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Education & development

New tool to help countries report reading and maths skills 

In partnership with the UNESCO Institute of Statistics and funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ACER has developed the Assessment for Minimum Proficiency Levels (AMPL). This tool enables countries to report on the proportion of children and young people reaching the global minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics. | 🕑 7-minute read

Quality education for all: how we are helping to progress it

Significant work has been undertaken by education stakeholders around the world to develop methods to help countries monitor progress towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4. In a new feature, we showcase ground-breaking methods and tools developed by the GEM Centre over the last decade to enable countries to monitor progress towards SDG 4. | 🕑 10-minute read

Assessment

Assessment approach to enhance teaching practice in India

ACER workshops to enhance teacher skills in competency-based assessment have been shown to be effective, with a study of 70 teachers from New Delhi schools showing new understanding. The workshops were held as part of the work being undertaken by ACER India in partnership with the Delhi Board of School Education (DBSE) to transform the way assessments are conducted. | 🕑 4-minute read

West Bengal and ACER to develop new assessment approach

A collaboration between ACER and the government of West Bengal to lift the quality, equity and fairness in assessments has begun. ACER India will provide advice and technical support to improve assessments conducted by educational boards covering primary, secondary and senior secondary education in West Bengal.  | 🕑 4-minute read

Progressive Achievement

New feature in PAT provides context for student growth 

Users of PAT Maths Adaptive and PAT Reading Adaptive can now access a 'predicted gain' feature in student reports in ACER Data Explorer. | 🕑 6-minute read

The most popular PAT teaching resources in 2023 

We list last year's most popular resources from the trove of evidence-based teaching activities and annotated questions available in the PAT Teaching Resources Centre. See what teachers accessed the most across a range of domains, including maths, reading, science and critical reasoning. | 🕑 7-minute read

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ACER update 

World Summit Award win for digital literacy tool

ACER is proud to have contributed to the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation's Early Language and Literacy Developmental Index (ELLDI), that won at the World Summit Awards (WSA) this month. 

In congratulating the foundation, ELLDI was described by the WSA (Australia) as  'work that exemplifies the profound impact that purpose-driven innovation can have on society'.

ELLDI is the Foundation's digital platform that addresses early learning gaps, particularly among vulnerable groups in the preschool years. It gives parents, carers and educators evidence about language and literacy growth and recommends learning strategies.

ACER supported its development with the research, validation and psychometrics underpinning the digital platform.

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