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      Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth: Assessment Framework for Afghanistan

      Read the Assessment Framework for the Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth (MTEG) program in Afghanistan. MTEG is designed to monitor the learning growth of students from early to middle years of schooling.

      Published 21/12/17

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      ACER contributes to the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning

      As a technical partner of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, ACER contributes to the GAML by developing tools and methods to support the monitoring of the Education Sustainable Development Goals, and strengthen countries’ capacity to monitor learning.

      Published 20/12/17

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      Improving girls' education in Malawi

      ACER conducted a sector review of girls’ primary and secondary education in Malawi for UNICEF and Malawi’s Ministry of Education Science and Technology. The review investigated a range of factors that contributed to gender inequalities in access, quality…

      Published 20/10/17

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      Progress towards a global measurement scale

      Ray Adams writes about progress with the collaborative work undertaken by ACER's Centre for Global Education Monitoring (ACER-GEM) with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) on developing a global scale that benchmarks student performance in reading and…

      Published 27/07/17

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      Ensuring learning data matters

      Translating assessment results into policy and practice is a crucial step in ensuring assessment data are used. This post in UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) blog highlights critical steps for reporting and disseminating…

      Published 16/02/17

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      Using assessment data in education policy and practice: Collaboration and innovation in PILNA

      ACER-GEM and the Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP) Secretariat at UNESCO Bangkok have embarked on another joint research initiative. Stakeholders from countries participating in NEQMAP were invited to provide topical case studies…

      Published 01/12/16

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      Exploring the policy use of large-scale assessment data

      A new article with a contribution from ACER’s Petra Lietz synthesises findings from two systematic reviews about the impact of large-scale learning assessments on education policy in developing countries and in the Asia-Pacific region. The article forms part…

      Published 13/10/16

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      Measuring the impact of citizen-led assessments for improving the quality of education

      Effective communication and advocacy activities are essential components in initiating change in education practices and policies. ACER, through the GEM Centre, provided support for the development of an internal monitoring and evaluation system for the Beekunko…

      Published 25/07/16

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      Learning assessments and improving quality of education in the Eastern and Southern Africa region

      In order to understand the major impediments to student learning in Eastern and Southern Africa, the UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office commissioned this study to map and compare existing assessments of literacy and numeracy in primary education…

      Published 21/07/16

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      SEA-PLM Curriculum Audit 2016

      The Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) is a regional assessment of Grade 5 children in reading, writing, mathematics and global citizenship. An early step in developing an assessment framework for SEA-PLM was an audit that aimed to identify…

      Published 16/06/16

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      The relationship between school factors and student outcomes in Afghanistan

      Read the most recent report from the Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth program in Afghanistan. This report provides information on the relationship between school-related factors and Class 6 student achievement.

      Published 15/04/16

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      PISA for Development: Enhancement of PISA Cognitive Instruments

      In this OECD Education Working Paper, ACER's Ray Adams and John Cresswell examine technical issues of appropriately targeting PISA assessment instruments in order to gain precise measures of student's capacity in developing countries.

      Published 12/02/16

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