Staff profile

• assessment
• educational psychology
• gifted and talented children
• mathematics education
• technology in education

• 2016: Invited seminar: Data Visualisation, presented at Statistics Portugal (Porto) F2F and via a webinar to Statistics Portugal (Lisbon)

• 2002: World Class Tests: Paper test and computer test at ages 9 and 13: March 02; April 02; July 02; November 02; March 03. Tests have been given to 10,000 students in 16 countries
• 2000: Vice President: International Association for Statistics Education.
• 2000: Editoral Board: Appointed to Editorial Board of the "Statistical Journal of the International Association for Official Statistics"
• 2000: Invited Seminar: Invited seminar at OECD Paris (Videocast transmission around the organisation at the same time) "Understanding and Promoting Public Understanding of Evidence"
• 2000: Position paper: invited to write a position paper by DCSF on /Coping with Complexity /for their Beyond Current Horizons programme.
• 2000: Membership of Research Council Committees: Member of the Economic and Social Research Council Research Priorities Board (1997-September 2001)Membership of the Steering Committee of the ESRC Teaching and Learning Initiative (1999-September 2001)Membership of the Steering Committee for the ESRC Learning Society Programme (1999-September 2001)
• 2000: Member of QCA Advisory Working Group: Member of the QCA Advisory Working Group for the Key Stage 3 ICT tests, 2004-2005
• 2000: Keynote Addresses in International Forums: Ridgway, J. (2005). Studies of the processes of task design. Keynote Address at the First Conference of the International Society for Design and Development in Education, Oxford.Ridgway, J. (2003). The evaluation of complex competencies. Keynote at the V Seminario de la Redu (focussed on the responses of Spanish Universities to the Bologna accord), Madrid.Ridgway, J. (2002). Web-based assessment. Keynote talk to 1000 teachers on Hong Kong, organized by the Hong Kong Assessment Authority.
• 2000: Invited member of panel at Stockholm conference: Round table: Towards a more evidence-based participatory democracy: should statisticians do more to make it happen? Chair: Hervé Carré. Panel: Enrico Giovannini, Kjell Jansson, Jim Ridgway, Hans Rosling, Sara Wood .

Chapter in book

• Ridgway, J., & Ridgway, R. (2022). Covid-19 shows why we need Civic Statistics: illustrations and classroom activities. In J. Ridgway (Ed.), Statistics for empowerment and social engagement: teaching Civic Statistics to develop informed citizens (297-319). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20748-8_12
• Ridgway, J., & Ridgway, R. (2022). Civic Statistics in context: mapping the global evidence ecosystem. In J. Ridgway (Ed.), Statistics for empowerment and social engagement: teaching Civic Statistics to develop informed citizens (581-607). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20748-8_23
• Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2011). Developing Statistical Literacy in Students and Teachers. In C. Batanera, G. Burrill, & C. Reading (Eds.), Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics - Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education: A Joint ICMI/IASE Study: The 18th ICMI Study (311-322). (18th ICMI Study). Springer Verlag
• Ridgway, J., & McCusker, S. (2008). PREMA: Evidence from Six Countries. In M. Chionidou-Moskofglou, A. Blunk, R. Siemprinska, Y. Solomon, & R. Tanzberger (Eds.), Promoting Equity in Maths Achievement - the current discussion (23-32). University of Barcelona
• Ridgway, J., Zawojewski, Z., Hoover, M., & Lambdin, D. (2003). Student Attainment in the Connected Mathematics Curriculum. In S. Senk, & D. Thompson (Eds.), Standards-based school mathematics curricula : what are they ? what do students learn ? (193-224). Lawrence Erlbaum
• Ridgway, J., Swan, M., & Burkhardt, H. (2001). Assessing Mathematical Thinking Via FLAG. In D. Holton, & M. Niss (Eds.), Teaching and Learning Mathematics at University Level- An ICMI Study (423-430). Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Ridgway, J. (2001). Tools for Change- Building the Knowledge Base for Macro-Systemic Change. In H. Taylor, & P. Hogenbirk (Eds.), Information and Communication Technologies in Education: The School of the Future. Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Ridgway, J. (2000). The Mathematical Needs of Engineering Apprentices. In A. Bessot, & J. Ridgway (Eds.), Education for Mathematics in the Workplace published by Kluwer Academic Publishers (eds) Bessot, A and Ridgway, J (189-197). Kluwer Academic Publishers

