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Infographic: Careers And Future Study Support In Schools, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Careers And Future Study Support In Schools, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
Recent research provides insights into careers education and activities that Australian students have access to at school to support their preparation for the future. The data was collected from 259 schools and in this infographic, we compare the findings for schools with a career counsellor and schools with no specific career counsellor.
Infographic: Teenagers Reading For Pleasure, Max Hughes
Infographic: Teenagers Reading For Pleasure, Max Hughes
Teacher infographics
A Deakin University study delves into secondary school students’ reading habits and explores the prevalence of reading for pleasure amongst teenagers. In this infographic we share some of the findings.
Music Education: Right From The Start. Primary Teachers Survey - South Australia, Rachel Felgate, Toby Carslake, Tanya Vaughan
Music Education: Right From The Start. Primary Teachers Survey - South Australia, Rachel Felgate, Toby Carslake, Tanya Vaughan
School and system improvement
A broad-ranging survey of teachers and representatives from 115 South Australian government primary schools. The research in South Australia underscores overwhelming support among teachers for the benefits of music learning. However, it also highlights widespread concerns regarding inadequate investment in teacher training, dedicated facilities, and necessary resources.65% of respondents indicated that less than nine hours were allocated to music learning within their initial teaching degrees. Additionally, only about half (53%) said their school has appropriate musical equipment, with just 7% reporting having a purpose-built building to conduct music learning.
Learning Through Play At School Ukraine: Final Research Report, Rachel Parker, Amy Berry, Kellie Picker, David Jeffries, Prue Anderson, Oksana Zabolotna
Learning Through Play At School Ukraine: Final Research Report, Rachel Parker, Amy Berry, Kellie Picker, David Jeffries, Prue Anderson, Oksana Zabolotna
Student learning processes
The Learning Through Play (LTP) at School Research Study Ukraine was a four-year intervention study funded by the LEGO Foundation and implemented by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and the Ukrainian Educational Research Association (UERA). The intervention was a two-year professional learning program that blended online, and face-to-face learning called the Teacher Innovative Play Program (TIPP). The TIPP was designed based on documented evidence that reports that teachers need opportunities to experiment and reflect to change practice. The study was guided by three research questions which were revised following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian armed forces …
Infographic: Teacher Views On Issues Facing Students, Andrew Broadley
Infographic: Teacher Views On Issues Facing Students, Andrew Broadley
Teacher infographics
How well do you know the issues facing your students? Beyond Blue asked Australian teachers to name the top 3 health issues facing people under 18. In today’s infographic, we look at the 10 most common responses.
Unpacking Automated Test Assembly: New Findings And Directions For The Future, Ling Tan, Charlotte Waters, Fuchan Huang, Dan Cloney
Unpacking Automated Test Assembly: New Findings And Directions For The Future, Ling Tan, Charlotte Waters, Fuchan Huang, Dan Cloney
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
In large-scale assessments, the manual assembly of tests to meet many competing criteria may become an intractable task. Automated test assembly (ATA) can use optimisation algorithms to achieve optimal assembly outcomes. Since 2018, PISA has been transitioning from fixed test forms to adaptive testing. This transition is driven by the aim of improved test targeting, which increases reliability. Multi-stage adaptive testing (MSAT) has been preferred to item level computer adaptive testing (CAT) as it can better address the sometimes-competing requirements of an assessment like PISA where item exposure, position effects, construct coverage, and cross-sectional trend all must be met in …
Infographic: Comparing The Length Of Primary School Breaks By Country, Andrew Broadley
Infographic: Comparing The Length Of Primary School Breaks By Country, Andrew Broadley
Teacher infographics
Do you feel like you’re getting enough time off each year? Recent data from the OECD’s Education at a Glace report reveals Australian primary school teachers and students have less time off each year than the majority of OECD countries measured.
