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Dr Ross Hudson

Position:

Research Fellow 

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Division:

Assessment and Reporting: Mathematics and Science 

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Location:

Melbourne 

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Qualifications:

BScEd Melb, MSc Curtin, PhD Curtin

 

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Dr Ross Hudson is a Research Fellow (Test Developer) in the Assessment and Reporting research program at the Australian Council for Educational Research.

Since joining ACER in 2008 Dr. Hudson has been working on a variety of assessment programs including; PAT Science (Progressive Achievement Tests in Science), ISA (International Schools Assessment), PISA (Program for International Student Assessment), IBT (International Benchmark Tests), the ASI Rio Tinto Big Science competition and the UAE NAP science testing program for the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Hudson also played a key role in the development and management of items for the Monitoring Standards in Education (MSE) for the Western Australian Education Department. His work included item writing, selection of student response exemplars and conducting coder-training sessions with West Australian coding staff. Recently Dr. Hudson has been working on the development and trialling of items for both the NAPLAN and PISA tests.

Prior to joining ACER, Dr. Hudson has had considerable experience in Government, Private and Catholic schools in Victoria teaching mainly Chemistry, Science and Mathematics. He has had extensive experience in senior management positions in these schools holding the positions of VCE Coordinator, Science Coordinator and Director of College Operations. He has also worked with the Victorian Board of Studies in developing, trialling and marking of Chemistry common assessment tasks. 

Dr Hudson’s Doctor of Philosophy degree from Curtin University was in the field of Chemistry assessment.

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