Dr Frances Brill PGCE MA PhD
Research Manager
assessment@nfer.ac.uk, +44(0)1753 637119
Frances’s main research expertise is literacy assessment in the primary age range. She has managed and contributed to a wide range of literacy and assessment research projects. These include the development of classroom materials for speaking and listening teacher-assessments and national curriculum tests in English. She is currently developing key stage 2 English assessments for QCDA and leading a team providing literacy consultancy to the DfE.
Frances has a specialist background in linguistics and education, holding an MA in general linguistics and a PhD in educational linguistics. Her teaching experience includes primary teaching at key stage 2, and lecturing in syntax to undergraduates.
Frances is the co-editor of NFER’s peer-review international journal, Educational Research, which is listed in the Social Science Citation Index and published by Routledge. She is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors and a Practitioner of the Association for Educational Assessment – Europe.