John Hattie

Title: The impact of testing on people and society: Discussion of the conference and issues for the future.

John Hattie is Professor of Education at Auckland University. His areas of interest are measurement models and their applications to educational problems, including item response models, structural equation modelling, measurement theory, and meta-analysis. Substantive areas include study skills, performance indicators & evaluation, self-concept, models of teaching and learning, and educational psychology. He currently directs the asTTle Project (www.asTTle.org.nz), is chief moderator of the Performance Based Research Fund, editor of the International Journal of Testing, associate editor of British Journal of Educational Psychology, and is part-time cricket coach and umpire. He has supervised >$30m in research grants, published and presented over 450 papers, and supervised 150 theses students.