A study into predicted scale score gain in PAT Maths and PAT Reading
Tuesday, 11 Jun 2024
Questions around PAT scale scores are often raised, usually framed with phrases such as, ‘How much improvement…?’ and ‘What is the expected…?’ The answers are: it depends. A recent webinar facilitated by Toby Newton and Daniel O’Loughlin discussed an ACER study about predicting scale score gain. The webinar also took a closer look at the new feature in ACER Data Explorer.
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Podcast: Supporting gifted and talented students
Tuesday, 11 Jun 2024
Bernadette Bentley, Education Officer with Sydney Catholic Schools, explains how gifted and talented students may be identified, as well as how to best support these students and continue to challenge them.
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Winners of the inaugural ACER Advance Awards for Schools
Monday, 3 Jun 2024
More than 900 Literacy and Numeracy competition entries were completed by students around Australia in Term 4 2023 and Term 1 2024.
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Using maths modelling to stop pet abandonment
Thursday, 16 May 2024
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.
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New release: The Adolescent Coping Scale for Schools
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Support students to develop productive coping strategies with the Adolescent Coping Scale for Schools, tailored to use in schools and available for purchase in your ACER online school account.
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