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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published February 2003 3134 subscribers Subscribe Now In this issue: Report shows impact of growing social stratification among Australian schools Young Australians delay transitions to adulthood Australian testing in TIMSS study complete Advancing Literacy Learning Making PISA results more accessible PISA study enters second cycle Educational research available online Report shows impact of growing social stratification among Australian schools Socio-economic status had a significant effect on the reading comprehension and mathematics test scores achieved by Australian 14-year-olds between 1975 and 1998, according to new ACER research. The latest report in the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth research program found that, while overall achievement levels of students remained relatively stable between 1975 and 1998, notable differences were found between students by socio-economic status, both at an individual level and between schools. Continue reading » Young Australians delay transitions to adulthood A recent report released by ACER as part of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program found that relatively simple and condensed transitions from education to full-time employment, to moving out of home and into home ownership, from 'singledom' to marriage are no longer the norm for young Australians. Continue reading » Australian testing in TIMSS study complete Around 12,000 students Australia-wide undertook testing of their maths and science achievement levels in late 2002 as part of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2002/3 managed by ACER. Continue reading » Advancing Literacy Learning Approaches to literacy teaching and learning in Year 1 can have effects that last at least until Year 3. Children exposed to particular kinds of literacy teaching not only make greater progress in Year 1, but also display higher levels of literacy achievement by the end of Year 3. These are among the findings of recent research conducted by ACER into Literacy Advance, a reform strategy of literacy teaching and learning introduced in 1997 by the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria. Continue reading » Making PISA results more accessible All educators can take advantage of the information collected in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study of reading, mathematical and scientific literacy through an innovative online data dissemination strategy, developed by ACER for the OECD following considerable international interest in the data. The data are available on the internet in formats tailored to the needs of different potential users. Continue reading » PISA study enters second cycle The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study will enter its second cycle of testing in 2003. Continue reading » Educational research available online Educational researchers can now gain access to a number of research services provided by ACER's Cunningham Library. Services included an easily searchable database of more than 12,000 research articles and documents. Continue reading »
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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published February 2003
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Report shows impact of growing social stratification among Australian schools

Socio-economic status had a significant effect on the reading comprehension and mathematics test scores achieved by Australian 14-year-olds between 1975 and 1998, according to new ACER research. The latest report in the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth research program found that, while overall achievement levels of students remained relatively stable between 1975 and 1998, notable differences were found between students by socio-economic status, both at an individual level and between schools.

Young Australians delay transitions to adulthood

A recent report released by ACER as part of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program found that relatively simple and condensed transitions from education to full-time employment, to moving out of home and into home ownership, from 'singledom' to marriage are no longer the norm for young Australians.

Australian testing in TIMSS study complete

Around 12,000 students Australia-wide undertook testing of their maths and science achievement levels in late 2002 as part of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2002/3 managed by ACER.

Advancing Literacy Learning

Approaches to literacy teaching and learning in Year 1 can have effects that last at least until Year 3. Children exposed to particular kinds of literacy teaching not only make greater progress in Year 1, but also display higher levels of literacy achievement by the end of Year 3. These are among the findings of recent research conducted by ACER into Literacy Advance, a reform strategy of literacy teaching and learning introduced in 1997 by the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria.

Making PISA results more accessible

All educators can take advantage of the information collected in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study of reading, mathematical and scientific literacy through an innovative online data dissemination strategy, developed by ACER for the OECD following considerable international interest in the data. The data are available on the internet in formats tailored to the needs of different potential users.

PISA study enters second cycle

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study will enter its second cycle of testing in 2003.

Educational research available online

Educational researchers can now gain access to a number of research services provided by ACER's Cunningham Library. Services included an easily searchable database of more than 12,000 research articles and documents.

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