Literacy
Supporting examination reform in Nepal
24 January 2020
ACER is helping to ensure that school assessment in Nepal focuses on testing higher order thinking skills.
Investing in teacher development: Building an evidence base in Lao PDR
09 December 2019
A four year study in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is investigating the extent to which investment in teacher development improves teaching quality and student literacy in Lao language.
Focus on basics leaves schoolkids short in essential deep thinking
04 December 2019
The declining performance of Australian school students is in the spotlight again. But is there anything governments can do to arrest the decline? Geoff Masters responds.
How Australia’s education system stacks up
04 December 2019
PISA national project manager Dr Sue Thomson says Australia has a great deal of work ahead for its education system to excel by international standards.
PISA 2018: Australian students’ performance
03 December 2019
A long-term national decline in reading, maths and science achievement has led, for the first time, to Australia’s achievement failing to exceed the OECD average in one of the assessment domains.
PISA explained
02 December 2019
Sue Thomson and Kylie Hillman explain the significance of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment, ahead of the release of results from the latest cycle.
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Assessing learning of students with disabilities
13 February 2020
Ranking universities on student equity performance
06 February 2020
A new toolkit to analyse national learning assessment systems
31 January 2020
Supporting examination reform in Nepal
24 January 2020
Supporting high-quality assessment in Bhutan
17 January 2020
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