The Assessment Research Centre - Applied Measurement

Program

This program involves a range of research development and teaching projects that focus on psychometrics, test development, performance and competency assessment as they are applied in schools, higher education, TAFE and workplaces.

Projects are undertaken at local, state, national and international levels.

The goal of the program is to identify ways of improving assessment that involves instrument development and measurement theory.

Current Projects

Profiling developmental standards of learning for students with intellectual disabilities(SWAN)

Creative Problem Solving

General Ability, English and Mathematics (GEM) Test

Rasch Model Scaling of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' Basic Surgical Sciences Multiple Choice Question Examination

Development of Computer-based English Language Tests

School Entrant Health Questionnaire

Literacy Assessment Project

Southern African Consortium for Monitoring in Education Quality (SACMEQ)

Completed Projects

Australian Students' Knowledge and Understanding of Asia

Determinants of Literacy and Numeracy among Primary School Children in Vietnam

School Aptitude and Achievement Project

Transfer of Profiles to International Settings

Development of the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ)

Hong Kong QEF

Numeracy for Indigenous Students in Secondary Schools (INISS)

Quality Assurance Measures for Family Day Care

Profiling Literacy and Numeracy for Indigenous Pre School Children

Improving Numeracy inn the Middle Years in Victorian Schools

Tutorial Voucher Initiative

New South Wales Biliteracy Program

Evaluation of the Pilot Implementation of the Victorian Department of Education and Training’s Ultranet Program

An Environmental Scan of Tools and Strategies that Measure Progress in School Reform

Evaluation of the Deployment of Interactive Whiteboards in Victorian Schools.

Effectiveness of the Primary Native English-Speaking Teacher Scheme in Hong Kong