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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published December 2008 3134 subscribers Subscribe Now In this issue: Mixed results for Australia in international Mathematics and Science Study ACER welcomes Bradley review Partners in quality teaching: National curriculum and national professional teaching standards ACER UPDATE Mixed results for Australia in international Mathematics and Science Study The latest results from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007 show that Australian Year 4 students have displayed some improvements in Mathematics achievement since 2003. But achievement levels of Australian students have remained static in Year 8 Mathematics and year 4 Science and declined significantly in Year 8 Science. Continue reading » ACER welcomes Bradley review The Australian Council for Educational Research welcomes the release of the Bradley Review of Higher Education. The independent review of Australia’s higher education system supports a range of recommendations made by ACER, including the need for policy and reform to be solidly underpinned by evidence-based research. Continue reading » Partners in quality teaching: National curriculum and national professional teaching standards We’re currently seeing two significant developments in education at the national level – one in the curriculum, with the creation of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and the other in teaching standards, with the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) National Partnership on Quality Teaching (NPTQ). According to ACER Principal Research Fellow, Dr Lawrence Ingvarson, the success of each will depend in large part on the success of the other. It’s time to give attention to ensuring that these developments will be connected and mutually reinforcing, Dr Ingvarson writes inthis opinion article. Continue reading » ACER UPDATE Masters to review Queensland primary school education Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced on 10 December that ACER's chief executive, Professor Geoff Masters, had been appointed to review curriculum and educational standards for Queensland primary school students. Ms Bligh said in a media statement that the review would target areas of core lilteracy numeracy and science. Professor Masters will present preliminary findings of his review in late January with a final report to follow in April 2009. Australasian Education Directory 2009 The 2009 edition of Australasian Education Directory is now available. The AED is a comprehensive directory of educational organisations and personnel in Australia and New Zealand revised annually. Copies of the 2009 edition can be purchaed from ACER Press online.
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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published December 2008
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Mixed results for Australia in international Mathematics and Science Study

The latest results from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007 show that Australian Year 4 students have displayed some improvements in Mathematics achievement since 2003. But achievement levels of Australian students have remained static in Year 8 Mathematics and year 4 Science and declined significantly in Year 8 Science.

ACER welcomes Bradley review

The Australian Council for Educational Research welcomes the release of the Bradley Review of Higher Education. The independent review of Australia’s higher education system supports a range of recommendations made by ACER, including the need for policy and reform to be solidly underpinned by evidence-based research.

Partners in quality teaching: National curriculum and national professional teaching standards

We’re currently seeing two significant developments in education at the national level – one in the curriculum, with the creation of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and the other in teaching standards, with the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) National Partnership on Quality Teaching (NPTQ).

According to ACER Principal Research Fellow, Dr Lawrence Ingvarson, the success of each will depend in large part on the success of the other. It’s time to give attention to ensuring that these developments will be connected and mutually reinforcing, Dr Ingvarson writes inthis opinion article.

ACER UPDATE

Masters to review Queensland primary school education

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced on 10 December that ACER's chief executive, Professor Geoff Masters, had been appointed to review curriculum and educational standards for Queensland primary school students. Ms Bligh said in a media statement that the review would target areas of core lilteracy numeracy and science. Professor Masters will present preliminary findings of his review in late January with a final report to follow in April 2009.

Australasian Education Directory 2009

The 2009 edition of Australasian Education Directory is now available. The AED is a comprehensive directory of educational organisations and personnel in Australia and New Zealand revised annually. Copies of the 2009 edition can be purchaed from ACER Press online.

All rights reserved. Except under the conditions described in the Copyright Act 1968 of Australia and subsequent amendments, no part of this electronic publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without written permission. Please address any requests to reproduce information to communications@acer.edu.au

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