Education Analytics Service
The global learning crisis has highlighted the urgent need to improve the quality of education, which has only become more acute with COVID-19 disruptions across the Indo-Pacific region and worldwide. The Education Analytics Service (EAS) was established in 2016 as a mechanism for the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to access specialist expertise to build staff capability in the education sector, and to boost efforts to respond to demand from country programs.
Teacher development multi-year study series
This multi-year study series, commissioned by DFAT, investigates teacher development initiatives in Timor-Leste, Vanuatu and the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Each country, with support from DFAT, is undertaking curriculum reform and implementing programs to support teachers to improve teaching quality through adopting new pedagogical approaches. The aim of each study is to investigate: To what extent does the Australian investment produce improved teaching quality and improved student learning?
Timor-Leste
- Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series. Timor-Leste: Final Report, Elizabeth Cassity, Jennie Chainey, & Debbie Wong
- Teacher development multi-year study series. Report highlights. Timor-Leste: Final Report, Elizabeth Cassity, Jennie Chainey, & Debbie Wong
- Teacher development multi-year study series: Timor-Leste: Interim report 2, Elizabeth Cassity & Jennie Chainey
- Teacher development multi-year study series: Timor-Leste: Interim report 1, Elizabeth Cassity, Jennie Chainey, & Sheldon Rothman
- Timor-Leste: Policy insights from a multi-year teaching and learning study series, Jennie Chainey & Elizabeth Cassity
- Improving teaching quality and effectiveness in Timor-Leste, Elizabeth Cassity & Jennie Chainey
- Monitoring the impact of education investments in Timor-Leste, Jennie Chainey
Vanuatu
- Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series. Vanuatu: Final Report, Elizabeth Cassity, Debbie Wong, Jevelin Wendiady & Jennie Chainey
- Teacher development multi-year study series. Report highlights. Vanuatu: Interim report 2, Elizabeth Cassity, Jennie Chainey, Jacqueline Cheng & Debbie Wong
- Teacher development multi-year study series. Vanuatu: Interim report 2, Elizabeth Cassity, Jennie Chainey, Jacqueline Cheng & Debbie Wong
- Teacher development multi-year study series: Vanuatu: Interim report 1, Elizabeth Cassity, Jacqueline Cheng & Debbie Wong
- Vanuatu: Policy insights from a multi-year teaching and learning study series, Elizabeth Cassity & Debbie Wong
Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Report Highlights: Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Final Report, Debbie Wong, Hilary Hollingsworth, Prue Anderson, Payal Goundar & Agnes Mercer
- Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Final report, Debbie Wong, Hilary Hollingsworth, Prue Anderson, Payal Goundar & Agnes Mercer
- Report Highlights: Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Final Report (Lao version), Debbie Wong, Hilary Hollingsworth, Prue Anderson, Payal Goundar & Agnes Mercer
- Spotlight on student engagement. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR, Australian Council for Educational Research
- Spotlight on student engagement. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR (Lao version), Australian Council for Educational Research
- Spotlight on teacher supports. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR, Australian Council for Educational Research
- Spotlight on teacher supports. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR (Lao version), Australian Council for Educational Research
- Report Highlights: Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Interim Report 1, Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity, Prue Anderson & Jessica Thompson
- Report Highlights: Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Interim report 1 (Lao version), Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity, Prue Anderson & Jessica Thompson
- Evaluation of Australia’s Investment in Teacher Development in Lao PDR: Summary of the 2019 Baseline Report, Australian Council for Educational Research
- Evaluation of Australia’s Investment in Teacher Development in Lao PDR: Summary of the 2019 Baseline Report (Lao version), Australian Council for Educational Research
- Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Interim Report 1, Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity, Prue Anderson & Jessica Thompson
- Teacher development multi-year study series: Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Baseline report, Debbie Wong, Hilary Hollingsworth, Prue Anderson, Paul R. Weldon, Louise Ockwell, Renee Kwong, & Clare Ozolins
- Australia's investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Baseline results, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
- Lao PDR: Policy insights from a multi-year teaching and learning study series, Debbie Wong & Hilary Hollingsworth
- Investing in teacher development: Building an evidence base in Lao PDR, Hilary Hollingsworth & Debbie Wong
Supporting Resources
EAS seeks to expand learning and understanding about teacher development in the Indo-Pacific region and has created a series of supporting resources to inform the study series and future research.
