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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published March 2004 3134 subscribers Subscribe Now In this issue: Premier Bracks opens ACER Dubai office New research effort needed to improve Indigenous educational outcomes Alternatives to school suspensions ACER UPDATE Premier Bracks opens ACER Dubai office Victorian Premier Steve Bracks officially opened ACER's new Dubai branch office during his recent visit to the Middle East. The new office is situated in Dubai's Knowledge Village and is ACER's first overseas office. Noel Campbell, Ambassador of Australia to the UAE and Qatar also officiated at the opening, which took place on March 10 Continue reading » New research effort needed to improve Indigenous educational outcomes ACER recently called for the establishment of a new and rigorous national research agenda into ways of improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students. The call coincided with the release of a review of Indigenous education research and policy which argues that, despite good intentions and considerable funding in recent years, educational outcomes for Indigenous students remain well behind those of non-Indigenous students. Continue reading » Alternatives to school suspensions ACER's Research Director of Early Childhood Education, Alison Elliott recently contributed an opinion article to Brisbane's Courier Mail newspaper regarding trends for suspending students from school. Professor Elliott's article was published following the release of Queensland figures on school suspensions. Continue reading » ACER UPDATE Literacy in the Middle Primary Years The Catholic Education Commission of Victoria has invited ACER to conduct the next phase of the longitudinal Literacy Advance Research Project, which will track the literacy development of the original cohort of Year 1 students (1998) into Year 7. An additional component of this phase involves an exploration of effective practices for literacy development in Years 3 and 4. ACER to manage national PISA 2006 ACER was advised recently of its successful bid to manage Australia's participation in the 2006 OECD PISA survey. This project will run in parallel with ACER's management of international PISA. The national project will collect, analyse and report on the performances of Australian 15-year-olds in PISA 2006. The primary focus of this study will be on students' scientific literacy levels. ACER also managed the PISA national data collection and analysis in 2000 and 2003. Indigenous education web site A new section on the ACER web site dedicated to Indigenous education is now up and running. The site includes ACER research into Indigenous education, publications and reports from external organisations as well as useful links. New pages on the Education of Boys and Brain Research and Learning will be established in the near future. See Indigenous Education. New catalogues released During February ACER Press released five new catalogues listing resources in education, educational assessment, psychology, human resources and parent education. These catalogues are available for download here. Celebrating 10 years in Camberwell ACER recently celebrated 10 years in the Prospect Hill Road Camberwell offices. Staff moved in to the new office space in March 1994, from the premises in Hawthorn where ACER had been based since 1963. ACER now has two offices in Camberwell (Prospect Hill Road and Camberwell Road), Sydney and Dubai.
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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published March 2004
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Premier Bracks opens ACER Dubai office

Victorian Premier Steve Bracks officially opened ACER's new Dubai branch office during his recent visit to the Middle East. The new office is situated in Dubai's Knowledge Village and is ACER's first overseas office. Noel Campbell, Ambassador of Australia to the UAE and Qatar also officiated at the opening, which took place on March 10

New research effort needed to improve Indigenous educational outcomes

ACER recently called for the establishment of a new and rigorous national research agenda into ways of improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students. The call coincided with the release of a review of Indigenous education research and policy which argues that, despite good intentions and considerable funding in recent years, educational outcomes for Indigenous students remain well behind those of non-Indigenous students.

Alternatives to school suspensions

ACER's Research Director of Early Childhood Education, Alison Elliott recently contributed an opinion article to Brisbane's Courier Mail newspaper regarding trends for suspending students from school. Professor Elliott's article was published following the release of Queensland figures on school suspensions.

ACER UPDATE

Literacy in the Middle Primary Years

The Catholic Education Commission of Victoria has invited ACER to conduct the next phase of the longitudinal Literacy Advance Research Project, which will track the literacy development of the original cohort of Year 1 students (1998) into Year 7. An additional component of this phase involves an exploration of effective practices for literacy development in Years 3 and 4.

ACER to manage national PISA 2006

ACER was advised recently of its successful bid to manage Australia's participation in the 2006 OECD PISA survey. This project will run in parallel with ACER's management of international PISA. The national project will collect, analyse and report on the performances of Australian 15-year-olds in PISA 2006. The primary focus of this study will be on students' scientific literacy levels. ACER also managed the PISA national data collection and analysis in 2000 and 2003.

Indigenous education web site

A new section on the ACER web site dedicated to Indigenous education is now up and running. The site includes ACER research into Indigenous education, publications and reports from external organisations as well as useful links. New pages on the Education of Boys and Brain Research and Learning will be established in the near future. See Indigenous Education.

New catalogues released

During February ACER Press released five new catalogues listing resources in education, educational assessment, psychology, human resources and parent education. These catalogues are available for download here.

Celebrating 10 years in Camberwell

ACER recently celebrated 10 years in the Prospect Hill Road Camberwell offices. Staff moved in to the new office space in March 1994, from the premises in Hawthorn where ACER had been based since 1963. ACER now has two offices in Camberwell (Prospect Hill Road and Camberwell Road), Sydney and Dubai.

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