Dr Katie Richardson is a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for School and System Improvement at the Australian Council for Educational Research. She is a teacher educator, with particular interest in educational assessment, curriculum and pedagogy, inclusion and international education. Using her experience as an English and EAL/D teacher, Katie has a keen interest in developing assessment and data analysis methods to support teachers to make professional educational decisions. Katie is passionate about empowering teachers by equipping them with skills and ideas to monitor their students’ learning progress effectively and use the information they gather to inform learning and teaching.