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Week 52: State of the art psychometric and statistical analysis

ACER staff in the psychometrics and methodology research program support a range of ACER projects, undertake commissioned work and conduct state-of-the-art research in psychometrics and quantitative methodology.

Week 51: Assessing civics and citizenship

What makes for a civic society and what are the attributes of good citizenship? If the answers to those questions are complex, it’s no surprise to learn that conducting international and even national assessments of civics and citizenship is no less complex.

Week 50: International research into teaching and learning

Data from an ACER survey about the work and attitudes of teachers can contribute to a learning profession that is highly skilled, knowledgeable and engaged in excellent practice.

Week 49: Supporting high-quality education across the world

ACER has been working with UNESCO to establish a clear picture about school assessment at the national, regional and international levels.

Week 48: The devolution revolution

ACER research is finding that local decision making in schools supports improved student outcomes.

Week 47: Team effort: The International Schools’ Assessment

A large ACER assessment program assists international schools in improving outcomes for all learners.

Week 46: Supporting disadvantaged learners in the Australian training system

ACER’s monitoring and evaluation work is supporting the advancement of access and equity in the Australian training system.

Week 45: eWrite

A new online assessment that automatically marks student writing is providing instant diagnostic feedback for schools, teachers and students.

Week 44: The impact of assessment programs on policy

International and national testing programs can inform education policies to improve learning.

Week 43: Educational monitoring in Euskadi

ACER’s educational monitoring supports a learning society, whether the language of classroom instruction is Spanish, Basque or English – or all three.

Week 42: The University Experience Survey

A new survey is helping to inform student choice and support continuous improvement in Australian universities.

Week 41: Improving learning in the UAE

ACER’s collaboration with the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education is supporting student learning and systemwide improvement.

Week 40: AQIS: The VET benchmark

ACER is helping registered training organisations to collect quality standards information about the delivery of their programs.

Week 39: PISA: A massive effort, well worth it

A large international survey helps educators across the world to develop ways to improve outcomes for all learners.

Week 38: Identifying learning potential

Tests like the ACER General Ability Tests help schools to provide appropriately challenging learning opportunities for students.

Week 37: Improving language learning

ACER’s Assessment of Language Competence testing program is all about improving language learning.

Week 36: ACER Press: Linking research and practice

The work of ACER Press links research and practice through the publication of books, curriculum and assessment resources, and research reports.

Week 35: DERN: It’s about teaching and learning

ACER’s Digital Education Research Network focuses on research that really shows the impact of digital technology on teaching and learning.

Week 34: Improving education in Bangladesh

Staff from ACER’s Delhi, Melbourne and Perth offices are helping to build assessment capacity in Bangladesh for the improvement of education quality.

Week 33: School improvement

ACER is helping to ensure that every school is well resourced and passionately committed to improving outcomes for all learners.

Week 32: Capacity building in Tajikistan

International work on capacity building is growing, and that’s no surprise when you consider ACER brings together capabilities in research, evaluation and development, assessment and psychometrics, and professional development.

Week 31: Top End innovation

ACER’s Online Monitoring and Assessing Early Learning project is an innovative way of engaging students in challenging learning opportunities appropriate to their readiness and needs.

Week 30: All well and good: The Social-Emotional Wellbeing Survey

ACER’s Social-Emotional Wellbeing Survey enables schools and systems to gauge the social and emotional wellbeing of their students at any point in time.

Week 29: Assessment and benchmarking in India

ACER India’s work helps school leaders develop their knowledge and engage in excellent practice through facilitating the use of assessment data to inform practice.

Week 28: On track in the post-school transition

Keeping track of school leavers’ outcomes helps policy makers to provide for learners to be engaged in challenging learning opportunities appropriate to their readiness and needs.

Week 27: International and national assessment

Reliable assessments help teachers ensure each learner is engaged in challenging learning opportunities appropriate to their readiness and needs.

Week 26: Top marks - ACER helps AFL’s winners

ACER’s human resources assessments inform good decision making on the basis of valid and reliable evidence – even on the football field.

