Conceptions of Teaching 1 To appear in (2009) Journal of Education for Teaching, 35(1) ASSESSMENT POLICY & PRACTICE EFFECTS ON NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND TEACHERS’ CONCEPTIONS OF TEACHING Gavin T L Brown University of Auckland Robert Lake NovumAVI, Brisbane Gabrielle Matters Australian Council for Educational Research, Brisbane Running Head: Conceptions of Teaching Correspondence: Gavin T. L. Brown, Faculty of Education, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. Email: gt.brown@auckland.ac.nz Word count approx 6400 Key words: transmission teaching; New Zealand; Queensland; elementary teachers; high school teachers; Teaching Perspectives Inventory; confirmatory factor analysis; invariance analysis; survey research