Celebrating the success of students in the 2023 Global Academic Challenge

Thursday, 29 Jun 2023

Medallions for exceptional achievement have been awarded to 17 students from schools across NSW, Vic, WA and Qld in the Global Academic Challenge held this autumn.

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Using PAT Early Years to support student learning

Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023

How can effective assessment support early years teachers in their practice? Dr Sandra Knowles will be presenting on this question and reviewing recent research into early years learning at ACER’s upcoming Research Conference.

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Using ACER’s general ability assessment at your school

Wednesday, 7 Jun 2023

ACER’s General Ability Test (AGAT) is a popular assessment among schools wanting to gain a richer understanding of their students’ reasoning skills to inform their teaching, class groupings and identifying students in need of support or extension.

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Linking the PAT Teaching Resources Centre to the new Australian Curriculum: English

Thursday, 4 May 2023

Jude Alexander, Research Fellow at ACER, deconstructed Version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum: English and explained its alignment with the Reading teaching activities in the PAT Teaching Resources Centre.

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Spotlight on the Helpdesk team at ACER

Wednesday, 26 Apr 2023

Kimmy Bach and Jenny Nguyen discuss working at ACER, their advice for educators and what they’ve learned so far.  

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