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Only 25% of students regularly walk to school
Posted on: Thursday, 17th May 2012

95% of staff in schools experienced workplace bullying
Posted on: Wednesday, 9th May 2012

National productivity linked to adult literacy and numeracy
Posted on: Thursday, 3rd May 2012

Business potential lies untapped in schools
Posted on: Monday, 5th March 2012

Parents urged to develop maths in kids from birth
Posted on: Wednesday, 29th February 2012

Australia a key player in international higher education student market, but competition is building
Posted on: Thursday, 9th February 2012

Opinion split on walking to school
Posted on: Tuesday, 7th February 2012

Don’t miss out on a scholarship for 2013
Posted on: Thursday, 19th January 2012

Future academics need encouragement to stay in Australia
Posted on: Monday, 16th January 2012

Mobile phones may help get kids active
Posted on: Monday, 19th December 2011

ACER releases results of PISA 2009+ participant economies
Posted on: Friday, 16th December 2011

Higher education student engagement under the microscope
Posted on: Tuesday, 22nd November 2011

ACER scholarship test reaches 50-year milestone
Posted on: Wednesday, 9th November 2011

University retention and completion rates have improved
Posted on: Monday, 7th November 2011

ACER resource aims to build resilience in dyslexic students
Posted on: Wednesday, 19th October 2011

NAPLAN results show importance of early learning, says ACER
Posted on: Friday, 9th September 2011

Principals hand reins to business, community leaders
Posted on: Monday, 22nd August 2011

Teaching and learning oral language skills
Posted on: Monday, 15th August 2011

Closing the gap in school completion rates for Indigenous students
Posted on: Tuesday, 9th August 2011

Community input needed to improve Indigenous student engagement
Posted on: Tuesday, 9th August 2011

Education systems must bridge Indigenous and Western worlds
Posted on: Tuesday, 9th August 2011

Education key to improving Indigenous health and life expectancy
Posted on: Tuesday, 9th August 2011

Closing the gap not enough
Posted on: Monday, 8th August 2011

Successful post-school transitions for Indigenous youth
Posted on: Monday, 8th August 2011

Two way teaching and learning key to educational equity
Posted on: Monday, 8th August 2011

Respect and research key to Indigenous educational success
Posted on: Monday, 8th August 2011

Focus on primary school key to closing the gap
Posted on: Monday, 8th August 2011

Early years support key to improving education for Indigenous children
Posted on: Friday, 5th August 2011

Indigenous Education: Pathways to success
Posted on: Friday, 5th August 2011

Teachers must prepare students for using mathematics in the real world
Posted on: Monday, 1st August 2011

ACER announces new head of division
Posted on: Friday, 29th July 2011

Regenerating the Academic Workforce
Posted on: Thursday, 7th July 2011

Decrease in number of students considering dropping out of university
Posted on: Monday, 20th June 2011

Aptitude testing in university admissions
Posted on: Friday, 20th May 2011

Indigenous students highly engaged with university study
Posted on: Thursday, 5th May 2011

Study provides first insight into coursework postgrad student engagement
Posted on: Thursday, 21st April 2011

New research to investigate if millions are hitting the target
Posted on: Monday, 21st March 2011

Call to embed Arts in all curriculum areas
Posted on: Wednesday, 12th January 2011

PISA identifies challenges for Australian education
Posted on: Tuesday, 7th December 2010

PISA 2009 National Report
Posted on: Tuesday, 7th December 2010

Bulldogs learn new tricks from school principals
Posted on: Monday, 29th November 2010

Fewer first years consider dropping out
Posted on: Monday, 29th November 2010

Setting primary course for university study
Posted on: Wednesday, 24th November 2010

Skilled migrants more productive but stressed
Posted on: Thursday, 28th October 2010

Education and training for a more productive Australia
Posted on: Wednesday, 27th October 2010

ACER announces new Research Division Heads
Posted on: Thursday, 21st October 2010

VET sector faces leadership succession crisis
Posted on: Wednesday, 22nd September 2010

Business and community leaders build partnerships with schools
Posted on: Monday, 23rd August 2010

Success in maths adds up to personal power
Posted on: Tuesday, 17th August 2010

Counting is not the only way to add up
Posted on: Tuesday, 17th August 2010

Fundamental maths competencies often overlooked
Posted on: Tuesday, 17th August 2010

Culture and language must be considered in mathematics learning
Posted on: Tuesday, 17th August 2010

Mathematics teaching and learning to reach beyond the basics
Posted on: Monday, 16th August 2010

