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11 July 2019
Literacy and numeracy for the 21st century
The evolution of essential skills presents a challenge for school education in preparing young people for the world as adults.
Challenging student attitudes toward risky behaviour
18 July 2019
Katherine Dix describes the pilot of Australia’s first social norms-based drug and alcohol program for secondary school students.
Supporting countries new to large-scale assessment
04 July 2019
Ursula Schwantner describes how ACER is supporting first-time PISA participants to develop assessment capacity.
A knowledge portal on learning assessments for South Asia
27 June 2019
ACER in collaboration with Community Systems Foundation is building a knowledge portal on learning assessments for South Asia. Sanjay Tripathi reports.
Understanding Australian maths and science teachers’ job satisfaction
13 June 2019
International survey data suggests teacher satisfaction levels are lower in secondary school than in primary school.
Preparing students for a changing world
13 June 2019
Globalisation, technological advances and the changing nature of work all have far-reaching implications for the work of schools, says Professor Geoff Masters, speaking ahead of ACER’s Research Conference.
Finding the next top model
07 June 2019
An international mathematical modelling competition is helping to produce students who can not only solve problems set by others, but are able to identify and address problems themselves.
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Challenging student attitudes toward risky behaviour
18 July 2019
Literacy and numeracy for the 21st century
11 July 2019
Supporting countries new to large-scale assessment
04 July 2019
A knowledge portal on learning assessments for South Asia
27 June 2019
Understanding Australian maths and science teachers’ job satisfaction
13 June 2019
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