The Australian Council for Educational Research is a global educational research organisation working across many countries. Our research program has several areas of focus including assessment and learning progress and global development in conjunction with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) as part of the Education Analytics Service (EAS), and the Global Education Monitoring Centre (GEM).
Submissions from 2023
ACER 2021-22 Annual Report, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
COVID-19 Education Response Mapping Study: Building Resilience in Lao PDR: Readiness, Response, and Recovery, Yung Nietschke, Anna Dabrowski, Maya Conway, and Chaula Yoga Pradhika
COVID-19 Education Response Mapping Study: Building Resilience in the Kyrgyz Republic: Readiness, Response, and Recovery, Yung Nietschke, Anna Dabrowski, Maya Conway, and Chaula Yoga Pradhika
COVID-19 Education Response Mapping Study: Building Resilience in the Philippines: Readiness, Response, and Recovery, Anna Dabrowski, Maya Conway, Yung Nietschke, Amy Berry, and Chaula Yoga Pradhika
COVID-19 Education Response Mapping Study in Asia: Executive Summary, Yung Nietschke, Anna Dabrowski, Maya Conway, and Chaula Yoga Pradhika
Exploring system and school resilience in Asia, Anna Dabrowski and Yung Nietschke
GTF Global Tracer Survey 2022 (Year 7) - Survey Instrument Items, Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility
Mid-term evaluation report (final): Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Centre Phase 3, Valerie Haugen
Policy brief: Teacher professional development for students with disability in the Asia-Pacific, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed and Anannya Chakraborty
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study: Australia’s results from PIRLS 2021, Kylie Hillman, Elizabeth O'Grady, Sima Rodrigues, Marina Schmid, and Sue Thomson
Report of Bhutan’s National Education Assessment 2021 published, Mee Young Han
Submissions from 2022
Alumni Growth: Tracking Australia Awards Alumni Over Five Years, Longitudinal Tracer Survey 2021, Amanda Haddow, Daniel Edwards, and Leyna Clarke
Applying a new policy monitoring tool for education in emergencies, Pina Tarricone, Kemran Mestan, and Ian Teo
Assessments for global goals, Ursula Schwantner, Sally Robertson, Dara Ramalingam, and Tim Friedman
Australia Awards Alumni Contributing to Civil Society: Supporting development through volunteerism, Jo Doyle and Daniel Edwards
Australia Awards alumni strong agents of change, Amanda Haddow, Daniel Edwards, and Leyna Clarke
Australia Awards Exemplary Partnerships: The South Pacific Centre for Central Banking, Jo Doyle and Amanda Haddow
Beyond letters and numbers: the COVID-19 pandemic and foundational literacy and numeracy in Indonesia, Jeaniene Spink, Dan Cloney, and Amy Berry
Building a world-class learning system, Geoff N. Masters
Confirmatory factor analysis of the Perception of Academic Stress Scale (PAS), Damajanti Kusuma Dewi, Miftakhul Jannah, and Ira Darmawanti
Contributing to global discussions to transform education, Anna Dabrowski
Development of a transcript to record learner creativity and curiosity, Prue Anderson, Toby Carslake, Anit Cherian, Bethany Davies, Laura Good, Jonathan Heard, Sladana Krstic, Brendan McGinley, Dara Ramalingam, Sarah Richardson, Claire Scoular, Shani Sniedze, and Jennifer Star
Fellowships help address key regional challenges by improving stakeholder engagement, Amanda Haddow and Jo Doyle
IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2022: Assessment framework, Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon, John Ainley, Bruno Losito, Valeria Damiani, and Tim Friedman
Implications for Teacher Education in a Time of Rapid Reform: Lessons from Myanmar, Anna Dabrowski, Pauline Taylor-Guy, and Michelle Lasen
Infografik: Dampak COVID-19 terhadap pendidikan, Zoe Kaskamanidis
Infografik: Dari guru untuk guru – semua tentang perencanaan, Zoe Kaskamanidis
Infografik: Kesenangan dan kemampuan membaca di era digital, Zoe Kaskamanidis
International Standard Setting Exercise, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Learning recovery and addressing the learning crisis in the Asia Pacific: Policy brief, Pina Tarricone, Kemran Mestan, Ian Teo, and Yung Nietschke
Learning recovery and addressing the learning crisis: Technical paper, Pina Tarricone, Kemran Mestan, Ian Teo, and Yung Nietschke
Minimum Proficiency Levels Unpacked, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Pairwise comparison method: Concept note, Australian Council for Educational Research
Readiness, response, and recovery: The impacts of COVID-19 on education systems in Asia, Anna Dabrowski, Yung Nietschke, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Amy Berry, and Maya Conway
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 collaboration - a strength in Samoa’s education system, Anna Dabrowski and Yung Nietschke
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. Vanuatu: Interim report 2, Elizabeth Cassity, Jennie Chainey, Jacqueline Cheng, and Debbie Wong
Teacher professional development for disability inclusion in low- and middle-income Asia-Pacific countries: An evidence and gap map, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, David Jeffries, Anannya Chakraborty, Toby Carslake, Petra Lietz, Budiarti Rahayu, David Armstrong, Amit Kaushik, and Kris Sundarsagar
