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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published June 2007 3134 subscribers Subscribe Now In this issue: How not to measure teacher performance Year 12 aptitude test on the horizon Survey seeks to measure student engagement ACER UPDATE How not to measure teacher performance In this opinion article published in the The Age Education section on 4 June, ACER Principal Research Fellow Dr Lawrence Ingvarson responds to a recent widely-publicised study that claimed our best teachers the best teachers can be readily identified, and have been shown to be twice as effective as the worst teachers. Continue reading » Year 12 aptitude test on the horizon In its recent budget the Australian Government announced its intention to pilot a Year 12 aptitude test to assist in university entry. The test is not intended as a replacement for existing tertiary entrance ranks (UAI/ENTER/TER), but as an additional piece of evidence that universities will be able to use to identify students with the capacity for higher education study. Continue reading » Survey seeks to measure student engagement A survey to measure university student engagement is being developed by ACER researchers, with the participation of many Australasian universities. Engagement data from the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement, which makes it debut this year, can be used to help institutions attract and retain students, manage resources, monitor academic standards and learning outcomes, and support students’ learning and development. Continue reading » ACER UPDATE ACER to conduct PISA 2009 ACER is pleased to announce that it has again been selected by the OECD to conduct the major international components of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for 2009. This will be the fourth cycle of the PISA study, which assesses the reading, mathematical and scientific literacy of 15-year-old students in more than 50 countries. ACER will also develop a computer-delivered assessment. ACER will lead an international consortium of research and educational institutions and eminent individuals to deliver the International PISA project. The testing will take place during 2009 with publication of the results due in late 2010. For further information on ACER's role in PISA 2009 please visit ACER's PISA web page Australia-India Teacher Exchange Program ACER’s International Institute hosted 10 New Delhi teachers participating in the 13-day Australia-India Teacher Exchange Program in late May. ACER conducted a two-day professional learning program for the teachers, which included hands-on activities, practical exercises, and lively discussions focused on the teaching of mathematics and science. This professional learning program, funded by Australian Education International (AEI) through the Australian High Commission in New Delhi, was arranged to coincide with the selective exchange program managed by the Asia Education Foundation. It was the first time ACER had provided a professional learning program for teachers in the program, who had to undergo a rigorous selection process to participate. This round of participants came from a variety of schools in and around New Delhi. Research Developments latest issue now available Issue 17 of ACER's news magazine Research Developments, is now available online and in print. This issue features articles on Civics and Citizenship education, performance pay for teachers, the proposed national core curriculum for Year 12 and the movement of non-metropolitan Australian youth towards the big cities.
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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published June 2007
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In this issue:

How not to measure teacher performance

In this opinion article published in the The Age Education section on 4 June, ACER Principal Research Fellow Dr Lawrence Ingvarson responds to a recent widely-publicised study that claimed our best teachers the best teachers can be readily identified, and have been shown to be twice as effective as the worst teachers.

Year 12 aptitude test on the horizon

In its recent budget the Australian Government announced its intention to pilot a Year 12 aptitude test to assist in university entry. The test is not intended as a replacement for existing tertiary entrance ranks (UAI/ENTER/TER), but as an additional piece of evidence that universities will be able to use to identify students with the capacity for higher education study.

Survey seeks to measure student engagement

A survey to measure university student engagement is being developed by ACER researchers, with the participation of many Australasian universities. Engagement data from the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement, which makes it debut this year, can be used to help institutions attract and retain students, manage resources, monitor academic standards and learning outcomes, and support students’ learning and development.

ACER UPDATE

ACER to conduct PISA 2009

ACER is pleased to announce that it has again been selected by the OECD to conduct the major international components of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for 2009. This will be the fourth cycle of the PISA study, which assesses the reading, mathematical and scientific literacy of 15-year-old students in more than 50 countries. ACER will also develop a computer-delivered assessment. ACER will lead an international consortium of research and educational institutions and eminent individuals to deliver the International PISA project. The testing will take place during 2009 with publication of the results due in late 2010. For further information on ACER's role in PISA 2009 please visit ACER's PISA web page

Australia-India Teacher Exchange Program

ACER’s International Institute hosted 10 New Delhi teachers participating in the 13-day Australia-India Teacher Exchange Program in late May. ACER conducted a two-day professional learning program for the teachers, which included hands-on activities, practical exercises, and lively discussions focused on the teaching of mathematics and science.

This professional learning program, funded by Australian Education International (AEI) through the Australian High Commission in New Delhi, was arranged to coincide with the selective exchange program managed by the Asia Education Foundation. It was the first time ACER had provided a professional learning program for teachers in the program, who had to undergo a rigorous selection process to participate. This round of participants came from a variety of schools in and around New Delhi.

Research Developments latest issue now available

Issue 17 of ACER's news magazine Research Developments, is now available online and in print. This issue features articles on Civics and Citizenship education, performance pay for teachers, the proposed national core curriculum for Year 12 and the movement of non-metropolitan Australian youth towards the big cities.

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