Workshop Presenters

Dr Arnold Brouwer

Dr Arnold J Brouwer is an international assessment expert in educational measurement and psychological testing. He is an all-around researcher, innovator and consultant of methods and techniques for analysing, optimising and auditing fair, reliable, secure and valid assessments. He is director/owner of the Dutch Research Centre for Examination and Certification. Besides he is a guest lecturer and guest researcher at the Department of Cognition, Data and Education within the Faculty Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences at the University of Twende in the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD on the System-oriented Talent Management (STM) model, which he elaborated into an evidence-based method for visualising the interaction between human talent and the business purpose from both a psychological and managerial perspective. He carried out external audits, conducted training and provided capacity- building in countries including Azerbaijan, Curacao, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Uganda and the Netherlands. 

Prof Anil Kanjee

Prof. Anil Kanjee is a Research Professor at the Tshwane University of Technology whose work focuses on addressing the challenge of equity and quality in education. He is the head of the Assessment and Learning Research Programme, and coordinator of the Postgraduate Programme in the Department of Primary Education. He also serves as a

Research Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment. Currently he is supporting the Education Department and Teacher Unions to implement the national Assessment for Learning Pedagogical Strategy in South African schools. He has served as a technical advisor to education ministries in Africa and Asia, UNICEF, UNESCO, the United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, as well as to the Department of Basic Education, JET Education Services, UMALUSI and the National Educational Collaborative Trust.
 His areas of research focuses on:

• Enhancing the use of classroom and large-scale assessments to improve learning for ALL.

• Learner rights, learner voice and learning across schools in different poverty quintiles.

• Developing models of teacher professional development to address equity gaps in schools.

• Monitoring and evaluation of education systems, programmes and projects.

• Application of Item response theory forenhancing the reporting of assessment results.

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