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Does the old school report have a future?
School reports are an important but imperfect means of communicating progress. In part one of a series on ACER’s Communicating Student Learning Progress project, Hilary Hollingsworth and Jonathan Heard examine the recent history of reporting in Australian schools and highlight some of the competing forces that have influenced current practices.
Learning progressions in ACER’s work
Learning progressions have garnered a lot of attention in recent times, both within Australia and internationally. Importantly, learning progressions are fundamental to ACER’s approach to assessment.
Continuous student reporting - the next step?
In part two of a series on ACER’s Communicating Student Learning Progress project, Hilary Hollingsworth and Jonathan Heard examine recent trends and current reporting practices in schools including the growing use of electronic systems and tools.
Scrap age-based classes to boost school achievement
How appropriate are age-based curricula in the 21st century? ACER's Chief Executive Officer Geoff Masters encourages the current Gonski review to reconsider the industrial model of schooling in his recent article.
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Hattie and Masters in conversation
Tony Mackay AM sat down with Laureate Professor John Hattie and Professor Geoff Masters AO at the ACER Research Conference 2018 to discuss evidence-based teaching practices.
A podcast of the ‘in conversation’ session is available at Teacher.
Growth goals and growth mindset in today’s classroom
On Tuesday 7 August, the Melbourne Graduate School of Education Dean’s Lecture Series will be hosting Professor Andrew J. Martin from the University of New South Wales to explore two key strategies for pursuing a growth approach – growth mindset and growth goals.