Early childhood

To help design the Preschool Outcomes Measure, the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is gathering feedback from teachers and educators, parents and carers, sector leaders and the wider community.  

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has created a resource confirming how effective reading and comprehension skills develop – also dispelling common myths and providing clarity for teachers. 

The fourth season of Little J & Big Cuz will premiere on 8 July, with 10 new stories coming to ABC Kids, NITV and SBS.

ACER is working with partners to improve quality and equity in learning in the Pacific Islands.

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.

Children who understand the world with a mind enriched by the habit of scientific inquiry have a gift that keeps on giving, Gayl O’Connor believes. That’s why the former biology teacher is helping educators to ‘tap into children’s natural curiosity’ and set the wheels in motion.