Acer Reconciliation Action Plan: 31 March 2024–31 December 2025: Reflect, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Acer Reconciliation Action Plan: 31 March 2024–31 December 2025: Reflect, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Indigenous Education Research
ACER’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) was developed in a collaborative partnership with Reconciliation Australia. This RAP covers March 2024 to December 2025. It is a statement of ACER's commitment to build deeper mutual understanding and more effective relationships with First Nations peoples, and to promote the integration of First Nations’ cultures, histories and knowledges into Australian educational processes. The four RAP types — Reflect, Innovate, Stretch and Elevate — allow continuous development and strengthening of reconciliation commitments. This Reflect RAP will lay the foundations, priming the workplace for future RAPs and reconciliation initiatives.
Gem Centre: Completion Report For Phase 3 Funding, 2020–2023, Australian Council For Educational Research
Gem Centre: Completion Report For Phase 3 Funding, 2020–2023, Australian Council For Educational Research
Global education monitoring
This report describes the focus and outcomes of the third triennium (2020–2023) of the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Centre partnership between the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The GEM Centre was founded by ACER in 2013 as a strategic research initiative to provide models of good practice for monitoring United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4: education for all. Over the last decade, the GEM Centre has successfully leveraged ACER’s and DFAT’s foreign policy and development expertise to build strong, collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders working on the …
Infographic: What Support Do School-Aged Children Want To Quit Vaping?, Dominique Russell
Infographic: What Support Do School-Aged Children Want To Quit Vaping?, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
Survey data from the Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People has offered new insights into the ideas school-aged children have to offer support to a young person trying to quite vaping. Find out more in today’s infographic.
Infographic: An Average Working Day In Early Childhood, Dominique Russell
Infographic: An Average Working Day In Early Childhood, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
Australian research involving 321 educators who directly work with children in centre-based early childhood services involved completion of a time use diary over 10 working days. From the data, the research team created an ‘average working day’, which we share in today’s infographic.
Australian General Practice Training Program: National Report On The 2023 National Registrar Survey, Rebecca Taylor, Leyna Clarke, Michelle Hsien
Australian General Practice Training Program: National Report On The 2023 National Registrar Survey, Rebecca Taylor, Leyna Clarke, Michelle Hsien
Higher education research
The Australian General Practice Training National Registrar Survey (AGPT NRS) is an annual, national survey of GP registrars currently training in the AGPT program. It collects information via an online questionnaire about registrar satisfaction, experience and future career plans. It also collects information about registrars’ demographics and training contexts and other aspects of their training experience. This survey is part of the Department of Health and Aged Care’s (the Department) monitoring and quality improvement activities. The information collected in the AGPT NRS can be used to assure the quality of training provision in the program, enables continuous improvement and allows …
Acer’S Mathematics Anxiety And Engagement Strategy (Maes): A Framework, Sarah Buckley, Kate Reid, Catherine Pearn, Shani Sniedze
Acer’S Mathematics Anxiety And Engagement Strategy (Maes): A Framework, Sarah Buckley, Kate Reid, Catherine Pearn, Shani Sniedze
Student learning processes
The Mathematics Anxiety and Engagement Strategy (MAES) was established by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) in 2018 in response to declining mathematics achievement and participation among Australian students. Findings from the 2022 cycle of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show that 15-year-old students in Australia had significantly lower levels of mathematical literacy than students in 2003 (De Bortoli et al, 2023). The 2022 results also showed that male students outperformed female students and only 30 percent of students from more disadvantaged backgrounds achieved the National Proficient Standard in mathematics compared to 72 percent of students from …
Alumni Voices: Insights From International Graduates Of Uk Education, Sladana Krstic, Alexander Towne
Alumni Voices: Insights From International Graduates Of Uk Education, Sladana Krstic, Alexander Towne
ACER UK
The British Council, in partnership with ACER, designed and developed a survey consisting of an online questionnaire and interviews, to gather information from international alumni systematically and periodically, with the purpose of building a valuable longitudinal dataset. This research report relates only to the first year of the survey. The long-term aim is to conduct this survey annually, for an initial period of five years. The longitudinal survey has the following three overriding objectives: • To gather evidence of the value of international education in the UK. This means value to the UK in terms of long-term relationships, business links, …
Infographic: Teachers Needed Across The Globe By 2030, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Teachers Needed Across The Globe By 2030, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
According to new research from UNESCO, 44 million additional teachers will be needed globally by 2030 to educate every child. In today’s infographic, we explore the key figures from this research, and share the recruitment targets for replacing attrition in primary and secondary schools.
