21st century skills

A joint initiative between the Global Partnership for Education and ACER supports countries in analysing national learning assessment systems to identify areas of improvement.

A new program is helping education stakeholders in Asia to develop and use assessment tools to improve teaching and student learning of 21st century skills. ACER Research Fellow Sally Robertson reports.

Fun, creative hands-on approaches to STEM education encourage student engagement, as Liam Hensel explains.

Assessing and reporting on student learning in general capabilities is a challenge, yet these are essential skills for twenty-first century learners.