Goran Lazendic | Research Director of Assessment Data and Analytics
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

Dr Goran Lazendic is the Research Director of Assessment Data and Analytics at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), specialising in educational measurement and large-scale assessments. He is also the International Survey Director for the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2025. PISA plays a key role in shaping global education policies by delivering data-driven insights that help improve student outcomes. He completed his PhD in Cognitive Psychology at the University of New South Wales and has spent over 20 years researching Large Language Models, focusing on their application in the automated scoring of essays and constructed responses for educational assessments.