The e-Assessment Association is a professional body in the process of formation. The initial report on the setting up of such a body was commissioned by the QCA, the SQA and the CCEA and was chaired by Professor Cliff Beevers of Heriot Watt University.
At present there is an interim Board of Management, which had its inaugural meeting in October 2006. It is made up of people who have experience in the e-Assessment sector (see below). It is intended that the eAA should have links with the Institute of Educational Assessors (see related websites).
The Board has agreed a set of Aims and Objectives and now seeks to attract members. The membership will then be invited to contribute to decisions on the future roles and activities of the eAA.
Interim members of the Board of the eAA are as follows:
- Cliff Beevers PhD, OBE, Chair of eAA, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University
- Colin Deal, Director, Examware Limited
- John Gordon, Director JGO Ltd, Independent Consultancy Company
- Richard Hanna, Business Manager, NI Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment
- Robert Harding PhD, Treasurer eAA , Independent consultant, Cambridge University
- Phillip John PhD DSc, Chair of the SCHOLAR Forum, Professor of Chemistry, Heriot-Watt University
- Geraldine Kenney-Wallace PhD, FRSC, Group Director, New Ventures, City & Guilds of London Institute
- Martyn Leese, Chief Operations Officer, Pearson Assessments and Testing International
- Fred McBride PhD, FBCS, R&D Director, Alta Systems (NI) Ltd, Emeritus
Professor of Education, The Queen's University of Belfast - Martin Ripley EdM, MBA, FRSA, Education technology consultant
- Jeff Ross MSc, MCILIP, MCILT, Director Assessment Tomorrow
- Martyn Ware MBA, Business Manager Computer Assisted Assessment, Scottish Qualifications Authority
- David Wild PhD, Director, Data and Assessment Services, Wimba
- David Wright MBA, Dip M, Head of the Institute of Educational Assessors