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Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: Using Learning Assessment Data in the Asia-Pacific Region. Policy Brief
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Adeola Monty – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2024
This policy brief has been prepared by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) for the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) Regional Conference, held in Manila from 5 to 7 November 2024. This brief is in response to the conference sub-theme of, 'Learning, equity and well-being: foundational literacy,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Data Use, Educational Assessment
Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series. Classroom Observation Training Package: Using Classroom Observation to Investigate and Understand Teaching Quality
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Debbie Wong; Hilary Hollingsworth; Elizabeth Cassity; Adeola Monty – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2024
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has created an open-access classroom observation tool based on research conducted for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (DFAT) Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series, which studied teaching practices in Timor-Leste, Vanuatu and Lao PDR (see…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Quality, Teaching Methods, Cross Cultural Studies
Measuring Learning Growth in a World of Universal Education. International Developments. Volume 5, Article 4
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Turner, Ross – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2015
In 2013, staff at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Centre for Global Education Monitoring (GEM) identified the need to build measurement tools to monitor learning growth that could be used across different year levels and in different national contexts. One of those projects, under ACER's Monitoring Trends in Educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Progress Monitoring, Data, Measurement
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth: A Partnership Service to Monitor the Educational Growth of Students in the Early to Middle Years of Schooling
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Australian Council for Educational Research, 2015
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth (MTEG) offers a flexible, collaborative approach to developing and implementing an assessment of learning outcomes that yields high-quality, nationally relevant data. MTEG is a service that involves ACER staff working closely with each country to develop an assessment program that meets the country's…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Trends, Progress Monitoring, Educational Quality
The Cure for Early Grades Assessment Difficulties? Take a Tablet. International Developments. Volume 5, Article 3
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Walker, Maurice – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2015
Monitoring educational development in the early years of schooling is vital if practitioners, and policy makers, are to support students' learning, but the assessment of student achievement in developing countries can be a logistical headache. Maurice Walker reports on an innovative approach to assessment using tablets that is addressing that.
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Handheld Devices, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Evaluation
Using Data to Support Learning in Schools: Students, Teachers, Systems. Australian Education Review Number 49
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Matters, Gabrielle – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2006
This review paper identifies and captures the major themes from the ACER 2005 Research Conference, distilling ideas and information from the conference papers and also from conversations that took place during the conference. The paper also looks at what are claimed to be effective ways of using data to improve student learning in schools. How…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conference Papers, Educational Research, Conferences (Gatherings)