In this issue:

• Aptitude Test for International Secondary Students (ATISS)
• Cunningham Library introduces new services
• Cambodia-Australia National Examinations Project (CANEP) completed
• ACER UPDATE

There has been rapid growth in recent years in the numbers of international secondary school students studying in Australia and it seems likely that the visa application process for the sector will become increasingly regulated. The Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) recently commissioned ACER to develop a test which could be used in this process and provide an instrument that would be useful to schools.

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ACER has one of the most comprehensive educational research libraries in Australia and this is becoming more accessible to the public, here and around the world.   Cunningham Library has introduced a number of new membership services that allow researchers to access its extensive databases from their desktop.

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The Cambodia-Australia National Examinations Project (CANEP) was completed in September after six years. The project, managed jointly by ACER and IDP Education Australia, assisted the Cambodian government to reform the country's examinations system.

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Social Outcomes 2003-2005

ACER is undertaking the third phase of a study designed to develop instruments to assess the social outcomes of schooling. The focus of the study is to map and describe growth. Previous work investigated the assessment of interpersonal and intrapersonal skills. This phase of the study will refine previous instruments and develop some new instruments for the assessment of intrapersonal understandings.

APERA Handbook on Educational Research in the Asia Pacific Region published

Kluwer has published the Handbook on Educational Research in the Asia Pacific Region on behalf of The Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA). The Handbook is edited by John P. Keeves of the Flinders University, South Australia and Ryo Watanabe of the National Institute for Educational Research (NIER) of Japan and is Kluwer International Handbooks of Education Volume 11.

The handbook consists of two volumes, more than 90 chapters and 1200 pages. Its aim is to present readily accessible, but scholarly sources of information about educational research in the Asia-Pacific region. Articles included in it provide substantive contributions to knowledge and understanding of education in the Asia region. In so doing, the articles present the problems and issues facing education in the region and the findings of research conducted within the region that contribute to the resolution of these problems and issues and indicate the likely directions of future developments.

For further information on the handbook visit Springer

APERA is a not for profit organisation founded in 2001 with the aim of promoting increased collaboration on educational research in the Asia-Pacific region. ACER is a founding member of APERA and the current secretariat. For further information on APERA visit the web site or email the secretariat

ACER Select released

ACER Select is a quick and easily administered test of verbal and numerical reasoning, suitable for recruitment and selection for a variety of occupations from technical and trade to sales and clerical to junior management and graduate selection.
A major revision of the well established and best selling ACER Higher and Advanced Tests (ML-MQ, PL-PQ, AL-AQ, BL-BQ), ACER Select has two test forms - Professional and General - each with two separate sections - Verbal and Numerical.
ACER Select can be used for selecting: Accounts clerks; Call centre operators; Computer programmers; Customer service operators; Graduates; HR officers; Insurance investigators; Technical and trade; Workplace trainers; Market research interviewers; Personal assistants; and for other occupations where training is involved or there is a moderate to high level of demand on reasoning ability. (Starter Kit Product Code: 0864317298) For further information visit ACER Online Shop by phone on (03) 9837 5447 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).