Technology must partner not serve mathematics learning
Posted on: Monday, 16th August 2010

Mathematics curriculum must address ‘spectacular’ student diversity
Posted on: Monday, 16th August 2010

English restricts the language of mathematics
Posted on: Monday, 16th August 2010

Low expectations lead to under-performance in mathematics education
Posted on: Friday, 13th August 2010

Making mathematics teaching count
Posted on: Friday, 13th August 2010

ACER to lead global higher learning study
Posted on: Monday, 9th August 2010

Survey to quiz 300,000 on engagement with learning
Posted on: Friday, 23rd July 2010

Turning up and tuning in key to Indigenous education
Posted on: Wednesday, 19th May 2010

Uni students lacking staff contact
Posted on: Monday, 17th May 2010

Students improve computer skills but gaps in achievement remain
Posted on: Thursday, 22nd April 2010

Kids who walk are on track to better health
Posted on: Friday, 9th April 2010

Improving learning for 80 years
Posted on: Thursday, 1st April 2010

Social networking provides new opportunities for learning
Posted on: Tuesday, 9th March 2010

More still needed in overhaul of early childhood education
Posted on: Tuesday, 22nd December 2009

Recent attrition rates confirm AUSSE findings
Posted on: Friday, 11th December 2009

School system designed for past won’t prepare young Australians for the future
Posted on: Wednesday, 2nd December 2009

Students take aptitude test in bid for university places
Posted on: Friday, 27th November 2009

Language learning must focus on personal not economic benefits
Posted on: Wednesday, 30th September 2009

Business and community leaders build partnerships with schools
Posted on: Thursday, 20th August 2009

High regard for education a key to Finland’s success
Posted on: Tuesday, 18th August 2009

Student literacy doubles in schools that use assessment data to improve teaching
Posted on: Monday, 17th August 2009

Culture-fair assessment issues examined
Posted on: Monday, 17th August 2009

Whatever the source - assessment data can inform teaching and learning
Posted on: Monday, 17th August 2009

National assessment data meaningful for schools
Posted on: Monday, 17th August 2009

Call to reconsider A to E school reports
Posted on: Friday, 14th August 2009

Research Conference 2009
Posted on: Friday, 14th August 2009

Schools First award applications now open
Posted on: Wednesday, 29th July 2009

Indigenous students face substantial disadvantage
Posted on: Monday, 13th July 2009

Feedback on student engagement can improve higher education says ACER
Posted on: Tuesday, 30th June 2009

Queensland Government accepts recommendations of Masters Review
Posted on: Tuesday, 30th June 2009

Masters warns against school league tables
Posted on: Monday, 29th June 2009

University students living on campus more engaged, says AUSSE
Posted on: Wednesday, 17th June 2009

Uni degrees pay off in workforce for men more than women
Posted on: Wednesday, 6th May 2009

One in three tertiary students considers non-completion, says AUSSE
Posted on: Friday, 24th April 2009

Pre-school must have educational focus, says UK early learning expert
Posted on: Tuesday, 24th March 2009

Early years care must improve teaching strategies, says childhood learning expert
Posted on: Tuesday, 24th March 2009

ACER named ‘Employer of Choice for Women’
Posted on: Wednesday, 18th March 2009

Transform schools through powerful learning, urges UK education expert
Posted on: Tuesday, 10th March 2009

Victorian bushfires claim leading educational researcher
Posted on: Monday, 16th February 2009

Schools do matter, say ACER education experts
Posted on: Monday, 16th February 2009

LSAY 55: Varying pay-offs to post school education and training
Posted on: Tuesday, 20th January 2009

Accountability and transparency key to education quality
Posted on: Wednesday, 14th January 2009

Vale Professor Peter Karmel
Posted on: Tuesday, 13th January 2009

uniTEST - Four universities take part in national student aptitude test trial
Posted on: Friday, 9th January 2009

International mathematics and science study shows mixed results for Australia
Posted on: Tuesday, 9th December 2008

New report on Indigenous language in schools
Posted on: Friday, 5th December 2008

Global economic crisis may affect education exports
Posted on: Friday, 31st October 2008

ACER Research Monograph 63 released
Posted on: Thursday, 30th October 2008

Early school leavers take up education, training and employment
Posted on: Thursday, 23rd October 2008

Study into the Assessment and Reporting of Employability Skills of Senior Secondary students report
Posted on: Friday, 17th October 2008

School careers advice well received by students
Posted on: Tuesday, 7th October 2008

