Testing mathematics, literacy and generative thinking

Monday, 14 September 2009 13:45 - 15:15, Ballroom 2

Chair

Anat Ben-Simon

National Institute for Testing & Evaluation

Israel

Mathematics, language and tests: Conflicts and challenges

Nick Connolly, Australian Council for Educational Research, Australia

NAPLAN TESTING – is it testing what it claims to test?

Patricia Hipwell, logonliteracy, Australia

Testing generative rather than convergent thinking with open-ended tasks

Doug M McCurry, Australian Council for Educational Research, Australia