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Direct linkAustralian Council for Educational Research, 2015
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is one of the world's leading educational research centres. ACER's mission is to create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning across the life span. This annual report describes ACER's milestones and accomplishments for the 2013-2014…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Annual Reports, Research Projects
Peer reviewedFensham, Peter J. – Research in Science Education, 1998
A sample of Australian Year-12 students (n=16) who participated in the TIMSS testing were interviewed immediately after the test about their responses to test items. Students had trouble relating TIMSS questions to generalized aspects of everyday life and to school science topics. Students seemed to place little value on performing well on the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Rechter, B. – 1971
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) that discusses an experimental aptitude test battery that measures aptitude for higher education, developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research. This battery will separate the selection of university students from the measurement of secondary school…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedMacGregor, Ronald N. – Art Education, 1992
Reviews alternative assessment practices in several nations and questions whether these techniques should be used in the United States. Focuses on moderation, a technique in which trained evaluators adjust grades to ensure equitable distribution among participating schools. Concludes that evaluation in art education presents special problems and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Art Education, Educational Testing
Download full textMellor, Suzanne; Ainley, John; Fraillon, Julian; Wernert, Nicole – Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2006
The National Assessment Program--Civics and Citizenship assessment measures the civic knowledge and understanding and the citizenship participation skills and civic values of Year 6 and Year 10 students in schools across Australia. It reports on student achievement using proficiency levels on a common civics and citizenship assessment scale, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Grade 10, Citizenship Education
