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ACER UPDATE PISA 2006 Fact Sheets ACER has prepared a series of seven fact sheets exploring various issues raised by the Australian results in PISA 2006. The fact sheets address these topics: 1. What is PISA? 2. What does PISA test? 3. International rankings 4. Have standards changed? 5. State/territory performances 6. At risk students 7. High quality/High equity Each of the fact sheets can be downloaded from the PISA news webpage PISA reports The Australian national PISA report, Exploring Scientific Literacy: How Australia measures up by Sue Thomson and Lisa De Bortoli, is currently available as a PDF file via the ACER website. Print copies will be available in January 2008. The full report and a summary report, PISA in brief from Australia's perspective, can be downloaded from the ACER website. The international PISA report, Science competencies for tomorrow's world, was released by the OECD on 4 December. There are two volumes to the study covering analysis and data. The OECD media release and information on how to purchase a copy of the international report, is available on the OECD website PISA 2006 and ACER in the news The release of the Australian PISA results generated much interest in the Australian media. The attached media coverage summary (PDF) includes some of the newspaper articles and radio and television reports that have covered the study. The focus is on media coverage that included commentary from ACER from the release of the report until Friday 14 December. PISA 2009 ACER 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. 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. ACER will also act as National Project Manager for the Australian component of PISA 2009. « Back to eNews
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PISA 2006 Fact Sheets

ACER has prepared a series of seven fact sheets exploring various issues raised by the Australian results in PISA 2006. The fact sheets address these topics:
1. What is PISA?
2. What does PISA test?
3. International rankings
4. Have standards changed?
5. State/territory performances
6. At risk students
7. High quality/High equity

Each of the fact sheets can be downloaded from the PISA news webpage

PISA reports

The Australian national PISA report, Exploring Scientific Literacy: How Australia measures up by Sue Thomson and Lisa De Bortoli, is currently available as a PDF file via the ACER website. Print copies will be available in January 2008. The full report and a summary report, PISA in brief from Australia's perspective, can be downloaded from the ACER website.

The international PISA report, Science competencies for tomorrow's world, was released by the OECD on 4 December. There are two volumes to the study covering analysis and data. The OECD media release and information on how to purchase a copy of the international report, is available on the OECD website

PISA 2006 and ACER in the news

The release of the Australian PISA results generated much interest in the Australian media. The attached media coverage summary (PDF) includes some of the newspaper articles and radio and television reports that have covered the study. The focus is on media coverage that included commentary from ACER from the release of the report until Friday 14 December.

PISA 2009

ACER 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. 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. ACER will also act as National Project Manager for the Australian component of PISA 2009.

ACER UPDATE

PISA 2006 Fact Sheets

PISA reports

PISA 2006 and ACER in the news

PISA 2009