Dr Goran Lazendic

BA(Hons), PhD
Honorary Associate
Phone
+61 2 8338 6800
Fax
+61 2 9693 5844
Building/Room
A35 / 307
The University of Sydney

Goran Lazendic has training and research experience in cognitive psychology and educational measurement and assessments. Most recently, he has designed an innovative cross-grades system of computerised multistage adaptive tests for the Australian national assessments program.

He also developed, led and successfully implemented the ambitious and multifaceted research program that provided a comprehensive range of quantitative and qualitative empirical evidence to guide and support the transition of the national assessments from paper-based to computer-based tests. The new multistage adaptive national tests have been successfully implemented in over a thousand Australian schools in 2018.

Goran is interested in research into novel approaches to automated scoring of writing and has spearheaded significant research efforts to investigate operational and conceptual issues of its implementation in large-scale national writing assessment.

Goran contributes to the Sydney School of Education and Social Work in a number of substantive ways through his involvement in the Centre of Measurement and Assessment (CEMA). He has produced two lectures online for the Master of Education and has presented at Educational Measurement Interest Group meetings. He is an Associate Supervisor to a University of Sydney Master of Education (Research) and provides strategic advice to CEMA. 

  • Guest lecturer, Master of Education units of study "Assessment literacy for school teachers"  and "Data Literacy for school teachers", Sydney School of Education and Social Work)
  • Research Director Systemwide Testing, Manager Sydney Office, Australian Council for Educational Research
  • Senior Assessment Specialist, UNESCO International Bureau of Education
  • Senior Manager, Research and Development, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) (2014–2019)
  • Senior Manager, Measurement and Research, ACARA (2012–2014)

Journal articles
  • Martin, A.J., Lazendic, G. (2018). "Achievement in Large-scale National Numeracy Assessment: An Ecological Study of Motivation and Student, Home, and School Predictors." Journal of Educational Psychology, 110(4), 465–482.
  • Martin, A.J., Lazendic, G. (2018). "Computer-Adaptive Testing: Implications for Students’ Achievement, Motivation, Engagement, and Subjective Test Experience." Journal of Educational Psychology, 110(1), 27–45.
  • Vink, G, Lazendic G, van Buuren, S. (2015). "Partitioned predictive mean matching as a multilevel imputation technique." Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, 57(4), 577–594.
  • Taft, M., Castles, A., Davis, C., Lazendic, G., Nguyen-Hoan, M. (2008). "Automatic activation of orthography in spoken word recognition: pseudohomograph priming." Journal of Memory and Language, 58, 366–379.

Conference presentations
  • Lazendic, G (2019). "National Assessment Program–Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)
  • Writing Automated Scoring and Stakeholder Validity Concerns." Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Toronto, Canada.
  • Lazendic, G (2019). "Raising a New Generation of Measurement Experts: The Case of
  • Australia." Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Toronto Canada.
  • Lazendic, G (2017). "Automatic Scoring and Formative Feedback." Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Antonio, US.
  • Lazendic, G (2017). "Application of Generalized Linear Mixed Modelling to Evaluate
  • Device Effects in NAPLAN." Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Antonio US.
  • Lazendic, G (2017). "Mode Effects between Paper and Different Digital Devices in
  • NAPLAN." Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Antonio, US.
  • Rabinowitz, S., Lazendic, G. (2017). "Analysis of Device Effects in the Context of
  • Multistage Adaptive NAPLAN Tests." Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Antonio, US.
  • Lazendic, G., Adams, J.R. (2014). "Multistage Test Design Incorporating Vertical
  • Scaling." Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education. Philadelphia, United States of America.
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