- Teacher development multi-year studies: Impact of COVID-19 on teaching practices in Lao PDR, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu: A discussion paper for practitioners and policymakers, Aris Huang, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity & Jennie Chainey
- Teacher development multi-year studies. Emerging themes: Challenges and enablers, Debbie Wong & Elizabeth Cassity
- Teacher development multi-year studies. Using classroom observations to investigate and understand teaching quality: Initial lessons learned, Hilary Hollingsworth & Debbie Wong
- Teacher development multi-year studies. Using case studies to investigate and understand teaching quality and student learning: Initial lessons learned, Jennie Chainey, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity, & Hilary Hollingsworth
- Teacher development multi-year studies. Insights on the challenges of data availability for measuring and reporting on student learning outcomes, Elizabeth Cassity & Debbie Wong
- Investment in teacher development overseas: are we making a difference?
- Improving learning outcomes through teacher development
- Evaluating Australia’s investment in teachers in developing countries, Debbie Wong
- Teacher development multi-year studies: Conceptual framework, Hilary Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Cassity, Debbie Wong, & Jacqueline Cheng
- What works best in education for development: a Super synthesis of the evidence, Jeaniene Spink, Elizabeth Cassity, & Adam Rorris
Learning and Development modules
As part of EAS, ACER developed a series of learning and development (L&D) modules to build and enhance the capabilities of DFAT staff working in the education sector. The 20 modules reflect the latest Australian and international thinking in education for development. Each module has two levels – foundation and practitioner.
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Practitioner level |
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Basic Education |
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Early Childhood Development |
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Technical and Vocational Education and Training |
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Higher Education |
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Disability-Inclusive Education |
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Learning Assessment |
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Education Financing |
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Country or Region-Specific Analysis |
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Education Sector Interconnections |
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Education Sector Workforce Planning |
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Education for Development - Priority Setting |
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The Role of Key Stakeholders in Education and Aid Effectiveness |
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Education in Emergencies |
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Marginalisation |
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Education in Conflict-Affected and/or Fragile States |
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Education infrastructure |
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Education Sector Interconnections |
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Education Pathways |
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Monitoring & Evaluation |
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The Australian Education System |
Submissions from 2023
Evaluation of Australia's Investment in Teacher Development in Lao PDR: Summary of the 2019 Baseline Report, Yung Nietschke, Anna Dabrowski PhD, Aris Huang, and Jeaniene Spink
Evaluation of Australia's Investment in Teacher Development in Lao PDR: Summary of the 2019 Baseline Report (Lao version), Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Report Highlights: Evaluation of Australia's investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Final Report, Debbie Wong, Hilary Hollingsworth, Prue Anderson, Payal Goundar, and Agnes Mercer
Report Highlights: Evaluation of Australia's investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Final Report (Lao version), Debbie Wong, Hilary Hollingsworth, Prue Anderson, Payal Goundar, and Agnes Mercer
Report Highlights: Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Interim report 1 (Lao version), Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity, Prue Anderson, and Jessica Thompson
Spotlight on student engagement. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR, Australian Council for Educational Research
Spotlight on student engagement. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR (Lao version), Australian Council for Educational Research
Spotlight on teacher supports. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR, Australian Council for Educational Research
Spotlight on teacher supports. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR (Lao version), Australian Council for Educational Research
Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Final report, Debbie Wong, Hilary Hollingsworth, Prue Anderson, Payal Goundar, and Agnes Mercer
Teacher development multi-year study series. Report highlights. Timor-Leste: Final Report, Elizabeth Cassity, Jennie Chainey, and Debbie Wong
Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series. Vanuatu: Final Report, Elizabeth Cassity, Debbie Wong, Jevelin Wendiady, and Jennie Chainey
Submissions from 2022
Report Highlights: Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Interim report 1, Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity, Prue Anderson, and Jessica Thompson
Teacher development multi-year studies: Impact of COVID-19 on teaching practices in Lao PDR, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu: A discussion paper for practitioners and policymakers, Aris Huang, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity, and Jennie Chainey
