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Ross Turner

ACER

• Principal Research Fellow, International Surveys
• MSc(Stats), DipEd Melb, DipEdPsych Monash
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Ross Turner is a Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational
Research in the National and International Surveys research program. 

Ross’s major role in this position has been carrying out management and coordination
activities in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a large
international research project funded by the OECD. In the PISA project, he manages a
substantial test development process across three different knowledge domains, with test
development teams in several countries. He leads the development of mathematics test
items, is responsible for development of a suitable methodology for reporting student
achievement, and contributes to the management of other aspects of the project. 

As well as management skills, his technical expertise in the areas of mathematics
curriculum and assessment, statistical analysis of performance data, and educational
measurement in general are called on regularly as part of the ongoing work of the
project. 

Before joining ACER in early 2000, Ross led the development of the mathematics curriculum
for the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). As Manager Research and Evaluation at
the Victorian Board of Studies, he contributed significantly to the development of
assessment procedures in the VCE, to monitoring and evaluating all aspects of VCE
implementation, and was responsible for provision of technical advice and development of
statistical procedures. His other research interests included comparability of teacher
assessments, provision of student achievement feedback data, and the development of
statistical moderation procedures for the VCE. 

Ross was extensively involved in mathematics education as a secondary teacher for 12
years, and in teacher education programs at tertiary level. 

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