Aims
The purpose of Topic Study Group 33 is to address issues related to assessment in mathematics at all levels and in a variety of forms. Assessment and evaluation play an important role in mathematics education as they often define the mathematics that is valued and worth knowing. Furthermore, sound assessment provides important feedback about students’ mathematical thinking that prompts student and teacher actions to improve student learning.
We are seeking contributions of research in and new perspectives on assessment in mathematics education that address issues in current assessment practices. We see these issues as falling into two main strands, large-scale assessment and classroom assessment, but also recognize that there are broad issues that fall across both strands. We invite papers that address one or more of the following topics:
Large-scale assessment
1. Issues related to the development of large-scale assessments, which might include such areas as the conceptual foundations of such assessments, designing tasks that value the complexity of mathematical thinking, etc.
2. Issues related to the purposes and use of large-scale assessment in mathematics.
3. Issues related to the development of large-scale assessment of mathematics teachers’ mathematical and pedagogical content knowledge.
Classroom assessment
4. Issues connected to the development of teachers’ professional knowledge of assessment and their use of assessment in the mathematics classroom.
5. Issues and examples related to the enactment of classroom practices that reflect current thinking in assessment and mathematics education (e.g. the use of assessment for learning, as learning, and of learning in mathematics classrooms)
Broad issues
6. The development of assessment tasks that reflect the complexity of mathematical thinking, problem solving and other important competencies.
7. The design of alternative modes of assessment in mathematics (e.g. online , investigations, various forms of formative assessment, etc.).

Guidelines for submission
Participants interested in contributing to the ICME -12 TSG33 in Seoul are kindly requested to submit a short paper that describes their intended contribution and addresses one or more of the above issues. While we are not restrictive to our definition of a "short paper", for those who would like more guidance, we might suggest approximately 1200 - 2500 words. The paper should be sent by e-mail to both of the co-Chairs of the TSG (michael.neubrand@uni-oldenburg.de and suurtamm@uottawa.ca) and through the on-line system at the congress website by November 30, 2011. The Team will then review the papers, notify participants of decisions, and may offer suggestions. The full paper is requested to be submitted by April 10, 2012 for advance distribution among the participants, and to facilitate the setup of a schedule of presentations and discussions.

On-line submission
Go to<My Page> at the first page of the Congress Homepage http://icme12.org or press <Submit your proposal> button on TSG 33 website in the Congress Homepage.

Deadlines
November 30, 2011 Proposal submission
January 15, 2012 Notification of acceptance
April 10, 2012 Submission of Final Draft

Organizers 
Co-chairs : Michael Neubrand(Germany) neubrand@mathematik.uni-oldenburg.de
                 Christine Suurtamm(Canada) suurtamm@uottawa.ca
Team Members : Belinda Huntley(South Africa) huntley@stjohnscollege.co.za
                          Youngsuk Lee(Korea) leyoungsuk@hotmail.com
                          David Webb(USA) dcwebb@colorado.edu
                          Liv Sissel Grønmo(Norway) l.s.gronmo@ils.uio.no
Liaison IPC Member : Johann Engelbrecht Johann.Engelbrecht@up.ac.za