Gabrielle Matters

Gabrielle Matters is the Director, New Basics, within Education Queensland. She is also working on an international advisory group set up by the UK government on the development of world-class tests.

In her former role as a deputy director at the Queensland Board of Senior Secondary School Studies, she headed the division responsible for the Queensland Core Skills Test, external examinations, and publishing.

Before commencing work at the Board in 1986 as a member of the tertiary entrance task force, Gabrielle taught chemistry and physics in Queensland schools (state and non-state) for 20 years including five years as a deputy principal. She has also worked as a chemistry editor in London.

Gabrielle is the author of conference papers and journal articles on test design and marking, and on the underachievement of boys. Her doctoral dissertation was in the field of psychometrics, and McGraw-Hill has published her book on test preparation.