Our mission is to create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning across the lifespan. We are a not-for-profit research organisation established in Australia.
Commissioned services
ACER locations
ACER has more than 400 staff in offices around the world.
Latest articles
ACER early childhood expert joins government advisory panel
Tuesday, 14 Sep 2021ACER Research Director Dr Dan Cloney has been appointed to the Australian Government's Preschools Outcomes Measure Expert Advisory Group.
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Modelling greatness
Tuesday, 24 Aug 2021A team of Australian school students has received the second highest honour in the 2021 International Mathematical Modeling Challenge (IM2C), contested by 51 teams from 27 different countries.
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Homework for universities: Employability for future generations
Tuesday, 10 Aug 2021Tracer studies are one of universities' attempts to address the risk of graduates being unemployed or in a lower skilled job due to lack of relevant and quality education obtained during higher education.
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The ACER Foundation initiates, develops and manages research-based projects that aim to address the needs of educationally disadvantaged groups in the community.
Projects
Major projects of the ACER Foundation include the School Readiness Initiative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and the Australian STEM Video Games Challenge.
Donations and gifts
In making a donation to the ACER Foundation your funds will be invested in supporting activities designed to address educational disadvantage.
ACER Alumni
The ACER Alumni community has been established through the ACER Foundation to link together former and current senior staff, through activities that highlight new strategic developments in the organisation.
Working for ACER
Joining ACER means working with one of the world’s leading educational research organisations and working collaboratively across Australian and international projects.
The early years
Established in 1930, ACER has built a strong reputation as a provider of reliable support and expertise to education policy makers and professional practitioners