About ACER

Overview

ACER's mission is to create and promote knowledge and tools that can be used to improve learning across the lifespan.

Underlying this mission is our belief in the importance of ongoing, lifelong learning both for the fulfilment of individuals and for the well-being of society, and our commitment to the use of systematic investigation, evaluation and critical reflection in the search for ways to improve learning.
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As a not-for-profit organisation, independent of government, ACER receives no direct financial support and generates its entire income through contracted research and development projects and through products and services that it develops and distributes.

ACER has experienced significant growth in recent years and now has more than 300 staff located in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Dubai and New Delhi .

Ken Rowe Fund: Following the tragic death of Dr Ken Rowe in the Victorian bushfires on 7 February 2009, ACER has decided to commemorate Ken's significant contribution to ACER and to education nationally and internationally.
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