On March 22, 2018, the International Symposium on Knowledge and Competency Assessment sponsored by ATA and The Chinese Society of Education was held at Park Hyatt Beijing Hotel.

More than 300 guests from China and other countries attended the symposium, including experts, scholars and industrial leaders in the field of testing and assessment, and members from government departments, industrial societies, enterprises, and institutes of higher learning. Focusing on knowledge and competency assessment, they discussed a broad range of topics on the future development trend of talent assessment, and conducted in-depth communication on the concepts and systems of the education assessment in China and the U.S. 

A number of guests delivered keynote speeches on talent assessment in China and other countries; in particular, they gave authoritative interpretation of the designing concepts, technologies and content innovations on the future talent assessment trend, focusing on knowledge, capability and competency assessment. These speakers included Mr. Dai Jiagan, member of National Advisory Committee on Education and Vice-president of the Chinese Society of Education, Mr. Ma Xiaofeng, Chairman and CEO of ATA, Ms. Donna Matovinovic, Senior Vice-president and Person in charge of Examination Development at ACT, and being named the “Mother of ACT”, Ms. Jacqueline Krain,Vice-president International Markets ACT, Ms. Liu Hongyun, professor of Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, and Secretary-general of the Executive Council of The Educational Statistics and Measurement of Sub-commission of The Chinese Society of Education, and Dr.William.G.Harris, CEO of Association of Test Publishers.

Mr. Dai Jiagan, member of National Advisory Committee on Education, and Vice-president of The Chinese Society of Education, is delivering a speech

Mr. Ma Xiaofeng, Chairman and CEO of ATA, is delivering a speech

Ms.Jacqueline Krain, Vice-president International Markets ACT, is delivering a speech

Ms. Donna Matovinovic, Senior Vice-president and Person in charge of Examination Development at ACT, is delivering a speech

Ms. Liu Hongyun, Professor of Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Secretary-general of the Executive Council of The Educational Statistics and Measurement of Sub-commission of The Chinese Society of Education, is delivering a speech

Dr. William.G.Harris, CEO of Association of Test Publishers,is delivering a speech

The speakers of ACT from the U.S. shared their core designing and development concepts of how ACT tests assess the students’ knowledge and competency, and the breakthroughs and how the innovations of the upcoming computer-based tests (CBT) improve the impartiality and security of ACT tests.

At the symposium, the launching ceremony of the strategic cooperation between the Chinese Society of Education, ATA and ACT was held. By bringing into play their respective advantages – the authoritative guidance of the Chinese Society of Education, the cutting-edge test technology and powerful operating capability of ATA, and the standardized and serialized products of ACT – these three parties would provide Chinese students with a series of ACT products and services such as Pre-ACT and ACT Mock Testing, in a bid to offer the best experience of ACT Journey from entering for tests, preparing tests to takingtests, and jointly promote the formation of a still more standardized ACT testing and training market environment in China!

The international special symposium focusing on talent assessment and testing theories and technologies sponsored by ATA has been held for 12 years successively. As one of China’s most authoritative and influential international symposiums in the field of talent assessment and testing, it sets up a platform of communication for those engaged in the testing industry in China and other countries through its “international horizon, cutting-edge perspective, and specialized content”, and leads the innovative development of the testing industry in China.