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 2017
What impact? Professional learning in Timor Leste, Adeola Capel
What Works Best in Education for Development: a Super Synthesis of the Evidence, Jeaniene Spink, Elizabeth Cassity, and Adam Rorris
Working with UIS towards a global measurement scale for learning, Ray Adams
Young People’s Perception of Europe in a Time of Change: IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2016 European Report, Bruno Losito, Gabriella Agrusti, Valeria Damiani, and Wolfram Schulz
Submissions from 2016
A collaborative approach to national assessment in Saudi Arabia
A global measure of digital and ICT literacy skills, John Ainley, Wolfram Schulz, and Julian Fraillon
Attitudes toward Migration across European Countries: Results from ICCS 2009, Wolfram Schulz and Bruno Losito
Building assessment capability in South East Asia, Jeaniene Spink
Citizen-led educational monitoring shows promise
Class 6 school factors in Afghanistan 2013 : the relationship between school factors and student outcomes from a learning assessment of mathematical, reading and writing literacy, Tim Friedman, Sally Robertson, Stephanie Templeton, and Maurice Walker
IEAA Excellence Awards 2016: Stuart Hughes, International Education Association of Australia (IEAA)
IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2016 Assessment Framework, Wolfram Schulz, John Ainley, Julian Fraillon, Bruno Losito, and Gabriella Agrusti
Improving Quality Education and Children’s Learning Outcomes and Effective Practices in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region : Appendices, Tim Friedman, Ursula Schwantner, Jeaniene Spink, Naoko Tabata, and Charlotte Waters
Improving Quality Education and Children’s Learning Outcomes and Effective Practices in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region : Main report, Tim Friedman, Ursula Schwantner, Jeaniene Spink, Naoko Tabata, and Charlotte Waters
Improving Quality Education and Children’s Learning Outcomes and Effective Practices in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region : Rwanda : Country case study, Ursula Schwantner
Improving Quality Education and Children’s Learning Outcomes and Effective Practices in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region : Zimbabwe : Country case study, Elizabeth Cassity
International Developments (no.6) 2016
ISA : International Schools' Assessment, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Mapping progress : using data for teaching and learning, Geoff N. Masters
Mapping Researcher Mobility: Measuring research collaboration among APEC economies, Ali Radloff
Measuring learning : why we need to learn together, Jeaniene Spink
Measuring the impact of citizen-led assessments for improving the quality of education, Mollie Tobin and Petra Lietz
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth: Assessment Framework for Afghanistan, ACER Centre for Global Education Monitoring (ACER-GEM)
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth in Afghanistan : class 6 school factors 2013, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Next steps: measuring reading progress, Ross Turner
Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment : Collaboration and innovation in reporting and dissemination, Michelle Belisle, Elizabeth Cassity, Ratieli Kacilala, Mere T. Seniloli, and Torika Taoi
PISA 2015 : a first look at Australia’s results data tables [Excel] [Data set], Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, and Catherine Underwood
PISA For Development Technical Strand A: Enhancement of PISA Cognitive Instruments, Ray J. Adams and John Cresswell
Population definitions for comparative surveys in education, Martin Murphy
Reviewing Measurement Invariance of Questionnaire Constructs in Cross-National Research: Examples from ICCS 2016, Wolfram Schulz
Setting the education agenda in Southeast Asia, Rachel Parker
Solomon Islands Standardised Tests of Achievement (SISTA). English and Mathematics. Year 4 and Year 6. Report 1 Main Study 2015, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics: Audit of curricula, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) : Global Citizenship Domain Assessment Framework, Rachel Parker and Julian Fraillon
Supporting leadership preparation in Indonesia, Kathryn Moyle
System-level assessment and educational policy, John Cresswell
The big picture : The impact of assessments on education policy
TIMSS 2015 : A first look at Australia's results, Sue Thomson, Nicole Wernert, Elizabeth O'Grady, and Sima Rodrigues
University experience in Australia and Japan: Using a common survey to understand similarities and differences, Daniel Edwards, Ali Radloff, and Julie McMillan
What Australia can learn from academically high-performing neighbours, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Submissions from 2015
A question of perspective? Measuring views on equal rights and opportunities among minority groups in European large-scale surveys, Wolfram Schulz
A Review of International Large-Scale Assessments in Education: Assessing Component Skills and Collecting Contextual Data, John Cresswell, Ursula Schwantner, and Charlotte Waters
Assessments to support quality teaching and learning, Charlotte Waters
Assessments to support quality teaching and learning, Charlotte Waters
Attitudes toward Authoritarian Government, Corruption and Obedience to the Law among Lower-secondary Students in Latin America: A comparative analysis, Wolfram Schulz and Greg Macaskill
Australian Postgraduate Research Student International Mobility: Research Report 2015, Sarah Richardson
Building assessment capability in South East Asia, Jeaniene Spink
