International Development

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Mr Peter McGuckian
Director of International Development

Australian Council for Educational Research

19 Prospect Hill Rd, Camberwell, VIC, Australia 3124

T: + 61 3 9277 5509
F: + 61 3 9277 5500
E: mcguckian@acer.edu.au

International Projects

Technical Assistance to ICFES, Colombia

Through a sub-contract with ALMA MATER (Red de Universidades Publicas del Eje Cafetero/ Network of Public Universities in the Coffee-growing Zone), ACER provided technical assistance in defining a set of labour competencies required in the process of item construction, the development of instruments to evaluate these labour competencies as well as training and accreditation of test developers, item writers and reviewers to ICFES in Colombia. Dr Jennifer Bryce and Dr Gabrielle Matters spent two weeks in Bogota to deliver the training workshops.

Funding: ICFES (Instituto Colombiano de Fomento de la Educacion Superior/Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education)

Time Frame: Completion: June 2008