Conference Paper

• (in press). Citizen Empowerment - changing the face of statistical literacy.
• Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & Ridgway, R. (2020). Looking Back- Looking Forward; Statistics and the Data Science Tsunami. In Proceeding of the 62nd ISI World Statistics Congress 2019: Special Topic Session: Volume 3 (47-56)
• Ridgway, J., & Nicholson, J. (2019). Problematising high-stakes assessment in statistics. In J. Contreras, M. Gea, M. López-Martín, & E. Molina-Portillo (Eds.), Actas del Tercer Congreso International Virtual de Educación Estadística (1-15)
• Ridgway, J., Ridgway, R., & Nicholson, J. (2018). Data Science for all: A stroll in the foothills. In M. . A. Sorto, A. White, & L. Guyot (Eds.), Looking back, looking forward : proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10, July, 2018), Kyoto, Japan (1-6)
• Nicholson, J., & Ridgway, J. (2018). Real-world contexts in statistics components of UK mathematics examinations: aiming forward, walking backwards. In M. Sorto, A. White, & L. Guyot (Eds.), Looking back, looking forward : proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10), July 2018, Kyoto, Japan
• Nicholson, J., Ridgway, J., McCusker, S., & Sutherland, S. (2015). Visualizing complex data and working with visual data representations of multivariate data.
• Sutherland, S., Hedger, S., Ireland, M., & Ridgway, J. (2015). Designing Interactive Displays to Promote Effective use of Evidence. In M. Sorto (Ed.), Advances in statistics education : developments, experiences and assessments. Proceedings of the Satellite conference of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE), July 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., Sutherland, S., & Hedgers, S. (2015). Strategies for Public Engagement with Official Statistics. In M. Sorto (Ed.), Advances in statistics education : developments, experiences and assessments. Proceedings of the Satellite conference of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE), July 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2009). The Next Great Leap - From Official Data to Public Knowledge. In P. Murphy (Ed.),
• Nicholson, J., Ridgway, J., & McCusker, S. (2009). One Small Step for a Pupil - One Giant Leap for Citizens. In P. Murphy (Ed.),

Journal Article

• Ridgway, J. (2021). Covid and data science: Understanding R0 could change your life. Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Statistics and Data Science Teaching, 43(S1), S84-S92. https://doi.org/10.1111/test.12273
• Ridgway, J., & Ridgway, R. (2019). Teaching for Citizen Empowerment and Engagement. Radical statistics, 123, 15-23
• Nicholson, J., & Ridgway, J. (2017). A response to White and Gorard: Against inferential statistics: How and why current statistics teaching gets it wrong. Statistics Education Research Journal, 16(1), 66-73
• Sutherland, S., & Ridgway, J. (2017). Interactive visualisations and statistical literacy. Statistics Education Research Journal, 16(1), 26-30
• Ridgway, J. (2016). Implications of the data revolution for statistics education. International Statistical Review, 84(3), 528-549. https://doi.org/10.1111/insr.12110
• Ridgway, J. (2015). A Response to Mere Innovation is Too Late: Data Cowboys and Statistical Indians. The American Statistician,
• Ridgway, R., & Ridgway, J. (2011). Crimes Against Statistical Inference: Forcing Teachers to be Accessories after the (Absence of) Fact. Online educational research journal,
• Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2007). Reasoning with Multivariate Evidence
• Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2007). Teaching Statistics - Despite its Applications. Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Statistics and Data Science Teaching, 29(2), 44-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2007.00276.x
• Ridgway, J., McCusker, S., & Nicholson, J. (2006). Reasoning with data- time for a rethink?
• Ridgway, J., & McCusker, S. (2003). Using Computers to Assess New Educational Goals. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 10(3), 309-328. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969594032000148163
• Richardson, M., -A. Baird, J., Ridgway, J., Ripley, M., Shorrocks-Taylor, D., & Swan, M. (2002). Challenging minds? Students' perceptions of computer-based World Class Tests of problem solving. Computers in Human Behavior, 18(6), 633-649
• Ridgway, J., Zawojewski, J., & Hoover, M. (2000). Problematising Evidence-based Policy and Practice. Evaluation and research in education, 14(3/4), 181-192

Monograph

• Ridgway, J. (2008). Challenge: coping with complexity. Envisioning education in the context of social and technical change - what sorts of education systems, methods and institutions do we need to help people deal with complexity?
• Ridgway, J., McCusker, S., & Pead, D. (2004). Literature Review of E-assessment. Futurelab

Report

• Ripley, M., Harding, R., Redif, H., Ridgway, J., & Tafler, J. (2009). Review of Advanced e-Assessment Techniques (RAeAT) Final Report. [No known commissioning body]
• Ridgway, J., & McCusker, S. (2009). Challenges for Research in e-Assessment. JRC
• Ridgway, J., & Group, T. M. (2005). Finding Patterns and Relationships; Using Representations; Making Sense of Evidence; Optimisation; Providing; Finding Relationships in Data. [No known commissioning body]