>> Official Opening

The Assessment Resource Centre (ARC) website was launched during the opening ceremony of the First International Conference on Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment on 13th June, 2005.

In the morning, around 400 conference participants from all over the world, gathered together at the Jockey Club Auditorium on the campus of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and witnessed our official opening.

Prof. T. P. Leung
and
Mr. Steve Frankland
opening the ARC


Prof. T. P. Leung, the Vice President (Student Development) and the Chair of the Learning and Teaching Committee of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Mr. Steve Frankland, the Project Leader opened the ARC and presented some important concepts and thinking of modern assessment theory and practice. This website will provide teachers with additional resources on how assessment can improve teaching and learning.

The centre is now being developed and eventually, a multitude of information on assessment will be made available and contributions from front-line teachers are welcomed, noted by Mr. Frankland in his opening address.