Infographic: Teachers Spending Their Own Money On School Purchases, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Teachers Spending Their Own Money On School Purchases, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
The latest 'State of our Schools' survey from the Australian Education Union - conducted in early 2023 - shows that of almost 6,000 respondents, a vast majority are spending hundreds of dollars of their own money each year on items for work.
Infographic: How Valued Do Teachers Feel By Society?, Dominique Russell
Infographic: How Valued Do Teachers Feel By Society?, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
A recent study analysed TALIS (Teaching and Learning International Survey) 2018 data to examine teachers’ perception of occupational value in 28 OECD countries. The findings show an overwhelming majority feel undervalued in almost all countries. Here, we look at teachers’ perception of their overall occupational value, and drill down into 4 specific aspects.
Discover Acer India, Acer India
Discover Acer India, Acer India
ACER India
Established in 2005, ACER India is a wholly owned subsidiary of ACER that operates in South Asia and neighboring regions. Informed by ACER’s evidence-based approaches, we support policy reform and the development of innovative resources and tools to enable ongoing learning progress
Acer 2022-2023 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Acer 2022-2023 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ACER Annual Reports
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Collaboration In East Africa: A Contextualised Approach To Defining The Construct, Claire Scoular, David Alelah Otieno
Collaboration In East Africa: A Contextualised Approach To Defining The Construct, Claire Scoular, David Alelah Otieno
Assessment and Reporting
Collaboration has been highlighted internationally as a key skill for learning, working, and living in the twenty-first century. However, to teach it well, enhance its performance, and measure its growth, it is essential to have a clear and consistent definition of the skill. There are a number of frameworks that describe collaboration in a way that is meaningful to learning and growth. Despite some differences across frameworks, it is clear there is a common core set of contributing subskills. This suggests that collaboration is of global interest, and that there are components that transcend national or cultural specificities. Notwithstanding, definitions …
Commentary On The Draft Supplementary Paper, Children’S Outcomes In The Draft Productivity Commission Report, A Path To Universal Early Childhood Education And Care, Dan Cloney
Early Childhood Education
This is a rapid review of the review of Draft Supplementary Paper 1, Children's Outcomes In the Draft Productivity Commission report, A Path to Universal Early Childhood Education and Care. The scope of the review is to provide commentary on general direction and tone as a follow up to the roundtable held on 15 August 2023. The body of this review was provided 22 January 2024 and supplementary text, now incorporated in this document, was added 9 Feb 2024
Pisa Capacity Needs Assessment: Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Ian Teo
Pisa Capacity Needs Assessment: Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Ian Teo
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
This report presents detailed findings of a Capacity Needs Assessment (CNA) for Tajikistan, carried out to gain information about Tajikistan's capacity assets and needs to implement the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2025 successfully. It focuses on Tajikistan's National Project Manager and key PISA National Centre roles. The capacity assets and needs are structured into three dimensions: the enabling environment, the organisational level, and the individual level. Questionnaires for each level are included.
Pisa Capacity Needs Assessment: Ecuador, Ian Teo
Pisa Capacity Needs Assessment: Ecuador, Ian Teo
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
This report presents detailed findings of a Capacity Needs Assessment (CNA) for Ecuador, carried out to gain information about Ecuador’s capacity assets and needs to implement the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2025 successfully. The capacity assets and needs are structured into three dimensions: the enabling environment, the organisational level, and the individual level. Questionnaires for each level are included.
