Mr Chris Freeman is the Research Director of Systemwide Testing program at the Australian Council for Educational Research (Sydney). Since joining ACER in December 2001, he has had extensive experience in managing all aspects of test development and construction for Government projects. He has worked closely with major stakeholders using superior leadership, organisational and accounting skills. Mr Freeman is particularly familiar with educational measurement and reporting studies and the current trends in measurement and assessment. He has been responsible for the management of large scale testing programs in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia. In these duties he has frequently performed analysis of data sets of large scale projects and performed the duties associated with cut score setting and horizontal and vertical equating for several jurisdictions. He was previously Assistant Director (Competitions and Government Projects) at the Educational Testing Centre, University of New South Wales. [THIS PAGE IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ]
Articles
First national literacy and numeracy tests introduced, Research Developments (2009)
More than one million students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participated in the...
Books
ICT in the Teaching of Science and Mathematics in Year 8 in Australia: report from the IEA Second International Technology in Education Study (SITES) survey (with John Ainley, Frances Eveleigh, and Kate O'Malley), ACER Research Monographs (2010)
The IEA Second International Technology in Education Study (SITES) is an international comparative research program...
Presentations
Lunchtime Talkback - Indigenous Students and Large Scale Assessments such as NAPLAN: How do we make sure we get an accurate picture of what Indigenous students know? (with Frances Eveleigh), From 2009 - 2011 ACER Research Conference series (2011)
Other
National assessment program : ICT literacy years 6 & 10 report 2008 (with John Ainley; Julian Fraillon; and Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA)), National Sample Assessment of ICT Literacy (2010)
This report presents the findings from the National Assessment Program –ICT literacy assessment conducted in...
Australian teachers and the learning environment : an analysis of teacher response to TALIS 2008 : final report (with Kate O’Malley and Frances Eveleigh), OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (Australian component) (2010)
The Department of Education, Science and Training commissioned the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)...
National assessment program : ICT literacy years 6 & 10 report 2005 (with John Ainley; Julian Fraillon; and Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (Australia) (MCEETYA)), National Sample Assessment of ICT Literacy (2007)
Australia's national goals for schooling assert that when students leave school they should be: confident,...