Week 25: Tender Bridge

Tender Bridge, a national research and development service of ACER, is ensuring that our schools are well resourced for the purpose of improving student outcomes.

Week 24: International comparisons

ACER’s educational monitoring helps to develop a learning society, where every learner has an opportunity to experience success and achieve their potential.

Week 23: Building professional capacity

The ACER Institute is committed to ensuring the learning profession is highly skilled, knowledgeable and engaged in excellent practice.

Week 22: ACEReSearch: Free, online and open access

Access to ACER research can help the learning profession remain highly skilled, knowledgeable and engaged in excellent practice.

Week 21: Alternative pathways

ACER’s university admissions tests help provide learners with opportunities appropriate to their readiness and needs.

Week 20: A learning ground: The Indigenous Education Research Database

ACER’s Indigenous Education Research Database can facilitate excellent practice in the learning profession by providing resources to learning communities committed to improving learning for all learners.

Week 19: Assessing outcomes in higher education

A new assessment of learning in higher education will be invaluable to a global learning community that is committed to improving outcomes for all learners.

Week 18: Fit for purpose: Medical admissions tests

Many universities use ACER assessments to assist in selecting students for medical and health science courses so that each student is engaged in challenging learning opportunities appropriate to their readiness and needs.

Week 17: Helping schools make good use of data

ACER Assessment Services is helping the learning profession become highly skilled, knowledgeable and engaged in excellent practice.

Week 16: Quality education and effective overseas aid

ACER’s work as a partner in AusAID’s Education Resource Facility contributes to the development of a learning society, in which every learner experiences success and has an opportunity to achieve their potential.

Week 15: Making information more accessible

ACER’s Cunningham Library provides resources to support a learning society, in which every learner experiences success and has an opportunity to achieve their potential.

Week 14: Understanding Australia’s teaching profession

A survey of teachers’ work helps policy makers work towards a society in which every learner experiences success and has an opportunity to achieve their potential.

Week 13: Learning from experience

Information from an international assessment program helps educators work towards a society in which every learner experiences success and has an opportunity to achieve their potential.

Week 12: School-community partnerships

NAB Schools First helps learning communities become well resourced and passionately committed to improving outcomes for all learners.

Week 11: Psychology: Supporting practitioners

ACER’s psychology sales consultants support the development of practitioners that are highly skilled, knowledgeable and engaged in excellent practice.

Week 10: Changing the way we think about a university education

ACER’s survey of university student engagement is helping learning communities become well resourced and passionately committed to improving outcomes for all learners.

Week 09: ACER Press: Profiling an extraordinary school

A forthcoming ACER Press book and documentary show how one school is supporting the engagement of every learner.

Week 08: High-quality graduate courses

ACER’s graduate programs contribute to developing a learning profession that is highly skilled, knowledgeable and engaged in excellent practice.

Week 07: Cutting-edge assessment

A program in WA is helping the learning profession become highly skilled, knowledgeable and engaged in excellent practice.

Week 06: Assessment for learning

An assessment from ACER Press is helping learners to become engaged in challenging learning opportunities appropriate to their readiness and needs.

Week 05: Global Assessment Program

The International Schools Assessment is helping learners to become engaged in challenging learning opportunities appropriate to their readiness and needs.

Week 04: Alternative University Pathways

The Special Tertiary Admissions Test is helping learners to become engaged in challenging learning opportunities appropriate to their readiness and needs.

Week 03: Principal for a Day

This program is helping learning communities become well resourced and passionately committed to improving outcomes for all learners.

Week 02: Assessing critical and creative thinking

ACER’s Assessment and Psychometric Research team is helping the learning profession become highly skilled, knowledgeable and engaged in excellent practice

Week 01: The power of good assessment

‘The AFL Players’ Association has always had literacy and numeracy teaching staff, as well as wellbeing managers who help players develop post-competition career paths. They use the Vocational Indicator to inform the work of both.’

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