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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published August 2004 3134 subscribers Subscribe Now In this issue: Public or Private: Where’s the evidence? ACER to launch assessment program in India Teacher magazine launched ACER UPDATE Public or Private: Where’s the evidence? ACER's chief executive Geoff Masters was invited by the Sydney Morning Herald this month to contribute an opinion piece on why parents choose a public or private school for their children. Professor Masters outlined the priorities that parents and argued for more evidence to be available to help parents choose a school. The article was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 10 August as part of its Great Schools Debate series and is reproduced here with the Herald's permission. Continue reading » ACER to launch assessment program in India ACER will launch its newest assessment initiative, globalAchieve, in India this October. The globalAchieve program consists of pencil and paper tests for students in classes 3-10 in English and Mathematics. The tests are based on ACER's international research work and designed to measure a student's performance in the generic skills that underpin the teaching of English and Mathematics across the globe. Continue reading » Teacher magazine launched Teacher , a new national magazine for the education sector, was launched by ACER on 6 August following ACER's acquisition of Educare in May. Teacher, although Australia's newest professional magazine for teachers and school leaders, has been in the sector for seventeen years, starting life as Educare News. Continue reading » ACER UPDATE Rowe appointed to Carrick Institute board ACER Research Director, Learning Processes, Dr Ken Rowe has been appointed as a Director and Board member of the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Ken was an invited attendee at the official launch of the Carrick Institute at Parliament House, Canberra, on Wednesday 11 August 2004. Further information about the Carrick Institute and Board members can be found in Minister Nelson's recent media announcements on DEST website. More information at Carrick Institute website. Evaluation of Deadly Vibe ACER has been asked to evaluate the magazine Deadly Vibe ('deadly' is an Aboriginal English word that means 'cool', 'very good'). The magazine is produced by Vibe Australia, an Aboriginal media, communications and events agency that specialises in the implementation, production and dissemination of targeted, culturally sensitive communication products and services for Indigenous communities.More information can be found at Vibe Australia website . Research Developments now available The latest edition of ACER's research newsletter, Research Developments is now available online and in print form. Articles in this edition include an examination of higher order thinking schools, a review of Indigenous education research in Australia over the past decade and updates on other ACER projects. ACER Press title takes out award Crisis Management and the School Community, edited by Mardie Whitla and published by ACER Press has taken out The Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing prize in the teacher reference section. The award was announced at a presentation on 6 August. The award citation stated that "Crisis Management and the School Community provides a high quality and easy access resource for teachers dealing with crises in their school. The clear writing and examples make this title a very worthwhile resource for the school community. Purchase information for the book is available here.
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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published August 2004
3134 subscribers
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In this issue:

Public or Private: Where’s the evidence?
ACER to launch assessment program in India
Teacher magazine launched
ACER UPDATE

Public or Private: Where’s the evidence?

ACER's chief executive Geoff Masters was invited by the Sydney Morning Herald this month to contribute an opinion piece on why parents choose a public or private school for their children. Professor Masters outlined the priorities that parents and argued for more evidence to be available to help parents choose a school. The article was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 10 August as part of its Great Schools Debate series and is reproduced here with the Herald's permission.

ACER to launch assessment program in India

ACER will launch its newest assessment initiative, globalAchieve, in India this October. The globalAchieve program consists of pencil and paper tests for students in classes 3-10 in English and Mathematics. The tests are based on ACER's international research work and designed to measure a student's performance in the generic skills that underpin the teaching of English and Mathematics across the globe.

Teacher magazine launched

Teacher , a new national magazine for the education sector, was launched by ACER on 6 August following ACER's acquisition of Educare in May. Teacher, although Australia's newest professional magazine for teachers and school leaders, has been in the sector for seventeen years, starting life as Educare News.

ACER UPDATE

Rowe appointed to Carrick Institute board

ACER Research Director, Learning Processes, Dr Ken Rowe has been appointed as a Director and Board member of the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Ken was an invited attendee at the official launch of the Carrick Institute at Parliament House, Canberra, on Wednesday 11 August 2004. Further information about the Carrick Institute and Board members can be found in Minister Nelson's recent media announcements on DEST website.

More information at Carrick Institute website.

Evaluation of Deadly Vibe

ACER has been asked to evaluate the magazine Deadly Vibe ('deadly' is an Aboriginal English word that means 'cool', 'very good'). The magazine is produced by Vibe Australia, an Aboriginal media, communications and events agency that specialises in the implementation, production and dissemination of targeted, culturally sensitive communication products and services for Indigenous communities.More information can be found at Vibe Australia website .

Research Developments now available

The latest edition of ACER's research newsletter, Research Developments is now available online and in print form. Articles in this edition include an examination of higher order thinking schools, a review of Indigenous education research in Australia over the past decade and updates on other ACER projects.

ACER Press title takes out award

Crisis Management and the School Community, edited by Mardie Whitla and published by ACER Press has taken out The Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing prize in the teacher reference section. The award was announced at a presentation on 6 August. The award citation stated that "Crisis Management and the School Community provides a high quality and easy access resource for teachers dealing with crises in their school. The clear writing and examples make this title a very worthwhile resource for the school community. Purchase information for the book is available here.

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