In his opening address to the 2014 ACER research conference Education Minister Christopher Pine discusses the four pillars of the Students First framework: quality teaching, school autonomy, engaging parents in education and strengthening the curriculum, as his strategy for improving educational achievement in Australia. Below is the full transcript of Minister Pine's opening address to...

Cooperative learning is widely recognised as a pedagogical practice that promotes socialisation and learning among students from preschool to post-secondary education and across different key learning areas and subject domains. It involves students working together in small groups to achieve common goals or complete group tasks.

Reports on an international study of the extent to which young people have developed computer and information literacy (CIL) to support their capacity to participate in the digital age.

This paper was commissioned to inform the Review of Queensland Senior Assessment and School Reporting and Tertiary Entrance Processes undertaken by Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Specifically, the lead Investigator was tasked to address the hypothesis that the Queensland Studies Authority’s (QSA, also referred to as system) approach to specifying assessment criteria and standards...

To support the development of the Engineering workforce study (31), the Australian Workplace and Productivity Agency (AWPA) commissioned the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to conduct focus group consultations. The aim of the consultation was to investigate the participation of women and mature-aged workers in engineering occupations, and to examine ways to enhance the...