Publications related to ACER's policy work with education authorities and global partners on the practical transformation and reform of learning systems.

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Submissions from 2024

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GEM Centre: Completion Report for Phase 3 Funding, 2020–2023, Australian Council for Educational Research

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The Scottish Government International Development Fund: Designing a new International Development inclusive education programme, Alexander Towne and Desmond Bermingham

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Education Out Loud Case Study: The GEAR Alliance, Alexander Towne, Sladana Krstic, and Sam Boering

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Education Out Loud case study: School for Life, Alexander Towne, Sladana Krstic, and Jolanda Butler

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Education Out Loud Case Study: IID, Alexander Towne, Sladana Krstic, and Miriam Linder

Submissions from 2023

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Policy brief: Teacher professional development for students with disability in the Asia-Pacific, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed and Anannya Chakraborty

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Equity and equality in learning in Asia-Pacific: What do results from large-scale assessments tell us? Gender in focus policy brief, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Anna Dabrowski, Jacqueline Cheng, Victoria Klimova, and Isabella McCallum

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Policy brief: Investigating school-based programs that support student mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in low- and middle-income countries, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Anna Dabrowski, and Katherine Dix

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Engaging young female students in digital technology programs: Part one, Sarah Buckley, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Kristy Osborne, Celia McNeilly, Shani Sniedze, and Rachel Felgate

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Analysis of early childhood education and learning outcomes in the Pacific, Dan Cloney, Yung Nietschke, and Jeffery Marshall

Contributing to continuity: Supporting children to progress in their learning across our education system, Jenny Donovan

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Policy brief: Monitoring and evaluating global citizenship education in the Asia-Pacific region, Payal Goundar and Rachel Parker

Community-driven, technology-assisted support for Erub Mer language and early literacy in the Torres Strait: Practice and policy, Sarah Groom and Lala Gutchen (Erub)

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HALT Certification: Reducing the workload, increasing the rigour and cutting the cost, Lawrence Ingvarson and Hilary Hollingsworth

Building a Continuity of Learning Framework: What is it and why does it matter?, Larissa McLean-Davies

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Technology in education: a case study on Lao People's Democratic Republic, Yung Nietschke and Anna Dabrowski

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Summary report. Being and becoming global citizens: Measuring progress toward SDG 4.7. Phase I: Monitoring teacher and school readiness to enact global citizenship in the Asia-Pacific region, Rachel Parker, Jennie Chainey, Payal Goundar, Sarah Richardson, Anna Dabrowski, Amy Berry, and Claire Scoular

Focus on strengthening transitions using the Early Years Assessment and Learning Tool, Pippa Procter

Panel discussion: Strengthening the transitions from early childhood to primary, Pippa Procter, Dan Cloney, Sarah Hurcombe, and Rowena Shirtcliff

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A policy monitoring framework to prepare for, respond to, and recover from education in emergencies, Pina Tarricone, Kemran Mestan, and Ian Teo

Submissions from 2022

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Provisional Independent Technical Advisory Panel (ITAP): Lessons learned from the Pilot, Desmond Bermingham and Amit Kaushik

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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

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Learning Through Play at School: A Framework for Policy and Practice, Rachel Parker, Bo Stjerne Thomsen, and Amy Berry

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A policy model for implementing online social moderation to develop professional learning standards, Pina Tarricone

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Applying a new policy monitoring tool for education in emergencies, Pina Tarricone, Kemran Mestan, and Ian Teo

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Learning recovery and addressing the learning crisis in the Asia Pacific: Policy brief, Pina Tarricone, Kemran Mestan, Ian Teo, and Yung Nietschke

Submissions from 2021

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Teachers Report Card 2021: Teachers’ perceptions of education and their profession, Australian College of Educators

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A new policy tool to help build resilient education systems, Australian Council for Educational Research

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Marginalisation: Foundation Level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Marginalisation: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Inquiry-based science education in India: prospects and challenges, Garima Bansal

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Vanuatu: Policy insights from a multi-year teaching and learning study series, Elizabeth Cassity and Debbie Wong

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Timor-Leste: Policy insights from a multi-year teaching and learning study series, Jennie Chainey and Elizabeth Cassity

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School-Based Mental Health Promotion and Early Intervention Programs in New South Wales, Australia: Mapping Practice to Policy and Evidence, Kristin R. Laurens, Linda J. Graham, Katherine Dix, Felicity Harris, Stacy Tzoumakis, Kate E. Williams, Jill M. Schofield, Traci Prendergast, Neale Waddy, Mary Taiwo, Vaughan J. Carr, and Melissa J. Green

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COVID-19: the need for teacher development in critical thinking pedagogy, Maya Menon

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Shortage of subject teachers: a festering wound in the Indian school system, Vimala Ramachandran

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Enhancing the National Assessment System to Improve Learning Outcomes in Bhutan: Case Study 2020-2021, Anu Radha Sharma, Anannya Chakraborty, and Arjun Kumar Gurung

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Gender parity in science: the intersection of the National Education Policy 2020 and the draft Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy, Jyoti Sharma

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National Education Policy 2020: education opportunities after school completion, Jyoti Sharma and Prasad K. D. V. Yarlagadda

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Building resilient education systems: A rapid review of the education in emergencies literature, Pina Tarricone, Kemran Mestan, and Ian Teo

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A new policy tool to help build resilient education systems, Pina Tarricone, Ian Teo, and Kemran Mestan

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Australia: PISA Australia—Excellence and Equity?, Sue Thomson

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Teacher development multi-year studies. Emerging themes: Challenges and enablers, Debbie Wong and Elizabeth Cassity

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Lao PDR: Policy insights from a multi-year teaching and learning study series, Debbie Wong and Hilary Hollingsworth