Class 6 girls and boys in Afghanistan 2013 : comparing outcomes of girls and boys from a learning assessment of mathematical, reading and writing literacy, Alla Routitsky, Rachel Stanyon, and Maurice Walker
Data to inform policy, Ray Adams
Enhancing cross-border higher education institution mobility in the APEC region, Sarah Richardson
Evaluation of ICT in Education in Papua Province (ACDP-045): Final Report, Susanne Owen, John Hunt, Eda Simanjuntak, Eko Sediyono, Prapto Yuwono, Sri Yulianto, and Wigati Yektinintys Modouw
ICILS 2013: Australian School data [SAS], Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
ICILS 2013: Australian School data [SPSS], Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
ICILS 2013: Australian Student data [SAS], Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
ICILS 2013: Australian Student data [SPSS], Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
ICILS 2013: Australian Teacher data [SAS], Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
ICILS 2013: Australian Teacher data [SPSS], Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
ICILS 2013: Information about the Australian data files, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
International Computer and Information Literacy Study: ICILS 2013: Technical Report, Julian Fraillon, Wolfram Schulz, Tim Friedman, John Ainley, and Eveline Gebhardt
International Developments (no.5) 2015
Investing in teachers, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Office of Development Effectiveness, Adeola Capel, Hilary Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Kleinhenz, Alison Lonsdale, Yung Nietschke, Rachel Parker, Kate Reid, Jeaniene Spink, Mollie Tobin, Mary Fearnley-Sander, and Jacinta Overs
Measuring learning growth in a world of universal education, Ross Turner
Measuring learning: Why we need to work together, Jeaniene Spink
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth : Class 6 girls and boys in Afghanistan 2013, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth Class 6 School Principal Questionnaire prepared in 2013 for the Ministry of Education, Afghanistan: Source version - English, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth Class 6 School Principal Questionnaire prepared in 2013 for the Ministry of Education, Afghanistan : Translated version - Pashto, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth Class 6 Student Questionnaire prepared in 2013 for the Ministry of Education, Afghanistan: Source version - English, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth Class 6 Student Questionnaire prepared in 2013 for the Ministry of Education, Afghanistan : Translated version - Dari, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth In Afghanistan : class 6 2013, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
MTEG Afghanistan 2013 : Preliminary database for Grade 6, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Report on the concurrent validity and inter-rater reliability studies of Uwezo, ACER
Researcher Mobility Workshop Report: Researcher mobility among APEC economies, Sarah Richardson, Julie McMillan, and Ren Yi
Research into the financing of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Pacific : Fiji : country report, Leo Maglen, Mark Weston Wall, and Manaini Rokovunisei
Research into the financing of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Pacific : Kiribati : country report, Prabir Majumdar and Teweiariki Teaero
Research into the financing of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Pacific : Papua New Guinea : country report, Robert Horne, Ken Ngangan, Simaima Tavil-Melachon, and Justin Brown
Research into the financing of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Pacific : Samoa : country report, Leo Maglen, Justin Brown, and Sala Perive T. Lene
Research into the financing of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Pacific : Solomon Islands : country report, Andrea Bateman, Elizabeth Cassity, and Judy Fangalasuu
Research into the financing of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Pacific : Tonga : country report, Andrea Bateman, Justin Brown, and Meleoni Uera
Supporting teacher development : Literature review, Kate Reid and Elizabeth Kleinhenz
Teacher absenteeism in Indonesia, Phillip McKenzie
The cure for early grades assessment difficulties? Take a tablet, Maurice Walker
The cure for early grades assessment difficulties? Take a tablet, Maurice Walker
The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (superseded version), Australian Council for Educational Research
Using large-scale assessments of students' learning to inform education policy: Insights from the Asia-Pacific region, Mollie Tobin, Petra Lietz, Dita Nugroho, Ramya Vivekanandan, and Tserennadmid Nyamkhuu
Submissions from 2014
Australian problem-solving skills in context, Sue Thomson
Australian teens show financial nous: PISA, Sue Thomson
Building assessment expertise in Armenia, ACER
Building connections in South East Asia, Sarah Richardson
Collaboration to support quality teaching and learning, ACER
Comparison of PIAAC and PISA frameworks for numeracy and mathematical literacy, Iddo Gal and David Tout
Educational assessment in Afghanistan, Maurice Walker
Educational progress for all, Ray Adams
Global teaching snapshot, ACER
Improving learning in Abu Dhabi, ACER
Informing policy in developing countries, Petra Lietz and Mollie Tobin
International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2013: Australian students’ readiness for study, work and life in the digital age, Lisa De Bortoli, Sarah Buckley, Catherine Underwood, Elizabeth O'Grady, and Eveline Gebhardt
International Developments (no.4) 2014
Literacy learning in the early years, Marion Meiers