
| 10-Mar-10 | P scales: the state of SEN assessment |
| Twelve years after their introduction, Francis Ndaji and Peter Tymms take an in-depth look at how successful P scales have been in the assessment of children with SEN. To read the article extracted from the SEN magazine, click here. | |
| 07-Mar-10 | Teach Primary |
| As Professor Peter Tymms, who led the study, commented: "More effort needs to be spent on the most valuable years which are the earliest years. Click here for more. | |
| 31-Jan-10 | House of Commons Report Damns League Tables and Warns on School Report Cards |
| Professor Peter Tymms of Durham University told the Committee that it was not possible to know for sure what effect the report card had been in New York because there was no way of making an evidence-based assessment. Read Full article. | |
| 22-Dec-09 | Updated Probability of Success feedback now available |
| The Predicted percentage 5+ A*-C & Credit/General pass feedback has been updated with the 2009 regression data. |
CEM
Mountjoy Research Centre 4,
Durham University,
Stockton Road,
Durham,
DH1 3UZ.
United Kingdom
Help Desk:
Tel
Fax +44 (0) 191 334 4180
E-Mail cem@cem.dur.ac.uk
Durham University