Monday, 14 September 2009 09:50 - 10:40

Chair

Royce Sadler

Griffith University

Australia

Presenter: Patricia Broadfoot CBE (Vice-Chancellor, University of Gloucestershire, UK)

Professor Barry McGaw AO is Director of the University of Melbourne Education Research Institute (MERI) and 'Chair of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Previously he was Director for Education in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) based in Paris, and before that Executive Director of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). He has a distinguished record of research in educational assessment, particularly concerning testing, examination, certification and accountability.