CRET has three pillars of research: Assessment and Analysis of Educational Testing Theories; Development of Testing Items and Content; and Advancement of Testing Technology. Our researchers work closely with each other and with peers overseas. There will be symposiums and seminars organized by CRET, and our work will be reported after each, through online publications.

Seminars

Date	Speaker	Title	Report	Material
February 16. 2010	William M. Bart University of Minnesota	"An Interpretation of a Comparative Study of Japanese and English Versions of the Minnesota Test of Critical Thinking-II"	276KB	88KB
February 15. 2010	William M. Bart University of Minnesota	"The Measurement and Teaching of Critical Thinking Skills"	161KB	141KB
September 12. 2009	William Finzer Senior Scientist at KCP Technologies and Fathom project leader	"Use of TinkerPlots and Fathom in Math and Science Education ―Concept and Curriculum"	538KB	1.27MB
January 22. 2008	Ger Limpens Cito	"PISA: a long and winding road?"	2.98MB	1.95MB
July 9. 2007	William M. Bart University of Minnesota	1. Diagnostic Item Analysis: The Dense Item Perspective. 2. Toward the Integration of Cognitive Diagnosis, Diagnostic Item Analysis, and Internet-Based Instruction.	68KB	86KB 52KB

Symposium

CRET Symposium 2010.12
PISA2009 Review by Educational Researchers -How Japanese Education should Refer to PISA-

	Speaker	Title	Report	Material
Keynote Speech	Sue Thomson ACER, Australia	"Learning from international studies: PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS from an Australian research perspective"	384KB	2.84MB
Lecture 1: Korea	Ki Jong Rhee Kookmin University, Republic of Korea	"Meanings and implications of Korean students’ academic achievement in PIS A 2009"	314KB (Japanese)	100KB
Lecture 2: Finland	Aya Watanabe Research Center for Higher Education Kumamoto University, Japan	"Do Changes over Learning Affect PISA Results?"	403KB (Japanese)	1.63MB (Japanese)
Lecture 3: Germany	Takahiro Kondo Graduate School of Research on Educational Development Science Nagoya University, Japan	"The Pluses and Minuses of PISA Shock in Germany"	338KB (Japanese)	282KB (Japanese)
Lecture 4: Japan	Kayo Matsushita Center for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education Kyoto University, Japan	"What Has PISA Changed in Japanese Education?"	307KB (Japanese)	538KB (Japanese)

CRET Symposium 2009.3　Statistics Education and Assessment

	Speaker	Title	Report	Material
Keynote Speech 1	Manabu Iwasaki Seikei University, Japan	"Assessment and Contents of Statistics Education in Japan`s New National Curriculum Standards ;Learning from the UK"	-	220KB (Japanese)
Keynote Speech 2	Neville Davies Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education School of Computing and Informatics Nottingham Trent University, UK	"Developments in Teaching, Learning and Assessing through Statistical Problem Solving"	507KB	998KB

CRET International Symposium 2007.3

	Speaker	Title	Report	Material
Keynote Speech	Andreas Schleicher OECD EDU, France	"How well do school systems perform in providing young people with a solid foundation of knowledge and skills, and in preparing them for life and learning beyond school?"	2.94MB	872KB
Lecture1	Kentaro Yamamoto ETS, USA	"Role of ICT literacy in Cognitive Skills Assessment"	188KB	215KB
Lecture2	Bryony Hoskins European Commission CRELL, Italy	"Measuring Active Citizenship: A comparison of current developments in international surveys"	395KB	1.89MB
Lecture3	Cao Zhixiang NCCT, People's Republic of China	"Introduction to the project of StudentsEEAcademic Achievement Assessment and Improvement in Middle and Primary Schools"	99KB	948KB
Lecutre4	Joo Hoon Kim KICE, Republic of Korea	"Key Competencies Needed for Future in the Republic of Korea -Problem Solving Ability : Ability to Integrate-"	277KB	600KB

※ The information such as profile and contact information written in reports
　　and materials for symposium is valid as of the date the symposium was held.
※ The seminar reports originally written in English are available at the English page.
　　Other reports written in Japanese are available in the Japanese page only,
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