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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published May 2005 3134 subscribers Subscribe Now In this issue: Australian Certificate of Education Identifying the student at risk Middle Years Assessment Test (MYAT) ACER UPDATE Australian Certificate of Education ACER has been awarded a contract with the Australian government to investigate options for an Australian Certificate of Education. ACER was awarded the contract following a public tender process. ACER's chief executive Professor Geoff Masters will lead the research. Continue reading » Identifying the student at risk The Australian Principals Centre, now part of ACER, is conducting a series of skills based workshops with leading adolescent psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg who says that, whether they like it or not, schools have become the front line in the provision of psychological 'first aid' to many young people. Continue reading » Middle Years Assessment Test (MYAT) ACER Press has released the new Middle Years Ability Test (MYAT). MYAT is a pair of parallel general ability tests suitable for students aged 10 to 15 years. It replaces the long-standing ACER Intermediate Tests F and G - building on the popular features of the original tests while making substantial improvements. Continue reading » ACER UPDATE Rowe, Pollard and Rowe take out research award Dr Kathy Rowe (Consultant Physician in the Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne), with Jan Pollard (Audiological Services Specialist, Sonic Innovations Pty Ltd) and Dr Ken Rowe (ACER's Research Director, Learning Processes), have been awarded the prestigious Rue Wright Memorial Award for Research Excellence in Paediatrics & Child Health by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. The trio received the award at the College dinner held in Wellington, New Zealand on 10 May where they presented the winning paper entitled: "Literacy, Behaviour and Auditory Processing: Does teacher professional development make a difference?". TIMSS 2006/07 ACER has been awarded the contract with the federal government to conduct the Australian component of the TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) 2006/07. TIMSS 2006/07 is the fourth cycle of internationally comparative assessments dedicated to improving teaching and learning in mathematics and science for students around the world. Carried out every four years at the fourth and eighth grades, TIMSS provides data about trends in mathematics and science achievement over time. Australian reports from the previous cycles of TIMSS are available for download from the ACER - TIMSS website.
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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published May 2005
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In this issue:

Australian Certificate of Education

ACER has been awarded a contract with the Australian government to investigate options for an Australian Certificate of Education. ACER was awarded the contract following a public tender process. ACER's chief executive Professor Geoff Masters will lead the research.

Identifying the student at risk

The Australian Principals Centre, now part of ACER, is conducting a series of skills based workshops with leading adolescent psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg who says that, whether they like it or not, schools have become the front line in the provision of psychological 'first aid' to many young people.

Middle Years Assessment Test (MYAT)

ACER Press has released the new Middle Years Ability Test (MYAT). MYAT is a pair of parallel general ability tests suitable for students aged 10 to 15 years. It replaces the long-standing ACER Intermediate Tests F and G - building on the popular features of the original tests while making substantial improvements.

ACER UPDATE

Rowe, Pollard and Rowe take out research award

Dr Kathy Rowe (Consultant Physician in the Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne), with Jan Pollard (Audiological Services Specialist, Sonic Innovations Pty Ltd) and Dr Ken Rowe (ACER's Research Director, Learning Processes), have been awarded the prestigious Rue Wright Memorial Award for Research Excellence in Paediatrics & Child Health by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. The trio received the award at the College dinner held in Wellington, New Zealand on 10 May where they presented the winning paper entitled: "Literacy, Behaviour and Auditory Processing: Does teacher professional development make a difference?".

TIMSS 2006/07

ACER has been awarded the contract with the federal government to conduct the Australian component of the TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) 2006/07. TIMSS 2006/07 is the fourth cycle of internationally comparative assessments dedicated to improving teaching and learning in mathematics and science for students around the world. Carried out every four years at the fourth and eighth grades, TIMSS provides data about trends in mathematics and science achievement over time. Australian reports from the previous cycles of TIMSS are available for download from the ACER - TIMSS website.

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