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Mr Ray Peck

Position:

Senior Research Fellow

Division:

Assessment and Reporting: Mathematics and Science

Location:

Melbourne

Qualifications:

BSc, DipEd Melb, BSpecEd Monash

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Ray is a Senior Research Fellow at ACER and has worked in the Teaching and Learning program and the Assessment and Reporting program since 2002. In his work at ACER, Ray has been involved in national and international research studies of teacher effectiveness, curriculum evaluation and assessment in mathematics.

Ray has good experience with national and international mathematics curriculum documentation having evaluated the Victorian Essential Learning Standards mathematics document in Victoria and the Essential Learning mathematics statements for the Australian Capital Territory. From 2004 to 2008 he advised the Education Department of Chile in regard to the development of progress maps, performance standards and related assessment instruments in mathematics. In 2009 he co-managed the item development for an online adaptive adult numeracy assessment for the Tertiary Education Commission in New Zealand. In 2008 he devised a PISA style mathematics instrument at years 8/9 for Mexico and conducted a related training workshop. Since 2007, Ray has developed mathematics instruments at Years 3-10 for the International Benchmark Test. In 2008 he developed an innovative and well-received assessment and tuition package for Australian students in Years 3-9 at risk in numeracy. He has conducted professional learning activities for teachers in the Maldives and Pakistan and has developed assessment materials for Papua New Guinea.

In 2008 and 2009 he managed the numeracy item development of Australia’s national numeracy assessment, NAPLAN 2009 and 2010. He has managed mathematics instrument development for the International Schools Assessment and the International Benchmarks Test and has good familiarity with international curriculum and assessments such as PISA and TIMSS. He is currently contributing to the PISA 2012 mathematics item bank. From 2006-2009, Ray managed the development and implementation of instruments to measure the mathematics content knowledge and mathematics pedagogy knowledge of future primary and secondary teachers in the IEA study, TEDS-M, involving 15 countries. In 2003 he developed mathematics pedagogy scenarios for the study, an Investigation of Effective Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Australian Secondary Schools.

Ray has consulted to school mathematics departments and clusters in Melbourne and regional Victoria collecting teacher and student data, evaluating school mathematics programmes and making recommendations about how to improve teaching and learning outcomes.

Ray has taught mathematics and managed mathematics and special education departments for many years. He has also presented numerous professional learning activities for teachers and convened the Glenelg Branch of the Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV). He is a Past President of the MAV and a Councillor from 2002 to 2008. Throughout 1999-2001 Ray was involved in the Australian Mathematics Standards for Excellence Project (AAMT/Monash) both as a Teacher Focus Group member and as a co-opted member of the National Project Team. In 2000, he was fortunate to be one of two Australian Mathematics teachers chosen to observe the NBPTS Portfolio Scoring of Highly Accomplished US teachers in Nevada. He has been an advocate of the value of the AAMT Standards in many forums, conducting workshops, writing papers and co-designing a self-evaluation tool. At ACER in 2004 for example, Ray co-presented a professional learning workshop entitled Engaging in Excellence for mathematics leaders and teachers in Melbourne schools designed around the national Standards. In 1999 Ray was awarded the Melbourne University/MAV Professional Experience Award as recognition of his contributions to professional development in mathematics education in Victoria.

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