Yun-Yee Cheong

Yun-Yee Cheong is an educator passionate about making a difference in validity research and evaluation. Yun-Yee holds a PhD degree in Educational Testing from University College London Institute of Education and was a Visiting Pre-doctoral Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In addition, Dr. Cheong is a recipient of the Singapore Ministry of Education Postgraduate Scholarship and the Tan Kah Kee Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship. Her PhD research on Singapore’s national language examinations has led her to read extensively about educational evaluation and, more specifically, about the evolving concepts of validity and accountability, various validation frameworks and public policy. Dr. Cheong is currently an Adjunct Faculty Member (Consultant) in TESOL Language Testing and Evaluation at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.

Education

• Harvard Graduate School of Education
  Visiting Predoctoral Fellow

• IOE - UCL's Faculty of Education and Society
  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement

• Singapore Examination and Assessment Board
  Specialist Diploma in Educational Assessment

• Singapore Workforce Development Agency
  Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment

• National University of Singapore
  Master of Arts by Research (Chinese Studies)

• National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Specialisation in Teaching at Secondary School Level)

• Peking University
  Bachelor's Degree, Chinese Language and Literature

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

• Visiting Programme for Young Sinologists Award (Shanghai)
  (Awarded by the government of China in recognition of academic excellence and research potential, and to promote understanding between China and the recipient nation)
• British Educational Research Association Doctoral Thesis Award
  Nomination by University College London Institute of Education
• Singapore National Poetry Festival Top Award
  (Chinese Open Category)
• Tan Kah Kee Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship
  
• Ministry of Education Postgraduate Scholarship
  (PhD in Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment)
  
• National University of Singapore Research Scholarship
  
• Peking University First in Level (Overseas Students, Faculty of Chinese Language and Literature)
• Peking University Overseas Students Outstanding
  Performance Award
• Singapore Public Service Commission Overseas Scholarship
• Hwa Chong Literary Award Third Prize (Poem Category)
• National Chinese Essay cum Webpage Design Competition
  First Prize
• Liu Pek Kim Book Prize (Third in Both Languages, Nanyang Girls’ High School)