The Assessment Research Center (ARC) at the National Sun Yat-sen University was established in 2017 with the view to conducting the assessment research and assessment-related projects. The applications of assessment research involve in a wide range of area, such as evaluating students’ learning outcome to provide more appropriate learning resources, evaluating teachers’ teaching to improve their teaching strategies, weighing the suitability of the projects or the potential of companies’ development, providing patients with a more streamlined assessment process to reduce physical burden (pressure) during receiving examinations, and creating more friendly testing environments for test-takers. From what mentioned above, it can be seen that assessment is so comprehensive that it is across time, space, cultures and fields.

The Assessment Research Center is committed to leading the research and development of assessment from southern Taiwan to worldwide. Since assessment can help create better teaching and learning environments to enhance the efficiency of both educators and learners, and further to achieve the goal of teaching and learning, we are committed to the study and promotion of new knowledge in the field of assessment. Thus, the main missions of the ARC are as follows:

A. Accept commissioned assessment development and provide reports.

B. Provide consultation on assessments and evaluations.

C. Promote assessment-related knowledge and conduct assessment-related workshops.

D. Promote international exchange and cooperation on educational and psychological assessments.

E. Other issues related to educational and psychological assessments.