Professor. Jerome DeLisle - School of Education, Faculty of Humanities and Education
In 1994 Professor DeLisle was the first candidate to be awarded his doctorate at the School of Education (then the Faculty of Education). His thesis was a multivariate mixed methods study of the work environment of secondary school teachers in Trinidad and Tobago.
Professor DeLisle has worked continuously with the Division of Educational Research and Evaluation (DERE) in the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Education since 2003 on the methodology and reporting of national learning assessments. He is responsible for installing the current system of performance standards for National Tests and for the 2010 CAP evaluation. He has also worked with the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago (ACTT) as a feature speaker in conferences and is a regular evaluator in registration and accreditation processes.
He is a member of several learned societies, including the American Educational Association (AERA), the National Council Measurement in Education (NCME), the International Association for Computerized testing (IACAT), the International Congress of School Effectiveness and School Improvement (ICSEI), the Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIA), and the American Evaluation Association (AEA)
His current research interests are in high stakes testing, formative assessment, standard setting and whole system change. At present he teaches EDME6121, Evaluation of Educational Institutions and EDME6006, Assessment and Evaluation and administers one of the two groups in EDRS 6203: Graduate Research Seminars.