Schools First launched
Posted on: Friday, 3rd October 2008

VET programs boost employment prospects
Posted on: Thursday, 18th September 2008

Business-education relationships on schools agenda
Posted on: Monday, 1st September 2008

Social and civic skills key for future workforce
Posted on: Tuesday, 12th August 2008

Secondary school reform to lower youth unemployment
Posted on: Monday, 11th August 2008

Teaching citizenship skills may prevent civil conflict
Posted on: Monday, 11th August 2008

X, Y and Z: Research charts education across three generations
Posted on: Monday, 11th August 2008

Market-based policies not best for education and training
Posted on: Sunday, 10th August 2008

Students must meet minimum standards to complete schooling, says ACER CEO
Posted on: Friday, 8th August 2008

Educators urged to respond to ‘civilisational challenge’
Posted on: Friday, 8th August 2008

Career preferences don’t match workforce needs, says vocational expert
Posted on: Friday, 8th August 2008

Research Conference 2008
Posted on: Friday, 8th August 2008

Special Address by Julia Gillard
Posted on: Tuesday, 22nd July 2008

Practise what we preach, says leadership study
Posted on: Monday, 30th June 2008

Business Council of Australia paper released
Posted on: Monday, 26th May 2008

Better focus required on principal career paths and roles
Posted on: Tuesday, 29th April 2008

Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE) report
Posted on: Tuesday, 8th April 2008

2008 Employer of Choice for Women
Posted on: Tuesday, 4th March 2008

ACER welcomes National Curriculum Board
Posted on: Thursday, 31st January 2008

Australian Country Background Report for the OECD Improving School Leadership Activity
Posted on: Tuesday, 29th January 2008

Release of policy paper on school funding
Posted on: Thursday, 24th January 2008

ACER and VIF Program give Australian teachers a chance to grow professionally in the U.S
Posted on: Tuesday, 22nd January 2008

National Assessment Program - ICT Literacy Years 6 and 10 Report
Posted on: Friday, 18th January 2008

Staff in Australia’s Schools Survey 2007
Posted on: Wednesday, 16th January 2008

Australasian first in research on higher education
Posted on: Wednesday, 12th December 2007

PISA 2006 National Report
Posted on: Tuesday, 4th December 2007

PISA shows Indigenous students continue to struggle
Posted on: Tuesday, 4th December 2007

Australian students perform well in science, but many below OECD baseline
Posted on: Tuesday, 4th December 2007

Literacy research must look to the past
Posted on: Wednesday, 21st November 2007

Identifying dangers in the world of ‘Cyberia’
Posted on: Monday, 19th November 2007

Aptitude test trial to proceed
Posted on: Wednesday, 31st October 2007

It’s on for young and old at the 2007 CEET annual conference
Posted on: Wednesday, 31st October 2007

Leaders exchange expertise through Principal for a Day
Posted on: Thursday, 30th August 2007

School leaders must focus on teaching and learning
Posted on: Tuesday, 14th August 2007

Good education depends on shared values
Posted on: Tuesday, 14th August 2007

The best principals are both demanding and responsive
Posted on: Monday, 13th August 2007

Leadership standards the key to preparing better principals
Posted on: Monday, 13th August 2007

Understanding student motivation a key to raising academic standards
Posted on: Monday, 13th August 2007

Education reform requires increased resources
Posted on: Sunday, 12th August 2007

Principals warned: Don’t carry the burden alone
Posted on: Friday, 10th August 2007

Schools need leaders not superheroes
Posted on: Friday, 10th August 2007

Curriculum reform a key to ending science crisis
Posted on: Tuesday, 15th May 2007

School sector and SES make little difference to university course completion
Posted on: Thursday, 19th April 2007

New report - Research on Performance Pay for Teachers
Posted on: Monday, 16th April 2007

One quarter of non-metropolitan youth leave for the cities
Posted on: Thursday, 22nd February 2007

ACER opens Perth office
Posted on: Wednesday, 21st February 2007

Report makes strong case for core curriculum in key Year 12 subjects
Posted on: Thursday, 1st February 2007

Early childhood education at the crossroads
Posted on: Wednesday, 15th November 2006

Australian education and training: new policies
Posted on: Wednesday, 1st November 2006

Political bias in the HSC?
Posted on: Friday, 20th October 2006

Survey to provide snapshot of Australian teaching workforce
Posted on: Friday, 13th October 2006

Growth in Literacy and Numeracy in the First Three Years of School
Posted on: Wednesday, 6th September 2006

Crisis of interest in science needs humanistic approach
Posted on: Tuesday, 15th August 2006

