About ACER

ACER Council Members

Tony Cook
Dip Teach (Mt Gravatt CAE), BEd (QUT)
Associate Secretary, Schools and Youth, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)

Robyn Baker
MEd (University of Victoria, Wellington NZ), Dip Teaching (Christchurch College of Education), BSc (University of Otago)
Director, New Zealand Council for Educational Research

Adam Smith
Project Manager, The Centre for Public Education.

Colin Pettit
BEd Edith Cowan
Secretary, Department of Education Tasmania

Dr Brian Croke
BA(Hons), DipEd Macquarie, DPhil Oxford
Executive Director, Catholic Education Commission, New South Wales

Mr Anthony Mackay
BEc, BEd Monash, MA (Ed)(London)
Executive Director, Centre for Strategic Education (CSE)

Professor Geoff Masters
BSc, MEd WA, PhD Chicago, FACE
Chief Executive Officer, ACER

Emeritus Professor Paige Porter (Chair)
BA Missouri, MA PhD Stanford
Emeritus Professor, University of Western Australia

Ms Prue Anderson
B.A. M.A. Monash, Dip Ed La Trobe
Senior Research Fellow, ACER

Professor Geoff Scott
BA, Dip Ed, M Ed, Ed D, FACE
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Quality) and Provost, Quality Office of Planning and Quality, University of Western Sydney