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 2022
Applying a new policy monitoring tool for education in emergencies, Pina Tarricone, Kemran Mestan, and Ian Teo
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
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-Gregory, 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
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
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: Kesenangan dan kemampuan membaca di era digital, Zoe Kaskamanidis
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
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
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
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
TIMSS 2019 Australian Year 4 and Year 8 data [SAS & SPSS], Sue Thomson, Nicole Wernert, Sima Rodrigues, and Elizabeth O'Grady
TIMSS 2019 Australia. Volume II: School and classroom contexts for learning, Sue Thomson, Nicole Wernert, Sarah Buckley, Sima Rodrigues, Elizabeth O'Grady, and Marina Schmid
Uncovering learning inequities in Southeast Asia
Vanuatu: Policy insights from a multi-year teaching and learning study series, Elizabeth Cassity and Debbie Wong
Submissions from 2020
Addressing educational marginalisation in a crisis, Amit Kaushik
Analysis of 21st century skills integration as applied in the Philippines K to 12 program. Final report, Claire Scoular
Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility: Alumni Case Study: Outcomes and impact of globally mobile alumni, Daniel Edwards and Jo Doyle
Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility: Case Study Interview Guides, Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility
Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility: Kiribati Case Study: Mapping Alumni Networks and Links to Australia, Sarah Buckley, Amanda Taylor-Haddow, Dean Lusher, and Leyna Clarke
Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility: Philippines Case Study: Peace, Security and Inclusive Development, Jo Doyle and Amanda Haddow
Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility: Samoa Case Study: Engineering and Information Technology, Daniel Edwards and Leyna Clarke
Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility: Tracer survey report year 3 2018-19: Alumni of 2011-2016, Daniel Edwards and Amanda Taylor-Haddow
Building assessment capability in Lao PDR, Ray Philpot
Gender and ethnicity in Myanmar education. Baseline study report for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Committee, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Toby Carslake, Anna Dabrowski, and Petra Lietz
Global Impact of Australian Aid Scholarships: long-term outcomes of alumni: A report by the Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility, Daniel Edwards, Jo Doyle, Amanda Haddow, and Ali Radloff
Global Tracer Facility Global Tracer Survey 2020 (Year 5) Survey Instrument Items, Australia Awards Global Tracer Facility
Infografik: Ekspektasi karir remaja seiring waktu, Dominique Russell
Infografis: Keamanan Online Anak di Asia Tenggara, Jo Earp
International Civic and Citizenship Education Study, Australian Council for Educational Research
International Computer and Information Literacy Study, Australian Council for Educational Research
International Early Learning and Child Well-Being Study, Australian Council for Educational Research
International education in regional study destinations: Building the evidence base: Final report, Justin Brown, Jo Doyle, Leyna Clarke, Ali Radloff, and Darren Matthews
Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment, Australian Council for Educational Research
PISA 2018: Financial Literacy in Australia, Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Catherine Underwood, and Marina Schmid
PISA 2018: Reporting Australia’s Results. Volume II Student and School Characteristics, Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Catherine Underwood, and Marina Schmid
PISA 2018: Reporting Australia’s Results. Volume II Student and School Characteristics: Data tables [Excel] [Data set], Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Catherine Underwood, and Marina Schmid
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study: Measuring and making international comparisons of student achievement in reading, Australian Council for Educational Research
Re-examining participatory approaches in education, Anannya Chakraborty
SEA-PLM 2019 Main Regional Report: Children’s learning in 6 Southeast Asian countries, UNICEF and Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
Survey of Teachers in Pre-primary Education (STEPP): Lessons from the implementation of the pilot study and field trial of international survey instruments, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Maurice Walker, and Yoshie Kaga
Technical and Vocational Education Training: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
The Annual Status of Education Report survey: Monitoring learning levels of children in rural India, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
The Early Grade Mathematics Assessment: Assessing children’s acquisition of basic numeracy skills in developing countries, Australian Council for Educational Research
The Early Grade Reading Assessment: Assessing children’s acquisition of basic literacy skills in developing countries, Australian Council for Educational Research