Submissions from 2020

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International Early Learning and Child Well-Being Study, Australian Council for Educational Research

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The Early Grade Reading Assessment: Assessing children’s acquisition of basic literacy skills in developing countries, Australian Council for Educational Research

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Using data to improve learning: Engaging with policy and reform, Elizabeth Cassity, Tim Friedman, Jeaniene Spink, and Pauline Taylor-Guy

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Fostering educational inclusion: reality far removed from policy, Ashu Kapur

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Measuring what matters: Insights on the value of Whole Child Development, Porticus, Australian Council for Educational Research, Pina Tarricone, Yung Nietschke, and Kylie Hillman

Submissions from 2019

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Education Planning: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Education planning: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Key skills for the 21st century: An evidence-based review, Esther Doecke and Quentin Maire

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The Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics Program: Thinking globally in a regional context, UNICEF and Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)

Images from 2018

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Integrating the findings from the National Assessment of Student Achievement into the policy process: An experience from Nepal

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Australia Awards alumni lead change in Chinese health and environment policy, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Country or Region Specific Analysis: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Country or Region Specific Analysis: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Education Pathways: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Education Pathways: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Education Sector Interconnections: Foundation level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Education Sector Interconnections: Practitioner level, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Buk bilong Pikinini Literacy Program Evaluation 2018: Evaluation Report, Dan Cloney and Prue Anderson

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Australia Awards alumni lead change in Chinese health and environment policy, Daniel Edwards and Jo Doyle

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Integrating the findings from the National Assessment of Student Achievement into the policy process: An experience from Nepal, Lekha Nath Poudel and Gopal Prasad Bhattarai

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Challenges in STEM learning in Australian schools, Michael J. Timms, Kathryn Moyle, Paul R. Weldon, and Pru Mitchell

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Challenges in STEM learning in Australian schools: Literature and policy review, Michael J. Timms, Kathryn Moyle, Paul R. Weldon, and Pru Mitchell

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Development of Reporting Scales for Reading and Mathematics: A report describing the process for building the UIS Reporting Scales, Ross Turner, Ray Adams, Ursula Schwantner, Dan Cloney, Claire Scoular, Prue Anderson, Alexander Daraganov, Jen Jackson, Sandra Knowles, Gayl O'Connor, Pam Munro-Smith, Stavroula Zoumboulis, and Pauline Rogers

Submissions from 2017

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Teachers report card: Teachers' perceptions of education and their profession, Australian College of Educators

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Karmel Oration: Leading schools and school systems in times of change: A paradox and a quest, Toby Greany

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Developing a strategy for quality pre-primary education for all and parenting education for ECCE - Policy options and road map, David Harding, Isabella Tirtowalujo, Sheldon Shaeffer, Dan Cloney, Gutama, Burhanuddin, Nurlaila Nuzulul Qurany, Widarmi Wijana, and Trevino Pakasi

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Girls’ Primary and Secondary Education in Malawi: Sector Review: Final Report, Sally Robertson, Elizabeth Cassity, and Esthery Kunkwenzu

Submissions from 2016

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The big picture : The impact of assessments on education policy

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System-level assessment and educational policy, John Cresswell

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Indigenous school attendance: Creating expectations that are ‘really high’ and ‘highly real’, Tony Dreise, Gina Milgate, Bill Perrett, and Troy Meston

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Must try harder : An evaluation of the UK government’s policy directions in STEM education, Pauline Hoyle

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Exploring the policy use of large-scale assessment data, Petra Lietz

Submissions from 2015

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The big picture: The impact of assessments on education policy, ACER

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Data to inform policy, Ray Adams

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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

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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

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Uwezo: Monitoring children’s competencies in East Africa, ACER

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Informing policy in developing countries, Petra Lietz and Mollie Tobin

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Study on Teacher Absenteeism in Indonesia 2014, Phillip McKenzie, Dita Nugroho, Clare Ozolins, Julie McMillan, Sudarno Sumarto, Nina Toyamah, Vita Febriany, R Justin Sodo, Luhur Bima, and Armand Arief Sim

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Teacher Absenteeism in Indonesia: Policy Brief, Phillip McKenzie, Dita Nugroho, Clare Ozolins, Julie McMillan, Sudarno Sumarto, Nina Toyamah, Vita Febriany, R Justin Sodo, Luhur Bima, and Armand Arief Sim

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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

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Informing policy and practice, John Ainley

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The impact of national and international assessment programmes on education policy, particularly policies regarding resource allocation and teaching and learning practices in developing countries, Maura Best, Pat Knight, Petra Lietz, Craig Lockwood, Dita Nugroho, and Mollie Tobin

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Informing policy in developing countries, Petra Lietz and Mollie Tobin

Submissions from 2011

School funding: Making the right policy choice, Bill Daniels

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Current requirements for tertiary qualifications in early childhood education : implications for policy : final report, Glenn Rowley, Julie Kos, Bridie Raban, Marilyn Fleer, Joy Cullen, and Alison Elliott

Submissions from 2010

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School socio-economic composition and student outcomes in Australia: Implications for educational policy, Laura Perry and Andrew McConney

Education and the law: A matter of policy, Virginia Sadler

Education and the law: A matter of policy, Virginia Sadler

Submissions from 2009

League tables, Ken Boston

Leadership that transforms schools, Brian J. Caldwell

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Curriculum policy in South Australia since the 1970s: the quest for commonality, Cherry Collins and Lyn Yates

Lessons from the edge, Alison Handmer

Fail to plan, and plan to fail? How goals unlock your potential or lock you right up, Steve Holden

On balance : public and private schools and the global financial crisis, R Martin

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Policy, practice and the ‘revolving classroom door’ : examining the relationship between Aboriginal spatiality and the mainstream education system, Sarah Prout