新生·持信念

Being a newborn and keeping the faith

Some people say that I check the pulse of Suzhou Education Ecology.

Some people see me as a CT scan machine for education in Suzhou.

Others compare me to a carpenter who crafts educational big data. 

I think Suzhou Education Quality Monitoring Center is like Noah's Ark.

Like a medical calibrator.

Like an embroidery lady.

More like a think tank supported by educational big data.

Like an explorer.

A skilled craftsman.

A weather station.

A compass.

A lighthouse.

A bonanza.

I’m a newcomer to the novel field of educational assessment.

My blood vessels are engraved with firm beliefs that

education is made better with close monitoring.

I am a spoondrift in the surging tide of the national education evaluation reform.

In 2014, from the strategic perspective of educational modernization

with a forward-looking vision,

Suzhou educators took the lead in establishing an independent system, the first of its kind among prefecture-level cities,

and it is a fully staffed organization named Suzhou Education Quality Monitoring Center.

It was on September 10, the 30th Teacher's Day

that Suzhou Education Quality Monitoring Center was born.

破浪·涌前行

Breaking the waves and rushing forward

Each piece of monitoring data was analyzed and processed precisely.

Every accurate diagnosis was a practice where learning and improvement took place.

Every value-added evaluation was a challenge to discover the value.

Every discussion and analysis was a chance to fathom the truth in education.

Every monitoring report revealed the myriad facets of the educational reality.

扬帆·正远航

Setting sail on a long voyage

After three years of accumulation,

I have gained the power and confidence to drive independently and sail far.

I have also achieved rapid upgrades in the trailblazing work.

Every year, I carry out the "three-dimensional, full coverage and tracking" a citywide academic quality monitoring for junior middle school students,

gauging students' academic performance in Chinese, Mathematics, English and Science.

I formulated monitoring indicators that have a multi-dimensional structure,

optimized the various processes in the monitoring organization and implementation,

tracked and collected massive monitoring data,

and created a data-backed education ecology in Suzhou.

I built a series of platforms to process the monitoring data, supported by intelligent technologies,

and gradually achieved technological breakthroughs in standardized data management, intelligent data analysis, and visual data presentation.

I explored the key elements and mechanisms affecting the education ecology.

I comprehensively measured, described, and diagnosed the health of the education ecology in Suzhou with big data.

I am a fairway light,

which uses advanced educational evaluation theories and technologies

to illuminate the way from an examination-oriented education to a more suitable educational model.

I am a scale,

which develops indicators, tools, and data analysis platforms for education monitoring

to shift our education focus from a single test score to multiple indicators.

I am a traffic light,

which draws a cordon to regulate the administrative practices in school running.

I am also a physical examination instrument and a weather station established to protect the health of the education ecology.

From issues of a single dimension to those that cross multiple dimensions, from topics involving commonality to those that concern individuality,

I accurately identify and issue timely warnings about problems in education.

I constantly improve the system of multidimensional indicators,

specialized evaluation tools,

standardized implementation processes,

intelligent evaluation system,

data-based education ecology,

structured quality evaluation,

accurate problem diagnosis,

and stereoscopic application of diagnostic results.

I strive to become the booster for the high-quality education development in Suzhou.

Over the past eight years,I developed and distributed more than 10,000 monitoring reports 

that provided important bases for decision-making and support for improving the optimization of the education ecology in Suzhou.

乘风·冲云霄

Braving winds and making headway

In the eight years of trials and hardship,

I seized the opportunity to further education quality monitoring

with steps moving forward from staggering in the past to marching today.

In those eight years of forging ahead,

I firmly rooted my endeavors in the new field of Chinese education evaluation

and deeply embedded my work in the evaluation system of education in Suzhou.

In those eight years of surviving and thriving,

I explored the frontier of education assessment,

and made efforts to build a role model for a quality monitoring system in a first-class regional education. 

Looking ahead, I will continue to play the role of a pioneer and ride the tide of educational evaluation reform,

and aspire to become an ark for educational monitoring in the digital age of education!