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            <title><![CDATA[Improving teaching quality and effectiveness in Timor-Leste]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>New report finds school-based peer learning groups in Timor-Leste help to improve teaching quality, leadership, knowledge, professionalism and practice.</p>]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Giving all students a great start – here&#8217;s how]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>In a recent webinar, experts in early childhood education and care (ECEC) research and service provision&nbsp;looked at what must happen to ensure equity of access to high quality ECEC for all children.</p>]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Empowering India’s educators to make data-fuelled decisions]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>ACER is preparing to launch a world-leading data literacy programme specifically designed to support schools and educators in India.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>The ability to read competently is an important educational goal. But results from the most recent cycle of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) indicate that the average reading performance of Australian 15-year-olds decreased significantly between 2000 and 2018.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2021 04:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COVID-19 and Papua&#8217;s education momentum]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>As the digital divide between western and eastern Indonesia persists, Papua, Indonesia&#39;s easternmost island, struggles with online learning in the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 00:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Teachers report less use of data during pandemic]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>Initial results from a multi-country survey of 117 teachers show the use of data to inform learning and teaching decreased considerably during remote learning periods throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[From scores to learning: rethinking success in Indian school education]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>Examination boards and schools have grappled with the challenges of administering effective assessments to students during school closures. The situation has given rise to several discussions and could perhaps shift our traditional focus away from scores to learning.</p>]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Theory vs reality in early childhood education and care]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>In a <a href="https://doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-555-3_2">recently published book</a> that translates high-quality, peer-reviewed research into everyday practice for early childhood educators, ACER Senior Research Fellow Dr Dan Cloney explores the issues that currently prevent all children from getting the best start in life.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Be an early adapter, with a new way to test]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>Standardised testing is generally considered &#39;fair&#39; because all students are treated the same. But does the approach confuse equality with equity? A new computer adaptive progressive achievement test is a fairer, more accurate way to assess.</p>]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ACER wins workplace award]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has been recognised as one of Australia and New Zealand&rsquo;s best places to work.</p>]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Grades leave parents in the dark]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>ACER Chief Executive Professor Geoff Masters AO says parents deserve better information about their children&rsquo;s learning than the grades they receive.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 23:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Exploring the global mobility of Australia Awards alumni]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>A new case study explores the extent to which alumni of Australian development scholarships move away from their home countries after completing their award, and their subsequent contributions and outcomes.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Monitoring progress towards SDG 4 in Southeast Asia]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>The Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Centre supports countries in Southeast Asia to report progress towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, quality education for all.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2021 23:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ACER to lead international teacher knowledge survey]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is pleased to announce its continued association with the OECD&rsquo;s Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS).</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How do we address our underachievement problem?]]></title>
            <link>https://www.acer.org/discover/article/how-do-we-reduce-the-long-tail-of-underachievement</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>In the third in our series on The Big Five Challenges in Education in a Changed World, experts from education research and practice, and from a leading Australian charity, discussed the lingering impact of early underachievement at school.&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Investigating the impact of learning through play at school]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>ACER and the LEGO Foundation launch Learning Through Play at School, a new research study in Ukraine.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Addressing Australia’s ‘long tail’ of underachievement]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>In a special webinar this week, experts from education research and practice will discuss how to meet the learning needs of the many students who fall behind in our schools, fail to meet year-level expectations and, as a consequence, become increasingly disengaged.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2021 22:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inquiry and play transform school learning environment ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>Improvements at a Tasmanian school have resulted in an 80 per cent decrease in student behaviour requiring support from senior staff members between 2018-2020.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reducing disparities between Australian schools]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>Experts from education research and practice have named system-level support, high quality teaching and instructional leadership as critical elements for making student outcomes less dependent on which school they attend.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What makes a student academically resilient in the face of disadvantage?]]></title>
            <link>https://www.acer.org/discover/article/the-terrible-truth-about-reading-rates-in-australia-and-how-to-fix-them</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Dr Sue Thomson, ACER Deputy CEO (Research), looks at what we can learn from academically resilient students who participated in PISA, as featured in a new ACER report.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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