ACER eNews


ACER UPDATE ACER enters project agreements with Imam University ACER has entered into a project agreement with the Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University (Imam University), a major institution of higher education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), to help establish an Imam University Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (ICEA). Once established the new centre will have an important influence on the educational process that takes place within the University and will also potentially improve and invigorate higher education throughout the KSA. ACER will support the establishment of the ICEA by providing guidance, assisting local staff with skills development and conducting seminars to build the capacity of the ICEA staff. Under a separate agreement ACER will develop a Cognitive Skills Test for Imam University to measure both critical reasoning and problem solving. Imam University will use the test to gain a better understanding of the growth in generic skills attained by its student population over the course of their undergraduate studies. The project agreements were signed during a visit to ACER’s Melbourne office by a delegation from Imam University in early January. Indigenous school attendance and retention ACER has been appointed by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Social and Indigenous Group to prepare a paper on Indigenous school attendance and retention. The purpose of the paper is to review the quality and breadth of the available evidence on strategies for improving school attendance and retention, evaluate the evidence base in relation to this, and identify any gaps in the available research. White re-elected to ISOC-AU ACER Principal Research Fellow, Mr Gerry White, has been re-elected as a Director of the Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) which is the Australian Chapter of the international Internet Society. The Internet Society is a sub-committee of the international Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF). The IETF makes the Internet work better by producing high quality, relevant technical documents that influence the way people design, use, and manage the Internet. The goal of ISOC-AU is to assist the development of the internet for everybody in Australia. The work of ISOC-AU can be seen at: www.isoc-au.org.au « Back to eNews
Copyright © Australian Council for Educational Research 2013 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 Subscribe Unsubscribe Australian Council for Educational Research Private Bag 55, Camberwell, Victoria Australia 3124 Tel: + 61 3 9277 5555 Fax: + 61 3 9277 5500 Web: www.acer.edu.au

ACER enters project agreements with Imam University

ACER has entered into a project agreement with the Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University (Imam University), a major institution of higher education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), to help establish an Imam University Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (ICEA). Once established the new centre will have an important influence on the educational process that takes place within the University and will also potentially improve and invigorate higher education throughout the KSA.

ACER will support the establishment of the ICEA by providing guidance, assisting local staff with skills development and conducting seminars to build the capacity of the ICEA staff.

Under a separate agreement ACER will develop a Cognitive Skills Test for Imam University to measure both critical reasoning and problem solving. Imam University will use the test to gain a better understanding of the growth in generic skills attained by its student population over the course of their undergraduate studies.

The project agreements were signed during a visit to ACER’s Melbourne office by a delegation from Imam University in early January.

Indigenous school attendance and retention

ACER has been appointed by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Social and Indigenous Group to prepare a paper on Indigenous school attendance and retention. The purpose of the paper is to review the quality and breadth of the available evidence on strategies for improving school attendance and retention, evaluate the evidence base in relation to this, and identify any gaps in the available research.

White re-elected to ISOC-AU

ACER Principal Research Fellow, Mr Gerry White, has been re-elected as a Director of the Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) which is the Australian Chapter of the international Internet Society. The Internet Society is a sub-committee of the international Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF). The IETF makes the Internet work better by producing high quality, relevant technical documents that influence the way people design, use, and manage the Internet.

The goal of ISOC-AU is to assist the development of the internet for everybody in Australia. The work of ISOC-AU can be seen at: www.isoc-au.org.au

ACER UPDATE