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23 Apr 2024

Q and A: Get to know the STEM Video Game Challenge

We had the opportunity to talk with Lisa van Beeck, a Research Fellow at ACER and Project Director of the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge. Lisa is an expert across science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and has a particular passion for this valuable project and the opportunities it offers students around Australia.

Influencing education policy more effectively through action research

How leading school systems meet student needs

How can school systems create the conditions for success?

12 Mar 2024

Teaching literacy skills to students

Professional development can help teachers better support students in developing literacy skills. In this article, we share a model of assessment-informed professional development used in one of our IBT schools in India.

6 Mar 2024

New resources address maths anxiety for students and teachers

Strategies to promote mathematics are central to a new toolkit which could be a gamechanger in schools, and for the wider community.

On the move in the NT – to be the most improving education system in Australia

26 Feb 2024

System reform commitment to students : 'you will improve'

Five years after beginning a reform of its entire education system, the Northern Territory is seeing results and busy training the next generation of leaders to improve student outcomes, supported by the Australian Council for Educational Research.

15 Feb 2024

Insights from world-class learning systems

ACER Chief Executive Professor Geoff Masters is sharing insights from his latest research in a special Teacher podcast miniseries.

1 Feb 2024

The Government of West Bengal and ACER India sign a MOU to enhance educational assessments

Today, the School Education Department, Government of West Bengal and the Australian Council for Educational Research (India) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on ‘Transforming Educational Assessments in Schools of West Bengal’.

Reading harder for bullied, tired and hungry students

24 Jan 2024

Reading harder for bullied, hungry students

An international survey has found 37% of year 4 students in Australia who participated were experiencing multiple challenges in their school life that affected their reading performance.

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