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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published January 2004 3134 subscribers Subscribe Now In this issue: Online assessment to aid learning in the home Establishing the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership: ACER’s response ACER UPDATE Online assessment to aid learning in the home In a first for Australia, the ACER will launch its latest initiative in online assessment this month with iAchieve at home, an educational support activity for children and parents at home. The iAchieve at home program brings together the latest advances in educational measurement and internet technology to provide a series of web-based multiple-choice tests in English and Mathematics for students in Years 3-10 Continue reading » Establishing the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership: ACER’s response In 2003 the Commonwealth Government released an issues paper on the establishment of a National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership. In December 2003 the Allen Consulting Group invited responses to this issues paper from interested parties. Dr Lawrence Ingvarson, Research Director, Teaching and Leadership, prepared an extensive response on behalf of ACER. Continue reading » ACER UPDATE National Awards for Quality Schooling ACER and the Australian College of Educators will jointly manage the National Awards for Quality Schooling (NAQS) again in 2004. The project is conducted on behalf of the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). ACER has responsibility for all stages of the assessment process. ACER staff will develop the judging strategy for the awards; the criteria applied to short-listing candidates and train the judges. Professional Standards in Science ACER has been asked by the Catholic Education Office in Melbourne to provide a PD program for aspiring leaders in science. ACER will conduct in-school programs for three or more teachers from a single school and 'cluster' programs for individual teachers. The PD program will run in Terms 1 and 2 this year, and teachers will develop a professional portfolio of work in such areas as scientific literacy, pedagogy in teaching and learning, and professional standards.
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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published January 2004
3134 subscribers
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In this issue:

Online assessment to aid learning in the home

In a first for Australia, the ACER will launch its latest initiative in online assessment this month with iAchieve at home, an educational support activity for children and parents at home. The iAchieve at home program brings together the latest advances in educational measurement and internet technology to provide a series of web-based multiple-choice tests in English and Mathematics for students in Years 3-10

Establishing the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership: ACER’s response

In 2003 the Commonwealth Government released an issues paper on the establishment of a National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership. In December 2003 the Allen Consulting Group invited responses to this issues paper from interested parties. Dr Lawrence Ingvarson, Research Director, Teaching and Leadership, prepared an extensive response on behalf of ACER.

ACER UPDATE

National Awards for Quality Schooling

ACER and the Australian College of Educators will jointly manage the National Awards for Quality Schooling (NAQS) again in 2004. The project is conducted on behalf of the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). ACER has responsibility for all stages of the assessment process. ACER staff will develop the judging strategy for the awards; the criteria applied to short-listing candidates and train the judges.

Professional Standards in Science

ACER has been asked by the Catholic Education Office in Melbourne to provide a PD program for aspiring leaders in science. ACER will conduct in-school programs for three or more teachers from a single school and 'cluster' programs for individual teachers. The PD program will run in Terms 1 and 2 this year, and teachers will develop a professional portfolio of work in such areas as scientific literacy, pedagogy in teaching and learning, and professional standards.

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