ACER eNews
Why parents choose public or private schools
Assumptions are often made about what parents are looking for in the school they select for their children but there is little real evidence to show why parents choose a public or private school. In July this year the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age newspapers commissioned ACER Principal Research Fellow Dr Adrian Beavis to investigate why parents choose to send their children to private or public schools using data collected in an ACNielsen phone poll. Read More
National civics and citizenship assessment
ACER has been contracted by the Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce of MCEETYA to conduct the assessments and prepare a report showing the national results in the second phase of the National Year 6 and Year 10 Civics and Citizenship Sample Assessment. ACER also worked on the developmental first phase of the assessment project. In Phase 1, undertaken during 2003 and completed in March 2004, ACER was responsible for the development of the Civics and Citizenship Assessment Domain and the writing and trialling of test items in consultation with jurisdictional and expert stakeholders. Read More
School non-attendance
Failure to be in school long enough (early leaving) or often enough (truancy) to gain basic skills and knowledge has personal and social costs. A recent paper examines statistics on school non-attendance, and makes recommendations for future data collection and policies. Read More
ACER UPDATE
WA Literacy and Numeracy Assessment
ACER has been awarded the contract for item development, trialling and analysis of trial data for whole cohort testing of Year 9 students in WA government schools in English, Mathematics and Science. ACER is also the contractor for the WA Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (WALNA - Year 3, 5 & 7) program 2005.
AEI distributed in Taiwan
The Australian Education Index database developed by ACER is now being distributed in Taiwan by Transmission Books and MicroInfo Co on subscription (Consortia) to universities and colleges. It will be released in the coming new semester. The search screens, field names and subject terms have been translated into Chinese to assist searching.
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Education Index (AEI) at TBMC
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Education Index (AEI) at ACER
Bachelor of Learning Management evaluation
ACER's Teaching and Leadership research program has been awarded a contract with the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Technology (DEST) to conduct an evaluation of the Central Queensland University's Bachelor of Learning Management.
Research Conference 2004
ACER's Research Conference 2004 Supporting Student Wellbeing: what does the research tell us about social and emotional development of young people? will take place at the Raddison Playford Hotel Adelaide from October 24-26. Further information about the conference is available at Research Conferences section.
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