Background Val Klenowski is an Adjunct Professor of Education. She has conducted international research in  curriculum development and assessment practice, from the level of early childhood through to higher education.  She is particularly interested in teachers’ classroom assessment practices and the interrelationships of learning, curriculum and pedagogy.  She has held a diverse range of teaching and learning roles:

• teacher
• researcher
• evaluator
• academic advisor
• policy officer
• professional developer.

She has worked as academic advisor to Education Queensland and has conducted policy related research. Her research interests include the development and improvement of teachers’ assessment, curriculum and pedagogic practices for all learners. She has studied classroom assessment practices that enhance learning and that provide insights into how we can support students in their own learning through assessment. She has supervised 25 research masters and 11 doctoral students to completion. These post graduate students held research interests in assessment and curriculum reform.  She has been a joint Chief Investigator on ARC Linkage Grants exploring standards-driven reform in assessment in the middle years of schooling, digital portfolios and culture-fair assessment. She has been an editor of the Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice journal.