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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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