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ACER UPDATE Gabrielle Matters appointed IAEA executive secretary Professor Gabrielle Matters, Principal Research Fellow and General Manager of ACER's Brisbane office has been selected by the International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) as the organisation's next Executive Secretary. Her term begins at the next IAEA conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month (September). Gabrielle has been linked with the association for about 15 years, first while with the Queensland Board of Studies and then through the Queensland Department of Education and the Arts, and has attended and presented at a number of annual conferences at different world venues. The broad purpose of IAEA is to assist educational agencies in the development and appropriate application of educational assessment techniques to improve the quality of education. IAEA organises annual conferences on assessment themes of international significance and, in cooperation with UNESCO, IAEA organises round tables on the impact of assessment on education. For further information o the IAEA visit http://www.iaea.info/ AIM professional development workshops ACER has been successful in its bid for the delivery of the professional development services for the Victorian AIM tests. This contract with the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) involves the delivery of 60 half day workshops and 10 full day workshops to between 1,000-1,500 teachers at locations across Victoria between mid October and Early December 2007. The project will be managed from ACER's Centre for Professional Learning. Development of Indigenous mental health textbook ACER has been commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing to develop a textbook on culturally appropriate approaches to assessment and interventions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional well being and mental health issues. The textbook is to be developed by clinicians, cultural and educational experts. Researchers from the Kulunga Research Network of the Telethon Institute of Child Health Research will assist with the project. The project is expected to completed in June 2008. « Back to eNews
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Gabrielle Matters appointed IAEA executive secretary

Professor Gabrielle Matters, Principal Research Fellow and General Manager of ACER's Brisbane office has been selected by the International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) as the organisation's next Executive Secretary. Her term begins at the next IAEA conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month (September). Gabrielle has been linked with the association for about 15 years, first while with the Queensland Board of Studies and then through the Queensland Department of Education and the Arts, and has attended and presented at a number of annual conferences at different world venues.

The broad purpose of IAEA is to assist educational agencies in the development and appropriate application of educational assessment techniques to improve the quality of education. IAEA organises annual conferences on assessment themes of international significance and, in cooperation with UNESCO, IAEA organises round tables on the impact of assessment on education. For further information o the IAEA visit http://www.iaea.info/

AIM professional development workshops

ACER has been successful in its bid for the delivery of the professional development services for the Victorian AIM tests. This contract with the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) involves the delivery of 60 half day workshops and 10 full day workshops to between 1,000-1,500 teachers at locations across Victoria between mid October and Early December 2007. The project will be managed from ACER's Centre for Professional Learning.

Development of Indigenous mental health textbook

ACER has been commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing to develop a textbook on culturally appropriate approaches to assessment and interventions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional well being and mental health issues. The textbook is to be developed by clinicians, cultural and educational experts. Researchers from the Kulunga Research Network of the Telethon Institute of Child Health Research will assist with the project. The project is expected to completed in June 2008.

ACER UPDATE

Gabrielle Matters appointed IAEA executive secretary

AIM professional development workshops

Development of Indigenous mental health textbook