Dr Jarrod Hingston

Dr Jarrod Hingston is the Acting CEO of ACER Middle East, leading the organisation’s work in supporting schools and education systems across the region with world-class assessments and expert consultancy. With nearly 20 years of experience in student assessment, policy development and large-scale project delivery, he has played a pivotal role in shaping education systems in both the Middle East and Australia.

From 2010 to 2015, Dr Hingston served as National Assessment Manager at the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), overseeing the External Measurement of Student Achievement (EMSA) and early years national assessments. In 2013, he also headed ADEC’s Student Assessment and Examinations Division, leading government school examinations, national programs, and the implementation and analysis of international studies including PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS.

His substantive role at ACER is Head of Division, Student Learning and Progress, where he leads more than 30 global programs and projects such as the Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT), International Schools Assessment (ISA), International Benchmark Tests (IBT), Progressive Achievement for International Schools (PAIS) and ACER’s scholarship assessments.

Before joining ACER in 2017, he was a policy advisor at the Victorian Department of Education and Training, supporting the transition to online national and classroom assessments. He holds a PhD, and an Honours degree in Arabic Language, and is fluent in Levantine Arabic.