Boosting science learning through curriculum materials
Posted on: Tuesday, 15th August 2006

What do we need to do to boost science learning?
Posted on: Tuesday, 15th August 2006

Principal for a Day and ACER unite to lead the way in business-education partnerships
Posted on: Monday, 14th August 2006

Highly accomplished science teachers deserve higher pay
Posted on: Monday, 14th August 2006

Science curriculum requires greater focus on community
Posted on: Monday, 14th August 2006

Science curriculum must focus on ideas, evidence and argument
Posted on: Sunday, 13th August 2006

Conference opens to beat of African buckets
Posted on: Friday, 11th August 2006

Science curricula in need of reform
Posted on: Friday, 11th August 2006

New study challenges crisis accounts of youth labour market
Posted on: Thursday, 18th May 2006

Australian Certificate of Education: report and recommendations
Posted on: Friday, 5th May 2006

More strategic thinking needed on the use of data in schools
Posted on: Friday, 5th May 2006

Release of TIMSS Video 1999 Science Study
Posted on: Wednesday, 5th April 2006

ACER Brisbane office now open
Posted on: Thursday, 23rd March 2006

Australian research resources available from EdNA Online
Posted on: Monday, 6th March 2006

Australian students among the highest users of computers at school and in the home: OECD report
Posted on: Wednesday, 25th January 2006

Disadvantaged youth find success in VET
Posted on: Thursday, 15th December 2005

Release of Teaching Reading, the report of the National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy
Posted on: Thursday, 8th December 2005

Low ENTER scores behind ‘unmet demand’ for university places
Posted on: Monday, 5th December 2005

Time out of the labour market a common experience for Australian youth
Posted on: Thursday, 24th November 2005

Report calls for more emphasis on technical skills in secondary school
Posted on: Thursday, 17th November 2005

Learning managers believe they are better prepared to teach
Posted on: Wednesday, 9th November 2005

Busy young Australians get most satisfaction
Posted on: Thursday, 27th October 2005

A balanced approach needed for students with learning difficulties
Posted on: Wednesday, 19th October 2005

Not all Year 12 courses are equal
Posted on: Thursday, 29th September 2005

Senior secondary school students’ perceptions of the world of work
Posted on: Monday, 5th September 2005

New study shows intentions and attitudes predict participation in schooling
Posted on: Friday, 2nd September 2005

Teacher intuition still important as schools swamped with data
Posted on: Tuesday, 9th August 2005

What is the nature of evidence that makes a difference to learning
Posted on: Monday, 8th August 2005

Growth not benchmarks the key to school success
Posted on: Sunday, 7th August 2005

Using student performance data effectively
Posted on: Friday, 5th August 2005

700 delegates to attend ACER Research Conference
Posted on: Thursday, 4th August 2005

Tertiary students report high levels of satisfaction
Posted on: Thursday, 28th July 2005

Student interests drive course change and attrition
Posted on: Thursday, 30th June 2005

Rowe, Pollard and Rowe take out research award
Posted on: Thursday, 12th May 2005

ACER to collaborate on UK student test
Posted on: Wednesday, 20th April 2005

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2002/03)
Posted on: Wednesday, 15th December 2004

OECD Programme for Interational Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 Cycle
Posted on: Tuesday, 7th December 2004

Understanding values education
Posted on: Tuesday, 26th October 2004

Literacy, behaviour and auditory processing
Posted on: Monday, 25th October 2004

Student goals and interest important for university success
Posted on: Monday, 25th October 2004

Yelling at students does not improve behaviour
Posted on: Monday, 25th October 2004

The mental health and wellbeing of young people in Australia
Posted on: Monday, 25th October 2004

LSAY Easy reference guide - what do we know about the experiences of Australian youth?
Posted on: Thursday, 21st October 2004

ACER signs multi million dollar UAE test development contract
Posted on: Thursday, 22nd July 2004

Meeting the challenge of assessing behavioural problems
Posted on: Friday, 16th July 2004

Methods of identifying behavioural problems are past their ‘use-by-date’
Posted on: Thursday, 15th July 2004

Viewing organisations through the lens of type
Posted on: Wednesday, 14th July 2004

Viewing organisations through the lens of type
Posted on: Wednesday, 14th July 2004

Is Emotional Intelligence related to cognitive intelligence and behaviour?
Posted on: Monday, 12th July 2004

Students and employers endorse Graduate Skills Assessment
Posted on: Thursday, 1st July 2004

