Ute Knoch

Professor Ute Knoch directs the Language Testing Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on language assessment for academic and professional purposes, assessment policy, rater-mediated assessment, and placement testing. Her published works include Diagnostic Writing Assessment (2009), Fairness, Justice and Language Assessment (2019), Assessing English for Professional Purposes (2020), Scoring Second Language Performances (2021), and The Handbook of Language Assessment Across Modalities (2022). Ute served as ALTAANZ co-president (2015-2016) and is current vice-president. She has also held ILTA Executive Board positions (2011- 2014, 2017-2019).