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High-stakes assessment in bilingual states fails when a French stem is a poor translation of an English concept, or when a school-based assessment is a photocopy of last year’s leak. This degree treats those failures as design problems. You will write items, standardise marks, and document accommodations without pretending you hold a teaching licence. African Future University centres English–French practice because that is how WAEC, BEPC, and many university entrance files actually travel. You will study comparability, leakage, and the politics of cut-scores as administrative facts. Digital assessment appears as identity-checked remote exams and paper-plus-scan hybrids—the conditions of tuition-free online higher education itself. The award is academic. It is not QTS, not a ministry inspector gazette, and not an exam-board contract. It is for people who must keep a bilingual paper honest when the generator dies during printing. You will compare a multi-shift urban hall with a rural centre that receives papers by motorcycle. Identity-checked remote exams in this master’s are themselves a case: they must be fair without claiming that every school has fibre or a tablet lab. Study is tuition-free online aside from the examination fee. MSc Educational Assessment (English–French) is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Validity Arguments without Psychometric Theatre through Validity Arguments without Psychometric Theatre; Item Writing in English and French; Marking Schemes and Marker Drift; Translation versus Dual Construction; Cut-Scores, Standard Setting, and Politics; School-Based Assessment Leakage, and finish on Mock Paper Construction. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students design a short sequence for a named group of learners and the criteria that would mark it fairly. Reading is a curriculum extract, an assessment specification, and an evaluation summary. The artefact a marker expects is a plan with outcomes, a task, criteria, and a note on bias. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Write bilingual items with documented construct alignment Design a marking scheme that survives under-trained markers Plan low-bandwidth digital or hybrid administration Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. This course does not confer a teaching licence, QTS, or equivalent registration. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Thirty-six credits: item design, bilingual comparability, integrity and operations, and a capstone paper or marking study. Identity-checked exams. No teacher licence is awarded.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU541 | Validity Arguments without Psychometric Theatre Students design a short learning sequence for a named group of learners. The module is Validity Arguments without Psychometric Theatre.
| 3 |
| AFU542 | Item Writing in English and French Students write a task and the criteria that would mark it fairly. The module is Item Writing in English and French.
| 3 |
| AFU543 | Marking Schemes and Marker Drift Students review a programme decision and its effect on students and staff. The module is Marking Schemes and Marker Drift.
| 3 |
| AFU544 | Accommodations and Fairness in Unequal Schools Students complete a curriculum or evaluation brief. This award does not confer a teaching licence. The module is Accommodations and Fairness in Unequal Schools.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU545 | Translation versus Dual Construction Students design a short learning sequence for a named group of learners. The module is Translation versus Dual Construction.
| 3 |
| AFU546 | Cut-Scores, Standard Setting, and Politics Students write a task and the criteria that would mark it fairly. The module is Cut-Scores, Standard Setting, and Politics.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU549 | Identity-Checked Remote Assessment Students design a short learning sequence for a named group of learners. The module is Identity-Checked Remote Assessment.
| 3 |
| AFU550 | Low-Bandwidth Item Banks Students write a task and the criteria that would mark it fairly. The module is Low-Bandwidth Item Banks.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU553 | Assessment Research Methods Students design a short learning sequence for a named group of learners. The module is Assessment Research Methods.
| 3 |
| AFU554 | Writing for Departments and NGOs Students write a task and the criteria that would mark it fairly. The module is Writing for Departments and NGOs.
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Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English + French assessment options. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
This is a fully online award. You study from your country. No student visa and no campus relocation are required.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. African Future University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@afutureuni.com.
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| AFU547 | School-Based Assessment Leakage Students review a programme decision and its effect on students and staff. The module is School-Based Assessment Leakage.
| 3 |
| AFU548 | Rural and Multi-Shift Administration Students complete a curriculum or evaluation brief. This award does not confer a teaching licence. The module is Rural and Multi-Shift Administration.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| AFU551 | EN/FR Exam Administration Documents Students review a programme decision and its effect on students and staff. The module is EN/FR Exam Administration Documents.
| 3 |
| AFU552 | Ethics of High-Stakes Sorting Students complete a curriculum or evaluation brief. This award does not confer a teaching licence. The module is Ethics of High-Stakes Sorting.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| AFU555 | Mock Paper Construction Students review a programme decision and its effect on students and staff. The module is Mock Paper Construction.
| 3 |
| AFU556 | Capstone: Bilingual Assessment File Students complete a curriculum or evaluation brief. This award does not confer a teaching licence. The module is Capstone: Bilingual Assessment File.
| 3 |