After 14 years, ACER has published the final print edition of Research Developments. You can still get the latest school education research news in the free, online-only Research Developments in 2013. Subscribe to Research Developments by 30 November 2012 and go in the draw to win one of five $100 ACER Press vouchers.

Meanwhile you can read the current issue of Research Developments in PDF. Julian Fraillon reports on the results of the National Assessment Program – Information and Communications Technologies. He describes Australian students’ proficiency in information and communication technology (ICT) and their use of ICT at school and at home, and how it has changed over time.

Juliette Mendelovits reports on the findings of an international assessment
of 15-year-old students’ ability to read digital texts. Analysis of the digital reading component of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment enables international comparison of Australian students’ ability to read, understand and interact with digital texts, and comparison of digital and print reading ability.

Danielle Anzai reports on the development of a computer-based early-years literacy and numeracy assessment that will be used to assess Year 1 students’ literacy
and numeracy skills in the Northern Territory from 2013. The assessment pioneers an approach where early years students independently interact with the program, rather than requiring one-to-one administration by a teacher.

Geoff Masters reports on the considerations necessary in developing a framework to measure and reward school improvement, drawing on his keynote presentation to the 17th annual ACER Research Conference, held in Sydney in August 2012, to emphasise that the focus of school improvement must be on improvements in the day-to-day work over which schools have direct control.

To read the current edition or to subscribe to Research Developments visit www.acer.edu.au/rd

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