International Development
m Countries participating in ACER's international projects
m ACER offices
ACER works in an increasingly international context. Support is provided to countries establishing national assessment programs through consultancy work and professional development programs. ACER also undertakes commissioned research and provides assessment services to a range of international clients.
ACER is engaged in significant collaborative work with Ministries of Education in overseas countries including India, Indonesia, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, the USA and UAE. ACER is the principal partner in the consortium responsible for the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), is the International Study Centre responsible for the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) and jointly conducts the IEA Teacher Education Development Study (TEDS) with Michigan State University.
To facilitate its international development work, ACER has established offices in Dubai and Delhi.
The following are a selection of ACER's current and recently completed international work:
- Australia-Indonesia Basic Education Program: Contractor Strategic Advisory Services
- Australia-Indonesia Basic Education Program: Item Development Workshops
- Bangladesh National Assessment 2008 Quality Assurance Consultancy
- Botswana: Examinations Council Training on Higher Order Thinking Skills Item Development
- Brunei: Consultancy on Assessment of Student Competencies
- Canada: OSSLT Test Development 2004
- Chile: Development of Assessment Standards
- Colombia: Technical Assistance to ICFES
- Harnessing Educational Cooperation in the East Asia Summit
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Graduating Students' Language Proficiency Assessment
- India: Cooperation with Azim Premji Foundation
- India: Technical Assistance to Refining and Strengthening the National Assessments
- International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2009
- International Schools' Assessment 2007-8
- Jordan: National Assessment Review
- Korea: Cooperation with Korean Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE)
- Mexico: SEP Test Development
- Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006
- US: America's Choice
- US: Hispanic Families Project
