Assessment

Despite NAPLAN’s original intention to identify students in need of support, the reports lack crucial data about students with disability.

An international study has recognised Australia’s 15-year-old students as having strong skills in creative thinking. 

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has been recognised in global awards for technological innovation in assessment.

Questions around PAT scale scores are often raised, usually framed with phrases such as, ‘How much improvement…?’ and ‘What is the expected…?’ The answers are: it depends. A recent webinar facilitated by Toby Newton and Daniel O’Loughlin discussed an ACER study about predicting scale score gain. The webinar also took a closer look at the new feature in ACER Data Explorer.

Bernadette Bentley, Education Officer with Sydney Catholic Schools, explains how gifted and talented students may be identified, as well as how to best support these students and continue to challenge them.  

Australian teenagers with higher levels of curiosity than others performed better in mathematics in the world’s largest assessment of 15-year-old students, a new report has shown.