The role of international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) in economically developing countries, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Michelle Belisle, Elizabeth Cassity, Tim Friedman, Petra Lietz (ed), and Jeaniene Spink
The role of remote modalities in implementing mental health and psychosocial support programs and services in the education sector, Anna Dabrowski, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Katherine Dix, and Andriy Dubovyk
Within and Between School Variation in Achievement on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in Australia: PISA Australia Technical Paper, John Ainley, Greg Macaskill, and Sue Thomson
Women’s Leadership and Career Progression: Insights from Indonesian Australia Awards Alumnae, Leyna Clarke and Amanda Haddow
Submissions from 2021
ACER and UNICEF partner in assessment and evaluation
Alumni Case Study—Insights into short course capacity building, Jo Doyle and Leyna Clarke
A needs-based early childhood care and development model
Australia Awards Alumni Global Tracer Survey 2020, Daniel Edwards and Ali Radloff
Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility: Case Study — Alumni contributions to the COVID-19 pandemic response, Jo Doyle and Leyna Clarke
Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships: Alumni Survey 2021, Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility
Australian 15-year-old students living in an integrated world, Lisa De Bortoli, Catherine Underwood, and Sarah Richardson
Australian Strategic Partnerships in Remote Education, Yung Nietschke
Australia: PISA Australia—Excellence and Equity?, Sue Thomson
Australia's investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Baseline results, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Building partnerships in remote education during COVID-19
Building resilient education systems: A rapid review of the education in emergencies literature, Pina Tarricone, Kemran Mestan, and Ian Teo
Citizen-led Assessments: A Model for Evidence-based Advocacy and Action to Improve Learning, Suman Bhattacharjea, Sehar Saeed, Rajib Timalsina, and Syeed Ahamed
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)
Enhancing the National Assessment System to Improve Learning Outcomes in Bhutan: Case Study 2020-2021, Anu Radha Sharma, Anannya Chakraborty, and Arjun Kumar Gurung
Flexible strategies for ensuring quality learning outcomes in education in emergencies, Pina Tarricone, Ian Teo, Kemran Mestan, Kris Sundarsagar, Ashtamurthy Killimangalam, and Nordin Abd Razak
GEM Centre: Completion report for Phase 2 funding, 2017–2020, Australian Council for Educational Research
GEM Centre: Pathways to impact, Australian Council for Educational Research
Global Tracer Facility Longitudinal Global Tracer Survey 2021 (Year 6) - Survey Instrument, Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility
How the GEM Centre creates impact, Ursula Schwantner
Improving girls’ educational and employment opportunities in Zambia, Sanjay Tripathi
Improving learning outcomes through teacher development
Infografik: Efektivitas pembelajaran jarak jauh selama COVID-19, Jo Earp
Infografik: Guru dengan pekerjaan sampingan, Jo Earp
Infografik: Isu penghambat kelancaran proses belajar di sekolah, Jo Earp
Infografik: Meja belajar dan sudut yang hening untuk belajar, Jo Earp
Infografik: Sikap guru terhadap pendidikan STEM, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Students' awareness of global issues, Jo Earp
International Developments (no.10) 2021
Investigating the impact of learning through play at school
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)
Measuring the impact of a girls education program in Zambia
Monitoring progress towards the SDGs, Ursula Schwantner, Juliette F. Mendelovits, and Maurice Walker
Monitoring progress towards the SDGs, Ursula Schwantner, Juliette F. Mendelovits, and Maurice Walker
Nepal shifts to the testing of higher order skills
Online Training on Formative Assessment for Early Language, Literacy, and Numeracy (ELLN) in the Philippines: Final report, RTI International
PISA 2018: Australia in Focus Number 1: Academic resilience among Australian students, Sue Thomson
PROTOCOL: Teacher professional development for disability inclusion in low- and middle-income Asia-Pacific countries: An evidence and gap map, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, David Jeffries, Anannya Chakraborty, Petra Lietz, Amit Kaushik, Budiarti Rahayu, David Armstrong, and Kris Sundarsagar
Reflections on the Development of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies, Wolfram Schulz
Remote Education Responses to COVID-19 in the Indo-Pacific Region. Document review, Anna Dabrowski and Yung Nietschke
Reviewing professional development programs on inclusive teaching and learning
Social Network Analysis of an Australia Awards Leadership Program cohort, Sarah Buckley and Leyna Clarke
Teacher development multi-year studies. Emerging themes: Challenges and enablers, Debbie Wong and Elizabeth Cassity
Teacher development multi-year study series. Vanuatu: Interim report 1, Elizabeth Cassity, Jacqueline Cheng, and Debbie Wong
Teaching and Learning International Survey, Australian Council for Educational Research
The Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics Program, Australian Council for Educational Research
Timor-Leste: Policy insights from a multi-year teaching and learning study series, Jennie Chainey and Elizabeth Cassity