Teacher development multi-year studies. Insights on the challenges of data availability for measuring and reporting on student learning outcomes, Elizabeth Cassity and Debbie Wong
Teacher development multi-year studies. Using case studies to investigate and understand teaching quality and student learning: Initial lessons learned, Jennie Chainey, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity, and Hilary Hollingsworth
Teacher development multi-year studies. Using classroom observations to investigate and understand teaching quality: Initial lessons learned, Hilary Hollingsworth and Debbie Wong
Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Interim report 1, Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity, Prue Anderson, and Jessica Thompson
Teacher development multi-year study series. Report highlights. Vanuatu: Interim report 2, Elizabeth Cassity, Jennie Chainey, Jacqueline Cheng, and Debbie Wong
Teacher development multi-year study series. Timor-Leste: Final report, Elizabeth Cassity, Jennie Chainey, and Debbie Wong
Teacher development multi-year study series. Vanuatu: Interim report 2, Elizabeth Cassity, Jennie Chainey, Jacqueline Cheng, and Debbie Wong
Submissions from 2021
Australia's investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Baseline results, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Early Childhood Development: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Early Childhood Development: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education in Conflict-Affected and/or Fragile States: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education in Conflict-Affected and/or Fragile States: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
GEM Centre: Completion report for Phase 2 funding, 2017–2020, Australian Council for Educational Research
Lao PDR: Policy insights from a multi-year teaching and learning study series, Debbie Wong and Hilary Hollingsworth
Marginalisation: Foundation Level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Marginalisation: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Teacher development multi-year studies. Emerging themes: Challenges and enablers, Debbie Wong and Elizabeth Cassity
Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series: Evaluation of Australia’s Investment in Teacher Development in Lao PDR: Baseline Report, Debbie Wong, Hilary Hollingsworth, Prue Anderson, Paul R. Weldon, Louise Ockwell, Renee Kwong, and Clare Ozolins
Teacher development multi-year study series. Vanuatu: Interim report 1, Elizabeth Cassity, Jacqueline Cheng, and Debbie Wong
Timor-Leste: Policy insights from a multi-year teaching and learning study series, Jennie Chainey and Elizabeth Cassity
Vanuatu: Policy insights from a multi-year teaching and learning study series, Elizabeth Cassity and Debbie Wong
Submissions from 2020
Teacher development multi-year study series: Timor-Leste: Interim report 2, Elizabeth Cassity and Jennie Chainey
Technical and Vocational Education Training: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Submissions from 2019
Disability Inclusive Education: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Disability Inclusive Education: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education for Development: Priority Setting: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education for Development: Priority Setting: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education Infrastructure: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education Infrastructure: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education Planning: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education planning: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education Sector Workforce Planning: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education Sector Workforce Planning: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Teacher development multi-year study series: Timor-Leste: Interim report 1, Elizabeth Cassity, Jennie Chainey, and Sheldon Rothman
Technical and Vocational Education Training: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Submissions from 2018
Basic education: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Basic education: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Country or Region Specific Analysis: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Country or Region Specific Analysis: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education Financing: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education Financing: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education in Emergencies: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education in Emergencies: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education Pathways: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education Pathways: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education Sector Interconnections: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Education Sector Interconnections: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Higher Education: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Higher Education: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Learning Assessment: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Learning Assessment: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Monitoring and Evaluation: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Monitoring and Evaluation: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
The Australian Education System: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
The Australian Education System: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
The Role of Key Stakeholders in Education and Aid Effectiveness Principles: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
The Role of Key Stakeholders in Education and Aid Effectiveness Principles: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Submissions from 2017
Teacher Development Multi-Year Studies: Conceptual framework, Hilary Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Cassity, Debbie Wong, and Jacqueline Cheng
What Works Best in Education for Development: a Super Synthesis of the Evidence, Jeaniene Spink, Elizabeth Cassity, and Adam Rorris