Vocational, Adult and Workplace Education

Vocational, Adult and Workplace Education

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is a leading, full-service, independent, not-for-profit organisation with a proven track record and a global reputation for excellence. Drawing on extensive expertise and experience, ACER works with governments, industry, educational leaders, teachers, trainers and learners on a wide range of vocational and workforce education research and assessment services.
 
Expertise includes basic skills Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) testing, youth and adult literacy and numeracy assessment and surveys, careers and vocational interest assessments, curriculum and standards development, quality and benchmarking services, teaching and learning consultancies, policy and program evaluation, surveys on pathways and transitions, psychometric and statistical analysis, and selection testing.

Latest news

It’s time: Language, literacy and numeracy and the Vocational Indicator
Tuesday, 15th May 2012

For the first time since the early 1990s, both government and industry acknowledge that adult language, literacy and numeracy skills are important and worthy of government support at a national program level. Now is the time, then, to retool ACER’s Vocational Indicator, says Blanca Camacho.

More than match stats: Language, literacy and numeracy workshops for VET practitioners
Tuesday, 15th May 2012

There was plenty going on in the AFL in April, including a two-day ACER workshop for Player Development Regional Managers from the AFL Players Association to better understand the impact of language, literacy and numeracy skills on players’ capacity to learn.  With the workshop so well received and the May National Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Conference sold out, ACER is running a series of programs in Melbourne from July for vocational education and training practitioners. Blanca Camacho has more.