Literacy and Numeracy
Submissions from 2015
The Research Files Episode 15: The impact of dads reading to children, Jo Earp
Top borrowed library books and series, Jo Earp
Research Files Special: Geoff Masters, Val Shute, Rukmini Banerji, Jo Earp and Danielle Meloney
Work Integrated Learning in STEM in Australian Universities: Final report: Submitted to the Office of the Chief Scientist, Daniel Edwards, Kate Perkins, Jacob Pearce, and Jennifer Hong
Assessing general capabilities, Julian Fraillon and Juliette Mendelovits
Bullying in Australian schools, Kylie Hillman
Class 6 proficiency in Afghanistan 2013: Outcomes of a learning assessment of mathematical, reading and writing literacy, Tom Lumley, Juliette Mendelovits, Rachel Stanyon, Ross Turner, and Maurice Walker
Addressing the learning needs of all students, Geoff N. Masters
Equipping students for life after school, Geoff N. Masters
School improvement on Australia’s horizon, Geoff N. Masters
Infographic: Formats of writing outside school, Danielle Meloney
Reading for fun, Danielle Meloney
Long-term impact: Early childhood education in the Philippines, Rachel Parker
Focused: Why a teaching team is greater than the sum of its parts, Ray Peck
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
Measuring learning: Why we need to work together, Jeaniene Spink
Assessing young children's literacy and mathematics understandings, Collette Taylor, Joanne Mulligan, Maurice Walker, Prue Anderson, and Marion Meiers
Financial literacy critical for future, Sue Thomson
Taking stock of progress in ICT literacy, Sue Thomson
PISA: Behind the headlines and past the rankings, Sue Thomson and Chris Wardlaw
Assessing maths literacy: Learning from the PISA experience, Ross Turner
The cure for early grades assessment difficulties? Take a tablet, Maurice Walker
Submissions from 2014
Indigenous Education Update 2 - January 2014
A way forward in improving Indigenous learning, ACER
Revisiting Indigenous primary school experiences, ACER
Uwezo: Monitoring children’s competencies in East Africa, ACER
The Early Grade Reading Assessment: Assessing children's acquisition of basic literacy skills in developing countries (superseded version), Australian Council for Educational Research
The Latin-American Laboratory for Assessment of the Quality of Education: Measuring and comparing educational quality in Latin America (superseded version), Australian Council for Educational Research
The Annual Status of Education Report survey: Monitoring learning levels of children in rural India, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Thinking it through: Australian students’ skills in creative problem solving, Lisa De Bortoli and Greg Macaskill
Unfinished business: PISA shows Indigenous youth are being left behind, Tony Dreise and Sue Thomson
Online NAPLAN tests are just around the corner, Jo Earp
School Improvement Episode 2: Neil Lloyd, literacy and numeracy skills gaps, Jo Earp
Comparison of PIAAC and PISA frameworks for numeracy and mathematical literacy, Iddo Gal and David Tout
STEM growth: Getting students interested in the sciences, Deirdre Jackson
ACER Senior Years Learning Framework: Standard Level Course Manual, Doug McCurry
Literacy learning in the early years, Marion Meiers
Growth in literacy and numeracy in the early years, Marion Meiers and Kate Reid
What are young people reading outside class?, Danielle Meloney
Adult literacy and numeracy - what’s the story?, Juliette Mendelovits
Reducing mathematics anxiety, Catherine Pearn
Maths + confidence = higher scores for boys, Sue Thomson and Lisa De Bortoli
Buried or not? What’s happened to numeracy?, David Tout
Don't subtract numeracy, David Tout
Lessons from international assessments, David Tout
Described proficiency scales and learning metrics, Ross Turner
The 'literacy' idea, Ross Turner
Learning Metrics Partnership: a capacity support and policy strengthening initiative to develop and use common learning metrics for mathematics and reading, UNESCO Institute for Statistics and ACER
Submissions from 2013
International Developments (No.3) 2013
Indigenous student maths achievement in context, ACER
Influences on children’s numeracy skills, John Ainley
Informing policy and practice, John Ainley
Measure for measure : a review of outcomes of school education in Australia, John Ainley and Eveline Gebhardt
Solomon Islands Standardised Tests of Achievement (SISTA). English and Mathematics. Year 4 and Year 6. Report 1 Main Study 2013, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Learning and fearing mathematics, Sarah Buckley and Kate Reid
Footprints in Time : Who Am I? and Renfrew Word Finding Vocabulary Test : report on wave 2 data, Sarah Buckley, Catherine Underwood, and Nola Purdie
