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
| 24-Jun-09 | Yellis Schools get a head start |
| Schools taking the Yellis computer-adaptive baseline assessment for ’09-’10 will benefit from earlier feedback this year following a trial which allowed schools to complete Yellis before the summer break.
Please contact yellis@cem.dur.ac.uk for more information | |
| 09-Jun-09 | Professor Peter Tymms, Director of CEM announced as a key speaker at the SCHOOLS NorthEast EPIC Summit 2009 |
| Thursday 8 October, Wynyard Hall, Tees Valley Based around the themes of Empower, Provoke, Inspire and Connect – the Summit will offer quality speakers, an impressive venue, networking and a good lunch, plus opportunities to influence regional and national policy, perspectives from beyond the world of education, one-on-one media training and expert surgeries (with everything from legal advice to public relations and marketing).
For more information visit www.schoolsnortheast.com | |
| 07-Jun-09 | INSIGHT Feedback 2009 |
| We are pleased to announce that assessment feedback, predictions to GCSE and attitudinal feedback is NOW available for the INSIGHT and SOSCA curriculum based assessments.
INSIGHT and SOSCA, taken at the end of Year 9, are alternatives to KS3 SATs. They offer computer-delivered adaptive assessments in Maths, Science and Reading. Results are reported as Key Stage 3 equivalent levels and standardised scores against nationally representative norms. Progress measures from the MidYIS assessment at the start of secondary school to the end of Year 9 and from the end of Year 9 to GCSE are also included in the cost. Additionally INSIGHT provides informative measures of developed ability to provide a full picture of what your pupils know and can do. To find out more visit www.ceminsight.org and www.soscaproject.org or email insight@cem.dur.ac.uk or sosca@cem.dur.ac.uk | |
| 19-May-09 | New secondary user-friendly manual - Available June 2009 |
| Introducing a brand new, user-friendly guide for CEM’s Secondary assessment systems: Step-by-step, this 90 page manual will prove an invaluable reference for both practitioners that are new to CEM assessments, or those who are familiar with the systems, but would like to develop their understanding and application. For more information please Click Here. |
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