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Consultation MEP Consulting started providing consulting services in the areas of educational measurement, evaluation and psychometrics in 2016. Based in Ontario, Canada, the corporation has been involved with a number of assessment-related activities including the development of assessment reports and research notes, quality monitoring, program evaluation, scoring sessions, analysis of large-scale assessment data, and staff mentoring and training. The president of the company is Dr. Pierre Brochu. Dr. Brochu possesses extensive experience with assessment programs across Canada and internationally. After teaching in the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Manitoba, Dr. Brochu worked in test development and program management with the Department of National Defense and the Canadian Nurses Association. He managed provincial test development, administration, and scoring with the departments of Education in Manitoba and British Columbia before directing the Canadian National assessment program with the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), where he spent 15 years. He coordinated the inception of the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) and managed the participation of Canadian provinces in international studies. He acted as the National Project Manager and Governing Board member for the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He was also the National Research Coordinator for the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), the International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS), and the Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics (TEDS-M) of the International Association for the Evaluation of Education Achievement (IEA). As a past member of the PISA Strategic Development Group (SDG) and of the IEA General Assembly, he represented Canadian provinces in providing strategic policy advice on a number of international assessment topics and issues. Prior to forming his consulting firm, Dr. Brochu also worked with the Ontario Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) as Acting Director, Data and Reporting. His advanced education in project management and psychometrics makes the firm particularly well suited for projects related to program evaluation, program implementation, quality monitoring, mentoring and assessment training activities in both English and French.