ACER UPDATE
Australian students among the highest users of computers at school and in the home: OECD report
A new analysis of 2003 results in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has found that Australian students are among the world’s leading users of computers in education both at school and in the home. The study, Are students ready for a technology-rich world? was released by the OECD in Paris on 24 January. It is a previously unpublished analysis of data collected during the 2003 round of PISA testing. The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) led the international consortium that conducted the PISA 2003 assessments and collected the data used in this new analysis. The report is now available from the OECD website.
The implementation of Improvements to the National Testing Strategy and Assessment System for Basic and Secondary Education
ACER has a consulting project to evaluate the national assessment system in Jordan, suggest improvements and then conduct training to enable the Ministry in Jordan to be able to implement the suggestions for improvement. The project team is being lead by Professor Jim Tognolini, Research Director, System and School Testing. The project will commence early in 2006 with a visit to Jordan to interview key educators and educational groups regarding the current situation. The Project is expected to be completed by the beginning of September 2006.
Mediasphere
ACER Assessment Services has signed an agreement with the multi media, software company Mediasphere. Under this agreement ACER staff, Prue Anderson and Mark Butler are developing units of assessment to accompany the already developed e-learning module for beginners. In the longer term it is anticipated that ACER will provide paper scripted assessment objects that can be converted into multimedia objects, by Mediasphere staff, for other levels of reading and mathematics.
Global Achieve tests in India and the Gulf States
ACER conducted the Global Achieve tests of English, mathematics and science in India and a number of countries in the Middle East including UAE, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar in November 2005. Global Achieve is a pencil and paper test for students in Years 3 to 10. It was first administered in English and mathematics in 2004 in schools in Dubai and India. Science was tested for the first time in 2005 at Years 6, 7 and 8.
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