BA(Hons) La T, GradDipEd Melb

Daniel Duckworth joined the IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) as an item development specialist working on international large-scale assessment projects. He has expertise in the development of assessment frameworks and digital literacy assessment, including International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2023.

Prior to this, Daniel was a Research Fellow in the Assessment and Psychometric Research Division at ACER from 2007–2013 and again from 2016–2020. He worked on a variety of projects such as the 2009 International Civic and Citizenship Education Study, the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, the National Assessment Program ICT Literacy (2008, 2011, 2017), the International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) in 2013 and 2018, and Critical and Creative Thinking assessments for the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (2015). Daniel specialised in computer and information literacy (CIL) and is a co-author of the ICILS 2018 Assessment Framework, ICILS 2018 Public Report and NAP ICT Literacy 2017 Public Report. Daniel’s work extends beyond the assessment of CIL and includes research on the way natural language processing algorithms can be used to analyse assessment response data. Daniel was also part of the General Capabilities Assessment (GCA) development team, a project of the Centre for Assessment Reform and Innovation. His work on the GCA contributed to the conceptualisation of the Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking and Collaboration frameworks and the operationalisation of those frameworks in assessment instruments trialed in schools in Queensland and Victoria.