Supporting Indigenous students’ English literacy and numeracy learning
Posted on: Wednesday, 21st April 2004

Premier Bracks opens ACER Dubai office
Posted on: Wednesday, 10th March 2004

New effort needed to improve Indigenous education
Posted on: Wednesday, 18th February 2004

New effort needed to improve Indigenous education
Posted on: Wednesday, 18th February 2004

Go back to school with your kids with a new online assessment program
Posted on: Wednesday, 4th February 2004

Positive school climate helps students achieve positive results
Posted on: Wednesday, 10th December 2003

Employment experience has strongest influence on labour market outcomes
Posted on: Tuesday, 28th October 2003

Young teachers face bright futures
Posted on: Wednesday, 22nd October 2003

Assessing teacher performance reliably and validly
Posted on: Tuesday, 21st October 2003

Promoting teacher quality in the UK
Posted on: Monday, 20th October 2003

Quality teaching matters most
Posted on: Monday, 20th October 2003

Building teacher quality: What does the research tell us?
Posted on: Thursday, 16th October 2003

Year 12 subject selection broadens
Posted on: Thursday, 21st August 2003

Early school leavers can do well in workforce
Posted on: Monday, 21st July 2003

Year 8 maths students are not sufficiently challenged
Posted on: Monday, 7th July 2003

International video study of mathematics teaching methods
Posted on: Thursday, 27th March 2003

Report reveals socioeconomic differences among Australian schools
Posted on: Wednesday, 5th February 2003

Young people delay transition to adulthood
Posted on: Wednesday, 13th November 2002

Participation in extracurricular activities important for students
Posted on: Wednesday, 30th October 2002

TIMSS study enters testing stage
Posted on: Wednesday, 23rd October 2002

Australian Students’ Civics Results
Posted on: Monday, 14th October 2002

Schools: Raising the Bar and Reducing Failures
Posted on: Sunday, 13th October 2002

HSC exam review recommends further improvements
Posted on: Tuesday, 9th April 2002

Firm-based training doubles for young women
Posted on: Wednesday, 20th March 2002

Room for improvement in civic education
Posted on: Wednesday, 6th March 2002

NSW HSC Examination Review report to be presented in March 2002
Posted on: Wednesday, 20th February 2002

Socioeconomic factors and school sector influence tertiary entrance scores
Posted on: Friday, 18th January 2002

37 per cent of Year 12 non-completers undertake VET
Posted on: Wednesday, 19th December 2001

VET in Schools offers alternative paths for students
Posted on: Wednesday, 19th December 2001

Australian 15-year-olds among the best in the world in reading, mathematics and science
Posted on: Tuesday, 4th December 2001

ACER to release results of major international survey of student achievement
Posted on: Wednesday, 28th November 2001

Youth pathways in crisis in rural and remote Australia, conference told
Posted on: Tuesday, 16th October 2001

Numerous factors influence school non-completion, conference told
Posted on: Tuesday, 16th October 2001

90% of new apprentices gain immediate employment
Posted on: Tuesday, 16th October 2001

OECD expert calls for separate senior schools to improve youth pathways
Posted on: Tuesday, 16th October 2001

ACER to open office in Sydney
Posted on: Friday, 28th September 2001

Innovative test to transform international student selection
Posted on: Wednesday, 19th September 2001

Tertiary qualifications significantly enhance job prospects
Posted on: Thursday, 30th August 2001

Civic education a must for Australian Schools
Posted on: Tuesday, 20th March 2001

Educational disadvantage may need to be re-evaluated
Posted on: Wednesday, 14th February 2001

International maths and science study results
Posted on: Wednesday, 6th December 2000

Bleak outlook for those who don’t finish school
Posted on: Thursday, 19th October 2000

Historic global student test begins
Posted on: Friday, 17th March 2000

Literacy Tests
Posted on: Friday, 25th February 2000

Literacy Tests
Posted on: Friday, 25th February 2000

More further education and training participation in Australia than United States
Posted on: Friday, 18th February 2000

Call for national research on schools
Posted on: Thursday, 2nd December 1999

Participation in education and training on the rise – and becoming more equitable
Posted on: Thursday, 18th November 1999

Year 12 subject choice linked to further study, job opportunities
Posted on: Friday, 12th November 1999

Scholarship test identifies right students
Posted on: Thursday, 4th November 1999

Boys more likely to leave school early
Posted on: Friday, 8th October 1999

Work placement programs keep some at school
Posted on: Tuesday, 20th July 1999

School students benefit from part-time work
Posted on: Friday, 7th May 1999