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ACER UPDATE Smith Family Project ACER has been commissioned by the Smith Family to investigate the post-school plans, parental education level, family structure and lifelong learning orientation of young people. This forms part of their research program into understanding how children and young people from financially disadvantaged backgrounds build on the different forms of support provided by the Learning for Life program to overcome the limits of their disadvantage to make a successful transition into the world of work. The duration of the study will be from July 2003 to December 2003. Global Gateways ACER has been asked by education.au limited to update the publication Global Gateways: A Guide to Online Knowledge Networks , which was published by ACER last year. The Guide looks at education gateways/portals and at broad trends within the industry and in e-learning more generally. Enquiries about the guide are welcome. WAMSE English 2003 This project is the next in a series of Western Australia Monitoring Standards in Education projects, building on a collaboration that is over ten-years old. This project has two components: a) Sampling design and selection of students for Reading and Writing in Year 10 and Speaking and Listening in Years 3, 7 and 10. b) Data analysis and reporting of the Speaking and Listening data, including equating to the historical scale. The testing of Speaking and Listening was previously undertaken in 1995 and 1999. « Back to eNews
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Smith Family Project

ACER has been commissioned by the Smith Family to investigate the post-school plans, parental education level, family structure and lifelong learning orientation of young people. This forms part of their research program into understanding how children and young people from financially disadvantaged backgrounds build on the different forms of support provided by the Learning for Life program to overcome the limits of their disadvantage to make a successful transition into the world of work. The duration of the study will be from July 2003 to December 2003.

Global Gateways

ACER has been asked by education.au limited to update the publication Global Gateways: A Guide to Online Knowledge Networks , which was published by ACER last year. The Guide looks at education gateways/portals and at broad trends within the industry and in e-learning more generally. Enquiries about the guide are welcome.

WAMSE English 2003

This project is the next in a series of Western Australia Monitoring Standards in Education projects, building on a collaboration that is over ten-years old.

This project has two components:

a) Sampling design and selection of students for Reading and Writing in Year 10 and Speaking and Listening in Years 3, 7 and 10.

b) Data analysis and reporting of the Speaking and Listening data, including equating to the historical scale. The testing of Speaking and Listening was previously undertaken in 1995 and 1999.

ACER UPDATE

Smith Family Project

Global Gateways

WAMSE English 2003