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Discover ACER India
Get PDFThis 2025 corporate profile highlights ACER India\u27s work supporting evidence-based policies and practices in South Asia. It includes collaborations and project highlights, in particular national assessment reform
Pairwise Comparison Method Toolkit. A toolkit for countries to measure global learning outcomes.
Get PDFThis toolkit has been co-authored by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Centre at the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics (UIS). ACER provides technical support to the UIS, which has been mandated to monitor the progress of countries towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) in education to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” (United Nations, 2021). The GEM Centre sponsors and contributes to public goods and activities that facilitate education systems reporting against SDG 4 in a globally consistent way. Consistent and high-quality monitoring of student learning will help systems understand the strengths they have and the challenges they face. Moreover, it provides evidence to inform the development of policies and practice to improve student learning. This toolkit has been developed to help support countries to align their assessment with global standards and report against SDG 4.1. The UIS has developed a menu of options to enable countries to report against SDG 4.1.1, of which the Pairwise Comparison Method (PCM) for measuring global learning outcomes is one
Essential skills for learning
Get PDFThis document outlines work by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to identify a set of five essential skills for learning. As a result of an ongoing research program ACER has identified the skills of critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, communication, and self-regulation, and this overview document describes the building of evidence-based skill frameworks that include levels of skill development
Snapshots issue 19: Confidence, gender and mathematics in PISA
Get PDFMathematical self-efficacy refers to an individual’s belief in their ability to successfully perform tasks and solve problems in mathematics. This Snapshot examines gender differences in mathematical self-efficacy and the levels of confidence that students feel in doing a range of formal and applied mathematics tasks. It also examines the extent to which exposure to these tasks influences their mathematical self-efficacy
Infographic: Hopes for your child’s education
Get PDFA national survey from Australian children’s charity The Smith Family has asked families about their hopes for their child’s school education. The top theme from responses was ‘good or improved academic achievement’, while 6% gave answers related to ‘affording resources and having access to opportunities’. Find out more in this infographic.https://research.acer.edu.au/teacher_graphics/1235/thumbnail.jp
Infographic: Top issues facing young people
Get PDFThe latest annual Youth Survey by national charity Mission Australia received responses from 17,480 young people (aged 15-19) around the country on issues important to them in 2024. Here, we look at the top personal challenges they are facing.https://research.acer.edu.au/teacher_graphics/1237/thumbnail.jp
Snapshots issue 20: Effort in PISA: Insights from recent data
Get PDFThis issue of Snapshots explores how student effort may vary depending on the perceived stakes of the assessment. We revisit the self-reported levels of effort that students invested in the PISA test and compare them with the effort they indicated they would have made if the results counted towards their school marks. Australia’s results are compared with 21 of the 81 comparison countries and economies that participated in PISA 2022,1 providing a context for understanding Australia’s position in the global education landscape. We then examine effort in PISA among different demographic groups within Australia, which can influence how students approach the PISA test. Understanding these differences is important for identifying specific areas where efforts can be focused to support particular groups of students, ensuring that all are equally motivated to perform their best
Teacher Practice Improvement Tool: A summary of the underpinning research
Get PDFIn 2025, ACER published the Teacher Practice Improvement Tool (TPIT), as part of its family of improvement tools. A comprehensive review of international research was undertaken to inform the development of the TPIT, which resulted in the inductive development of five inter-related domains that holistically capture the practices of highly effective teachers. This document summarises the research evidence underpinning each of the five domains of the TPIT, drawing on a review of 102 studies. While recognising the interconnections between domains, it presents a structured narrative of key evidence and research-informed considerations for each domain. This summary offers a high-level overview rather than a comprehensive account of all evidence that informed the framework. As such, the references included are illustrative rather than exhaustive. A full reference list is available upon request
AI in education: ensuring teacher agency in a technology-empowered world
No full textThis International Day of Education, we investigate whether AI can be used to address some of education’s persistent challenges.
Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) offer much potential for the future of education. The major leap in AI’s ability to manipulate complex data processes and solve problems introduces new opportunities for enhanced teaching and learning. In particular, the emergence of generative AI is transforming the educational landscape and provoking new thinking about the relationship between humans and AI. However, the application of AI in education settings has also raised critical questions for policymakers and practitioners, including essential skills development, data privacy, ethical standards and legislation
Research Conference 2025 - Transforming learning systems: Conference abstract book
Get PDFResearch Conference 2025 – Transforming learning systems, brings together international experts discussing evidence-based, high-quality approaches to transform educational practice. The focus of this year’s conference is on enabling holistic growth for all students by building sustainable capacity within education systems. The conference centres on fostering a shared language, understanding and commitment to continuous improvement in practice. Research Conference 2025 provides an opportunity to discuss practical frameworks for the complex nature of system and school improvement and building an equitable, resilient and inclusive learning system