The Processes of Change on Learning Literacy and Numeracy in South Australian Primary Schools, I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan and Carol Aldous
Making a difference : improving outcomes for Indigenous learners, Michele Lonsdale
Literacy and numeracy interventions in the early years of schooling : a literature review : report to the Ministerial Advisory Group on Literacy and Numeracy, Marion Meiers, Kate Reid, Phillip McKenzie, and Suzanne Mellor
Literacy and the most marginalised children, Megan Robinson
Declining PISA outcomes : time to stop the slide, Sue Thomson
PISA 2012 : how Australia measures up : the PISA 2012 assessment of students’ mathematical, scientific and reading literacy, Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, and Sarah Buckley
PISA in brief : highlights from the full Australian report : PISA 2012 : how Australia measures up, Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, and Sarah Buckley
A Teacher's Guide to PISA Mathematical Literacy, Sue Thomson, Kylie Hillman, and Lisa De Bortoli
A Teacher's Guide to PISA Reading Literacy, Sue Thomson, Kylie Hillman, and Lisa De Bortoli
Questioning the standards of literacy and numeracy, David Tout and Juliette Mendelovits
Submissions from 2012
Vocational Update (No. 1) -- July 2012
Digital assessments of early learning, Danielle Anzai
Children’s numeracy skills, Galina Daraganova and John Ainley
The real power of parental reading aloud : exploring the affective and attentional dimensions, Kit Lawson
How well do young people deal with contradictory and unreliable information on line? What the PISA digital reading assessment tells us, Tom Lumley and Juliette Mendelovits
Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF), Philippa McLean, Kate Perkins, David Tout, Kath Brewer, and Linda Wyse
Print and digital reading in PISA 2009 : comparison and contrast, Juliette Mendelovits, Dara Ramalingam, and Tom Lumley
Compulsory literacy and numeracy exit standards for senior secondary students : the right direction for Australia?, Suzanne Rice, Esther Care, and Patrick Griffin
Preparing Australian students for the digital world : results from the PISA 2009 Digital Reading Literacy Assessment, Sue Thomson and Lisa De Bortoli
Monitoring Australian Year 8 student achievement internationally : TIMSS 2011, Sue Thomson, Kylie Hillman, and Nicole Wernert
Some drivers of test item difficulty in mathematics, Ross Turner
Submissions from 2011
International Schools' Assessment Program
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Final Evaluation Report: Supporting Improved Literacy Achievement (SILA) Project, Robert Hattam, Lyn Kerkham, John Walsh, Jenny Barnett, Dianne Bills, Petra Lietz, and Mollie Tobin
Research-based literacy and numeracy resource for Indigenous students., Margaret James and Cath Pearn
Numeracy, Mathematics and Indigenous Learners: Not the same old thing., Caty Morris and Chris Matthews
Literacy and Numeracy Learning: Lessons from the Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study for Indigenous Students, Nola Purdie, Kate Reid, Tracey Frigo, Alison Stone, and Elizabeth Kleinhenz
Enhancing education, Sheldon Rothman, David Slattery, Sarah Buckley, and John Ainley
Teaching Mathematics: Using research-informed strategies, Peter Sullivan
Performance Comparison between IB School Students and Non-IB School Students on the International Schools’ Assessment (ISA) and on the Social and Emotional Wellbeing Questionnaire, Ling Tan and Yan Bibby
Challenges for Australian education, Sue Thomson
PISA 2009 Plus Results : Performance of 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics and science for 10 additional participants, Maurice Walker
Submissions from 2010
Success against the odds, Kylie Hillman
The Digest edition 2010/2 : Language in the mathematics classroom, Marion Meiers and Jenny Trevitt
Mathematics or Numeracy – what are we actually talking about here? Does it matter?, Will Morony
Challenges for Australian education : results from PISA 2009 : the PISA 2009 assessment of students' reading, mathematical and scientific literacy, Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Marina Nicholas, Kylie Hillman, and Sarah Buckley
PISA in brief : highlights from the full Australian report : challenges for Australian education : results from PISA 2009 : the PISA 2009 assessment of students' reading, mathematical and scientific literacy, Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Marina Nicholas, Kylie Hillman, and Sarah Buckley
Exploring mathematical competencies, Ross Turner
Books from 2009
Responsibility for learning, Brian Brennan
An Even Start, J Cook