Media releases

Winning ideas in this year’s Australian STEM Video Game Challenge included a lone spaceship protecting Earth from shooting stars, a solar-powered city built on a sphere around the sun and interstellar golf.

ACER has announced the appointment of Lisa Rodgers as ACER’s next CEO. She replaces Professor Geoff Masters AO, who is stepping down at the end of August after 36 years at ACER, including 26 years as CEO.

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.  

Two Australian school teams will represent Australia in this year’s International Mathematical Modeling Challenge (IM2C), thanks to their approach to finding a solution for the post-pandemic trend of abandoning pets. 

The ACER Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) outlines our commitment to build deeper mutual understanding and more effective relationships with First Nations peoples.

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.