Literacy

ACER works with the Scottish Government, in partnership with Twig and SCHOLAR, to develop and deliver assessments of literacy and numeracy learning progress. Since 2017, more than one million assessments have been completed by learners throughout Scotland.

Dan Cloney and Kellie Picker explore practical literacy activity ideas designed to build children’s oral language skills.

A pioneering study looking at the impacts of early years education in the Philippines is providing stakeholders with strategies to improve learning.

The third cycle of the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment reveals significant improvement among the region’s students, as Elizabeth Cassity reports.

Performance gaps in mathematics and science between India’s girls and boys grow as students proceed from primary to secondary level, Abha Bhagat and R Vijayaraghavan report.

The evolution of essential skills presents a challenge for school education in preparing young people for the world as adults.