Day 1: 16 August
Conference Opener, Welcome to Country
Title to be confirmed
Professor Geoff Masters AO, ACER
General principles of learning progressions
Charlotte Waters
Developing an assessment of oral language and literacy: Measuring growth in the early years
Dr Dan Cloney & Kellie Picker, ACER
30-minute break
This time without ‘feeling’: Children’s intuitive theories of art as a basis for learning progression in Visual Arts
Dr Karen Maras, University of New South Wales
Targeted teaching works but what does it take?
Professor Dianne Siemon, RMIT
Day 2: 17 August
Title to be confirmed
Associate Professor Alicia Alonzo, Michigan State University
“But how do I use it?” Achieving evidence-based planning, teaching, and assessment through an empirical learning progression and matched resources for students with disability
Dr Emily White, University of Melbourne
Evidencing creativity and curiosity in IB schools
Dr Sarah Richardson & Dr Sladana Krstic, ACER
30-minute break
Reporting student progress: What might it look like?
Dr Hilary Hollingsworth & Jonathan Heard, ACER
How might we identify and measure learning progression in History?
Dr Louise Zarmati, University of Tasmania
Poster presentations
Day 3: 18 August
Accountable assessment
Professor Richard Lehrer, Vanderbilt University
Developing, analysing and using: The experience of the Scottish National Standardised Assessments and their focus on supporting teachers
Dr Sladana Krstic & Dr Sarah Richardson, ACER
Understanding and monitoring growth of general capabilities
Dr Claire Scoular, ACER
30-minute break
Using data to monitor student progress
Dr Greg Whitby, Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
Title to be confirmed
Dr Dara Ramalingam, ACER
Virtual networking
Day 4: 19 August
Rethinking measurement for accountable assessment
Professor Mark Wilson, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Melbourne
Title to be confirmed
Professor Erin Furtak, University of Colorado Boulder
Challenges in measuring and reporting student growth using assessment scores
Dr Nathan Zoanetti, ACER
30-minute break
Evaluative expertise, pedagogical reasoning and decision-making: Essential aspects of teachers’ professional judgement
Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Australian Catholic University
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Concluding remarks, Conference close
Professor Geoff Masters
Day 5: 20 August
Learning progressions in reading and mathematics
Charlotte Waters, Prue Anderson, Ross Turner, Sandra Knowles, Dara Ramalingam, Stavroula Zoumoulis, ACER