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ACER has more than 400 staff in offices around the world.
ACER news & media releases
PISA 2018: Australian student performance in long-term decline
Tuesday, 3 Dec 20197pm, Tuesday 3 December 2019: A report released today paints a picture of long-term decline in Australian students’ reading, mathematics and science skills – and, for the first time in the assessment’s history, we have fallen to meet an OECD average, in mathematics performance.
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New book guides principals on leading PD for school improvement
Monday, 2 Dec 2019Leading Professional Learning is published by ACER Press on 2 December.
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Teacher’s Indonesia stream launched
Monday, 2 Dec 2019Teacher, published by ACER, is a free, online publication promoting quality teaching and leading, to assist school improvement at a grassroots level. After months of preparation, the Teacher team and ACER Indonesia is proud to launch a dedicated stream of content for teachers and school leaders in Indonesia. The reader-friendly articles and infographics – available in both English and Bahasa Indonesia – focus on best practice in schools and leadership in Indonesia and around the world, and share the latest in education research.
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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