Resources for Schools
Assessments
- ALC - Assessment of Language Competence Certificates
- ART - Abstract Reasoning Test
- AVQ - Attitudes & Values Questionnaire
- CEFLA - Competence in English as a Foreign Language Assessment
- Customised Assessment & Reporting Program
- DART - Developmental Assessment Resource for Teachers
- FS&F - Friendly Schools and Families Bullying Surveys
- HAST-Secondary - Higher Ability Selection Test
- HAST-Primary - The Higher Ability Selection Test - Middle Primary (HAST-P)
- iAchieve - Online assessment services
- IBT - International Benchmark Tests
- ISA - International Schools' Assessment
- MSD - Monitoring Skills Development
- OPI - Online Placement Instrument
- SLQ - School Life Questionnaire
- SEWBS - Social-Emotional Well-Being Survey
The Tender Bridge
Bringing schools and funds together: tenderbridge.acer.edu.au
Subscribers to The Tender Bridge have access to a comprehensive, searchable database of government, philanthropic and other funds.
Evaluation Services
- SDS - Schools Data Service (Formerly 'Data Interpretation Service')
- ESEF - Evaluation Service for Effective Schools
Workshops
ACER's Centre for Professional Learning offers workshops in following areas:
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Curriculum
- Student Wellbeing & Behaviour Guidance
- Assessment
- Teachers, Mentors, Leaders
- ICT in Education
Research Conference
Research Conference 2009 : Assessment and Student Learning - Collecting, interpreting and using data to inform teaching.
ACER Press
A large range of off-the-shelf tests can be purchased from ACER Press, including:
- PAT Maths - Progressive Achievement Tests in Mathematics
- PAT Reading - Progressive Achievement Tests in Reading
- TORCH - Tests of Reading Comprehension
- Neale Analysis of Reading Ability
- MYAT - Middle Years Ability Test
- AGAT - ACER General Ability Tests
- PAT Science - Progressive Achievement Tests in Science - Coming October 2009!
- Ask-Kids - Inventory for Children
Education Catalogue
ACER's Education Assessment, Books and Programs Catalogue profiles a range of books, programs, tests and assessment materials published and distributed by ACER Press.
Education Consultants
ACER Education Consultant services to schools:
- Advice on effective use of ACER resources via telephone and email
- Resource displays – at conferences, network meetings, cluster meetings and schools
- Presentations on features and benefits of ACER resources at: Leadership meetings, Staff meetings, Network and cluster meetings, Conferences
- Liaison with prospective authors to facilitate publication of educational assessments and books
- Friendly Schools & Families® training
Test Scoring Services
ACER’s Test Scoring Services is
able to support schools by scoring assessments and questionnaires.
The service also provides schools with a wide range of quality reports.
These reports enable schools to compare their students’ scores to both
state and national norms. Detailed diagnostic reports are also available.
Newsletters
Research Developments provides findings from recent research, as well as reports of studies currently underway.
EdLiveWire is your link to leading education information and resources from ACER. This quarterly bulletin aims to inform and stimulate your thinking both in and out of the classroom.
Magazines
- Teacher - The National Education Magazine
- Professional Educator - Australia's premier quarterly education magazine
Research Publications
- AJE Australian Journal of Education
- AJCD Australian Journal of Career Development
- Australasian Education Directory 2009
- National Register of Independent Schools of Australia
- Doing Educational Research A Practitioner's Guide to Getting Started
- Doctorates Downunder Keys to successful doctoral study in Australia and New Zealand
- Supervising Doctorates Downunder Keys to effective supervision in Australia and New Zealand
- Australian Education Review 50 Early Childhood Education
- ACER Research Monograph Series
- LSAY Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth
- TIMSS The Third International Mathematics and Science Study
- 15-UP and Counting, Reading, Writing and Reasoning...
- ACER Core Review Series
- Australian Education Review No.47 The Case for Change: A Review of Contemporary Research on Indigenous Education Outcomes
- Australia's Indigenous Students in PISA 2000
- Location, Location, Location Implications of Geographic Situation on Australian Student Performance in PISA 2000
- Supporting English Literacy and Numeracy Learning for Indigenous Students in the Early Years
- Making Modern Lives Subjectivity, Schooling and Social Change
