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ACER and CBSE conduct international assessment conference ACER collaborated with the Indian Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to conduct an international conference on ‘Development in Assessment: Scope of Assessment in Teaching and Learning’ in Delhi earlier in January. Mr Kapil Sibal, Union Minister Human Resource Development and Communication and Information Technology, Government of India inaugurated the conference. From 24-25 January around 1000 delegates from India, UAE and neighboring countries came together to hear from a range of speakers who are internationally renowned in the field of educational assessment. ACER chief executive Professor Geoff Masters and Principal Research Fellow Professor Gabrielle Matters were among the keynote speakers. Other conference speakers were: Dr Kapil Kapoor, Professor of English, Centre for Linguistics and English and Concurrent Professor, Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Dr Subhash Chander Khuntia, IAS, Jt Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and Chairman of Central Tibetan Schools Administration, Delhi Mr Vineet Joshi, IAS, Chairman CBSE Professor Patrik Scheinin, Professor of Education and the Dean of the Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, University of Helsinki Professor Dinesh Singh, Vice Chancellor, Delhi University Professor R Govida, Vice Chancellor, National University for Educational Planning and Administration Professor A B L Srivastava, Chief Consultant, CBSE and Educational Consultants India Ltd Professor Avtar Singh, Head of Department of educational Measurement and Evaluation, NCERT Dr Gavin Brown, Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Institute of Education Professor Jennifer Fedricks, Chair, Human Development Department, Connecticut College Professor Margaret Heritage, Assistant Director for Professional Development at the national Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA Dr Susan M Brookhart, educational consultant and author based in Helena, Montana Mr Kevin Bartlett, Director International School of Brussels Professor Heidi Andrade, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the School of Education, Albany- State University of New York Lady Shruti Rana, educationist, Managing Trustee of Shruti Foundation Ms Anshu Vaish, Secretary Department of School Education and Literacy Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India The conference addressed issues related to student assessment and student learning including developmental assessments and what can be learned from research; understanding best practice in assessment; using assessment to monitor teacher effectiveness and encourage school improvement; developing support systems for using assessments in the classroom; and policy changes in the new educational framework for improved assessments. Manager of ACER’s Indian subsidiary, Ms Ratna Dhamija, explained the conference was undertaken as part of CBSE’s agenda to strengthen school-based assessment and implement continuous and comprehensive evaluation in schools at the primary, middle and secondary level. “CBSE is in the midst of reforms, particularly in the areas of assessment,” Ms Dhamija said. “The Board has, through its various interventions, brought about many initiatives in the area of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. Its endeavour is to enable learning around the different aspects of assessment and proven best practices.” Ms Dhamija said the conference had been very successful. Initial feedback from delegates has been positive and further feedback is being collected. Organisers hope the conference will become a yearly event. The conference follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between CBSE and ACER in Melbourne in April 2010 to collaborate on programs and initiatives that apply international best practices in educational research and assessment to support educational development. « Back to eNews
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ACER collaborated with the Indian Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to conduct an international conference on ‘Development in Assessment: Scope of Assessment in Teaching and Learning’ in Delhi earlier in January. Mr Kapil Sibal, Union Minister Human Resource Development and Communication and Information Technology, Government of India inaugurated the conference.

From 24-25 January around 1000 delegates from India, UAE and neighboring countries came together to hear from a range of speakers who are internationally renowned in the field of educational assessment.

ACER chief executive Professor Geoff Masters and Principal Research Fellow Professor Gabrielle Matters were among the keynote speakers. Other conference speakers were:

Dr Kapil Kapoor, Professor of English, Centre for Linguistics and English and Concurrent Professor, Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Dr Subhash Chander Khuntia, IAS, Jt Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and Chairman of Central Tibetan Schools Administration, Delhi
Mr Vineet Joshi, IAS, Chairman CBSE
Professor Patrik Scheinin, Professor of Education and the Dean of the Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, University of Helsinki
Professor Dinesh Singh, Vice Chancellor, Delhi University
Professor R Govida, Vice Chancellor, National University for Educational Planning and Administration
Professor A B L Srivastava, Chief Consultant, CBSE and Educational Consultants India Ltd
Professor Avtar Singh, Head of Department of educational Measurement and Evaluation, NCERT
Dr Gavin Brown, Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
Professor Jennifer Fedricks, Chair, Human Development Department, Connecticut College
Professor Margaret Heritage, Assistant Director for Professional Development at the national Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA
Dr Susan M Brookhart, educational consultant and author based in Helena, Montana
Mr Kevin Bartlett, Director International School of Brussels
Professor Heidi Andrade, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the School of Education, Albany- State University of New York
Lady Shruti Rana, educationist, Managing Trustee of Shruti Foundation
Ms Anshu Vaish, Secretary Department of School Education and Literacy Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

The conference addressed issues related to student assessment and student learning including developmental assessments and what can be learned from research; understanding best practice in assessment; using assessment to monitor teacher effectiveness and encourage school improvement; developing support systems for using assessments in the classroom; and policy changes in the new educational framework for improved assessments.

Manager of ACER’s Indian subsidiary, Ms Ratna Dhamija, explained the conference was undertaken as part of CBSE’s agenda to strengthen school-based assessment and implement continuous and comprehensive evaluation in schools at the primary, middle and secondary level.

“CBSE is in the midst of reforms, particularly in the areas of assessment,” Ms Dhamija said.

“The Board has, through its various interventions, brought about many initiatives in the area of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. Its endeavour is to enable learning around the different aspects of assessment and proven best practices.”

Ms Dhamija said the conference had been very successful. Initial feedback from delegates has been positive and further feedback is being collected.

Organisers hope the conference will become a yearly event.

The conference follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between CBSE and ACER in Melbourne in April 2010 to collaborate on programs and initiatives that apply international best practices in educational research and assessment to support educational development.

ACER and CBSE conduct international assessment conference