Symposium 2: Social Issues, Work Skills and Assessment

Dr Clavia Williams-McBean

Programme Coordinator for the Master’s in Educational Measurement; Lecturer in Educational Measurement and Research


Dr Clavia Williams-McBean, Programme Coordinator for the Master’s in Educational Measurement; Lecturer in Educational Measurement and Research. She holds a Ph.D. in Education, an M.Ed. in Educational Measurement, a BA in Literatures in English and Sociology, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Language Education from the UWI, Mona.  

She is also a technical advisor to the CXC and an assessment consultant whose work includes the development of licensing examinations in the region. Her areas of specialization include educational testing and measurement, school-based assessment, formative assessment, sustainable development and assessment, research methodologies, English Language, English Literature and teacher professional development.

Dr. Williams-McBean has over 17 years of teaching experience at the secondary and tertiary levels. She has also published research articles and workbooks that focus on developing social and work skills including how large-scale assessment may be optimized to develop and measure sustainable development competencies. Finally, she has developed and executed training workshops to respond to assessment changes in the region including implications for practice in light of advancements in artificial intelligence including ChatGPT.