Australian Ambassador to the Philippines supports Brigada Eskwela 2020
Watch Ambassador HE Steven J Robinson AO’s message of support to the efforts being made by the Philippines’ Department of Education amidst the current health crisis.
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Article on Formative Assessment published
Educational Assessment, a journal released by Taylor and Francis Group, recently published the article Developing a Formative Assessment Protocol to Examine Formative Assessment Practices in the Philippines. This was written by ACTRC Research Officer Louie Cagasan, Founding Director Dr Esther Care, and Research Fellows Pam Robertson and Dr Rebekah Luo. It was based on the Formative Assessment Phase 2 project
Read moreACTRC celebrates Philippines-Australia Friendship Day
Working together towards quality Philippine education. #FilAussieDay #MateshipandBayanihan
Read moreACTRC trains Test Administrators for the BARMM Baseline Study
ACTRC has trained a total of 45 Test Administrators (TA) who will visit schools within the Bangsamoro Administrative Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to collect data for the Baseline Study on Language Match and Teacher Assignment in BARMM. ACTRC has partnered with local organisations to assist in the recruitment of personnel and coordination of data gathering activities in the different
Read moreACTRC holds translation workshops
ACTRC held two translation workshops on October 5 and 6, 2019 at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. This was part of preparations for the anticipated data collection activities for the Baseline Study on Language Match and Teacher Assignment in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Instruments that were originally developed by the team in English were translated into
Read moreACTRC holds curriculum review workshop
ACTRC conducted a workshop to review the Department of Education Basic Education Curriculum. This activity was held from February 18-22, 2019 at the University Hotel, University of the Philippines Diliman. Participants for this activity included curriculum experts from the DepEd Bureau of Curriculum Development, and DepEd and UP Integrated School school heads and teachers.
Read moreACTRC holds Advisory Board meeting
ACTRC held its Advisory Board meeting on 21 February 2019 at the Marco Polo Hotel in Ortigas. Members of the board included representatives from the Philippines Department of Education, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Australian Government, University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS), Basic Education Sector Transformation (BEST), and SEAMEO INNOTECH.
Read moreACTRC Holds Conference on Learning Progressions and Formative Assessment
The Assessment, Curriculum and Technology Research Centre held a regional conference on October 22, 2018 at the University of the Philippines Cebu, Cebu City. This was attended by elementary and secondary school teachers of math and science, school heads, and officials from division and regional offices of the Department of Education, as well as representatives from teacher education institutions, local
Read moreACTRC at the 10th International Conference on Teacher Education
A team from the Assessment, Curriculum and Technology Research Centre delivered a plenary panel during the 10th International Conference on Teacher Education (ICTED) held on August 23-25, 2018 at the Seda Vertis North, Quezon City, Philippines.
Read moreACTRC represented at NEQMAP Annual General Meeting
Professor Esther Care attended the Annual General Meeting of the Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP), with many friends of ACTRC, including Gretchen Cordero of the Bureau of Educational Assessment, Philippines Department of Education, and Ethel Valenzuela of SEAMEO (pictured together to the left, front row). NEQMAP has become a model for the establishment of other education
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