Lesson 2: Grade 2 Language And Communication Lesson Video Transcript, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Lesson 2: Grade 2 Language And Communication Lesson Video Transcript, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Education Analytics Service
This video transcript is from a Grade 2 Language and Communication (literacy) lesson in Port Vila, Vanuatu. In this lesson, the teacher works with the students to construct a narrative from a series of pictures from a story. The teacher uses French as the primary language of instruction, and Bislama at times. The video is part of a training package developed by the Australian Council of Educational Research to enable those observing early primary classes to make consistent and reliable observations. It is based on a purpose-built classroom observation tool developed to collect data on changes to teaching practice and …
Lesson 1: Language And Communication Lesson Video Transcript, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Lesson 1: Language And Communication Lesson Video Transcript, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Education Analytics Service
This video transcript is from a Grade 2 Language and Communication (literacy) lesson in Port Vila, Vanuatu. In this lesson, students revise letter sounds before the teacher introduces a new sound and associated words. The teacher uses French as the primary language of instruction, and Bislama at times. The video is part of a training package developed by the Australian Council of Educational Research to enable those observing early primary classes to make consistent and reliable observations. It is based on a purpose-built classroom observation tool developed to collect data on changes to teaching practice and a training program for …
Lesson Observation Record Classroom Observation Training Package, Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity
Lesson Observation Record Classroom Observation Training Package, Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity
Education Analytics Service
This Lesson Observation Record is part of a classroom observation training package developed by the Australian Council of Educational Research to enable those observing early primary classes to make consistent and reliable observations. It is based on a purpose-built classroom observation tool developed to collect data on changes to teaching practice and a training program for local researchers. Observers use the Lesson Observation Record to note their observations.
Young Citizens’ Views And Engagement In A Changing Europe: Iea International Civic And Citizenship Education Study 2022 European Report, Valeria Damiani, Bruno Losito, Gabriella Agrusti, Wolfram Schulz
Young Citizens’ Views And Engagement In A Changing Europe: Iea International Civic And Citizenship Education Study 2022 European Report, Valeria Damiani, Bruno Losito, Gabriella Agrusti, Wolfram Schulz
Civics and Citizenship Assessment
The IEA's International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) investigates the ways in which young people around the world are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens. This report presents the European results from the third cycle of the study (ICCS 2022). Eighteen countries and two benchmarking participants (the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein) administered the European student questionnaire to target grade students in this study cycle. ICCS 2022 studied contexts for and learning outcomes of civic and citizenship education in a wide range of national contexts at the beginning of the third decade of the 21st Century. …
Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series. Classroom Observation Training Package: Using Classroom Observation To Investigate And Understand Teaching Quality, Debbie Wong, Hilary Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Cassity, Adeola Monty
Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series. Classroom Observation Training Package: Using Classroom Observation To Investigate And Understand Teaching Quality, Debbie Wong, Hilary Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Cassity, Adeola Monty
Education Analytics Service
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has created an open-access classroom observation tool based on research conducted for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series, which studied teaching practices in Timor-Leste, Vanuatu and Lao PDR (see https://research.acer.edu.au/eas/). This comprehensive tool is designed to capture various aspects of teaching and learning in the classroom. It aims to help education researchers and practitioners gather evidence of teaching practices, particularly in the early grades of primary education in low- and middle-income countries. The tool is also intended for use by local observers, regardless of their …
Australian University Outcomes: A National Study Comparing Ibdp And Non-Ibdp Students, Kylie Hillman, Daniel Edwards, Leyna Clarke
Australian University Outcomes: A National Study Comparing Ibdp And Non-Ibdp Students, Kylie Hillman, Daniel Edwards, Leyna Clarke
Higher education research
This study compares the university outcomes of students who completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) in Australia compared to non-DP students nationally. The findings are based on population-level data for all students who applied to and entered universities in Australia between 2013 and 2018. To address differences in DP and non-DP student characteristics, the researchers further examined outcomes by groups within the populations that are more alike, for example, by gender and socio-economic status. Across all cohorts, DP students gain offers of university admission, continue to their second year of study, and complete university for all check points …
Teachers And Technology In The Pacific, Anna Dabrowski, Yung Nietschke, Elizabeth Cassity
Teachers And Technology In The Pacific, Anna Dabrowski, Yung Nietschke, Elizabeth Cassity
International Education Research
Although digital literacy is increasing in the Pacific region, access to educational technologies within the education sector remains inconsistent for both teachers and their students. This report presents an analysis of current practices that support technology integration in the classroom, with a particular focus on the work of teachers in the Pacific Island states of Palau, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Based on an analysis of academic and grey literature, and interviews with key stakeholders involved in the implementation of educational technologies in the region, several key findings emerge. Education policies and practices designed to improve the digital literacy …