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09 July 2018
From inspiration to award win: Little J & Big Cuz’s journey to the Logies
Following its 2018 Logie Award win, we take a look back at the ground-breaking children’s animation, Little J & Big Cuz.
The end of the semester report?
20 June 2018
In part two of its series on ACER’s Communicating Student Learning Progress project, Hilary Hollingsworth and Jonathan Heard look at the trend in schools towards continuous online reporting in Teacher.
A more accurate measure of the off-campus student experience
19 June 2018
ACER has helped to revise a key measure of learner engagement to more accurately survey the experiences of both on-campus and off-campus students. Darren Matthews reports.
The role of learning progressions in global scales
12 June 2018
ACER’s Jen Jackson, Ray Adams, Ursula Schwanter and Charlotte Waters look at the benefits of learning progressions for the international assessment community.
Many Australian school students feel they ‘don’t belong’ in school: new research
06 June 2018
A report released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), the managers of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) in Australia, explores Australian students’ sense of belonging.
How do we teach and assess general capabilities?
04 June 2018
The big question about general capabilities in a contemporary educational setting is no longer why but how they should be taught, report ACER’s Claire Scoular and Jonathan Heard in Teacher.
Capturing the contemporary postgraduate research experience
30 May 2018
A survey of postgraduate research experiences has been updated to suit the changing conditions in higher education. ACER Research Director Dr Daniel Edwards explains.
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From inspiration to award win: Little J & Big Cuz’s journey to the Logies
09 July 2018
The end of the semester report?
20 June 2018
A more accurate measure of the off-campus student experience
19 June 2018
The role of learning progressions in global scales
12 June 2018
Many Australian school students feel they ‘don’t belong’ in school: new research
06 June 2018
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