Dr Kerry Woods

Dr Kerry Woods joined the Assessment Research Centre in 2002 and retired from her position as Senior Research Fellow in 2018. In her time at the Centre, Dr Woods specialised in the design and use of surveys and achievement testing materials for large scale programs of evaluation. She conducted evaluation studies of the deployment of native-speaking English teachers in Hong Kong primary and secondary schools, and of the impact of new technologies on learning outcomes for students in primary, secondary and special education schools. From 2006 onwards, her research interests centred on the design and validation of measures of communication and literacy to support teachers’ decisions about the instruction of their students with learning difficulties. Her work has led to the development of an integrated program of advice and support for teachers of students with additional learning needs – the SWANs program.