Media Release Archive - 2003
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10 December 2003
Positive school climate helps students achieve positive results
School programs that promote a positive view of school may also influence student achievement a new study shows. In a report released today, ACER found that students who attend schools with a positive school climate achieve higher scores on tests of reading comprehension and mathematics. This latest report in the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) examined factors that influence levels of achievement in literacy and numeracy by examining data on more than 27,000 Year 9 students and 600 schools.
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28 October 2003
Employment experience has strongest influence on labour market outcomes
Experience of working full-time early in the school-to-work transition has the most positive effect on youth labour market outcomes and early experience of unemployment has a 'scarring' effect on subsequent unemployment. These are among the key findings of a new report released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). The report, the latest in the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), examines the labour market outcomes of a cohort of Australian youth born in 1975.
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23 October 2003
Young teachers face bright futures
Australian teachers currently beginning and in the early stages of their careers are likely to be given excellent opportunities to obtain leadership positions over the next 10-15 years according to a leading education consultant. Barbara Preston, who has been investigating the teaching labour market at various times over more than two decades, was speaking in Melbourne yesterday at Research Conference 2003 hosted by ACER
21 October 2003
Assessing teacher performance reliably and validly
Teacher performance can be assessed reliably and validly and the assessment process can be a powerful form of professional development for teachers, evidence from the United States shows. Professor Lloyd Bond, Senior Scholar with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in the United States, will demonstrate this during his presentation at Research Conference 2003 hosted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) in Melbourne today.
20 October 2003
Quality teaching matters most
Quality teachers and teaching, supported by strategic professional development, is what matters most in students' experiences and outcomes of schooling, ACER Research Director Dr Ken Rowe said in Melbourne today. Speaking at ACER's Research Conference 2003 , Dr Rowe presented key findings from Australian and international evidence-based research on educational effectiveness.
20 October 2003
Promoting teacher quality in the UK
A program of reform in England's Initial Teacher Training (ITT) led to measurable improvements in the quality of teaching and helped to build a stronger teaching sector according to the chief executive of the Teacher Training Agency, Mr Ralph Tabberer. Mr Tabberer is in Melbourne to present a keynote address at Research Conference 2003 hosted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on the role of the Teacher Training Agency in promoting teacher quality in England.
16 October 2003
Building teacher quality: What does the research tell us?
Some 400 educational researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around Australia and overseas will come together in Melbourne next week to share knowledge and developments in building teacher quality.
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is hosting its eighth annual Research Conference at the Carlton Crest hotel, Melbourne from 19-21 October.
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21 August 2003
Year 12 subject selection broadens
A new report has dentified a broadening in subject selection by Australian Year 12 students over the past decade as more students opt for vocationally oriented subjects rather than the key learning areas of English, mathematics, society and environment and the sciences.
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21 July 2003
Early school leavers can do well in workforce
Many early school leavers progress well in the first few years after leaving school, according to a report released today hat questions the widespread belief that all students who leave school before Year 12 struggle to make a successful transition to the workforce.
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7 July 2003
Year 8 maths students are not sufficiently challenged
Teaching Mathematics in Australia provides an Australian-focused analysis and discussion of the results from the international study, Teaching Mathematics in Seven Countries: Results from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study , which was released earlier this year. The examination of videotapes of 87 randomly selected Year 8 mathematics classes from around Australia indicates, among other findings, that Australian mathematics teachers may be underestimating the ability of Year 8 students and not challenging them enough in class.
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27 March 2003
International video study of mathematics teaching methods released
A major international video study in seven countries, including Australia, has identified no single best method of teaching eighth-grade mathematics in high achieving countries.
Teaching Mathematics in Seven Countries: Results from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 1999 Video Study included 638 randomly selected eighth-grade lessons in Australia, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States. Lessons were videotaped for analysis and comparison across the countries involved to investigate similarities and differences in teaching practices.
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5 February 2003
Report reveals socioeconomic differences among Australian schools
A new study of test scores achieved by Australian 14-year-olds in reading comprehension and mathematics between 1975 and 1998 has revealed growing differences between Australian schools along socioeconomic lines. The report, released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), examines student achievement scores on tests of reading comprehension and mathematics from five studies that tested the literacy and numeracy levels of young people in Australian schools conducted between 1975 and 1998.
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