Media releases

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is leading an exciting new project to develop a national tool to understand children’s learning and development and to support preschool teachers’ and educators’ professional learning and practice.

An international assessment of students’ skills in mathematics, reading and science shows Australia may have stemmed a long-term decline in performance.

Girls have brought their A-game to the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge this year, making up 73% of the winners, despite being only 33% of the total entrants. 

Learning through play is highly effective in improving student and teacher wellbeing and could help address two of the biggest challenges in education today, experts say.

Differences in priorities and the language used to describe teaching and learning in early childhood and school are hurdles to children’s development, a conference in Sydney next week will hear.

An Australian researcher who has led efforts to improve the global monitoring of educational standards has been recognised in the King’s Birthday honours list.