Australian council For Educational Research is an independent educational research organisation established in 1930.  With offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Dubai, Delhi and the United Kingdom ACER is able to provide services to the education community in Australia and, increasingly, internationally. The mission of ACER is to create and disseminate research-based knowledge and tools that can be used to improve learning. ACER undertakes a wide range of research and development and provides services and materials in support of educational policy-making and improved professional practice. ACER has seven research and development programs: Assessment and Reporting, Early Childhood Education, Learning Processes and Contexts, National and International Surveys, System and School Testing, Teaching and Leadership and Transitions and Economics of Education. ACER has a staff about 200. ACER works collaboratively with a range of institutions for different projects.  These include State, Territory and Commonwealth Departments of Education and Training, Boards of Study, non-government education authorities, and higher education institutions.ACER is able to provides consultancy  services to international clients. In recent years training programs in educational assessment and evaluation have been provided for participants from Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Laos, Cambodia, Bhutan, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Singapore and Oceania. ACER is a member of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), and the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated (ASCPRI).  It is an Affiliated Centre for the Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) and has worked with the OECD, AusAID, UNESCO and World Bank on international projects.

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