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51st – 74th
Annual report index
Margaret Findlay
ACER Melbourne 2005
Australian Council for Educational Research
1980
–200
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Index to ACER annual reports, 51(1980-81) to 74 (2003-04) A ability tests, 52:40 Aboriginal education, 64:27 Aboriginal education advisory committee to guide
ACER, 65:13 Aboriginal Education (project) 1993-94 to 1995-96,
64:28, 65:24, 66:26 Aboriginal students, 68:10
literacy development, 67:22 Abrahart, Alan
ACER Council, Member Official Representative, 1986-87, 57:67
abstract reasoning skills, 68:16–17 Academic Results of On and Off Campus Students
(project) 1993-94 to 1994-95, 64:26, 65:22 Academic Talent Program in Western Australia
(project) 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:30, 71:26, 72:26
Access and Equity in Vocational Education and Training (project) 1996-97, 67:23
ACER Advanced Test AL-AQ, 52:31 ACER Advanced Test B40, 52:31 ACER Advanced Test BL-BQ, 52:31 ACER Annotated Catalogue, 52:7 ACER Applied Reading Tests, 59:34 ACER Biology Achievement and Diagnostic Tests,
54:24 ACER Chemistry Test Item Collection (CHEMTIC),
51:44 Supplement 1981, 52:32
ACER Class Achievement Tests in Mathematics, 53:24
ACER ConQuest (product development project) 1996-97, 67:27
ACER Dissemination Study (project) 1996-97, 67:24 ACER Early School Series, 52:31, 52:32 ACER Higher Test ML-MQ, 52:31, 52:43, 53:27,
54:30 ACER Higher Test PL-PQ, 52:31, 52:43, 53:27,
54:30 ACER Intermediate Level General Ability (tests),
51:51 ACER Intermediate Test F, 51:48, 52:31, 52:40,
52:42 ACER Intermediate Test G, 51:48, 52:31, 52:40,
53:27 ACER Manual of Staff Policies, 66:39 ACER Mathematics Profile Series (Operations,
Space, Measurement and Number) (test), 53:24
ACER Mathematics Tests - AM series, 53:24, 57:23 ACER Mechanical Comprehension Test, 58:31
ACER Mechanical Reasoning Test, 57:31, 59:34 product development project 1994-95, 65:29
ACER Newsletter, 52:6 ACER Press
formation, 67:8 ACER Publishing. See publishing, ACER ACER Research Conference 1999, 70:3 ACER Research Conference 2000, 71:16–17 ACER School Life Questionnaire, 58:31 ACER Seminar on Intelligence (project) 1986-87 to
1987-88, 57:17–18, 58:25 ACER Short Clerical Tests, 53:24, 54:31
Form C, 52:39 ACER Silent Reading Tests, 51:50 ACER Spelling Tests, 51:46, 52:33 ACER Test of Reasoning Ability, 60:37 ACER Tests. See also under name of Test ACER Word Knowledge Test Adult Form B
revision and renorming, 51:50, 52:43 ACER Word Knowledge Test (Forms E and F), 60:37 Achievement Improvement Monitor (AIM), 73:5
marking and data analysis of trialed items for the English and Mathematics Years 3, 5 and 7 statewide testing component (project) 2001-02, 72:26
psychometric services (project) 2001-02, 2002-03, 72:26, 73:27
review of development and assessments (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:27, 74:4
test development (project) 2003-04, 74:4 trial of assessment materials for the English and
Mathematics Year 3, 5 and 7 statewide test components (project) 2001-02 to 2003-04, 72:26, 73:27, 74:4
achievement tests, 51:46, 52:34 ACT Assessment Program at Years 3, 5, 7 and 9
(project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:30, 71:25 ACT Assessment Program (project) 1998-99, 69:12 ACT Follow-up Study (project) 1999-2000, 70:30 ACT Literacy Assessment Program, 1996-97, 67:19 ACT Scaling Test (AST). See also Australian Scaling
Test (AST) project, 2000-01, 2001-02, 71:25, 72:25 project - Writing Test, 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:26,
74:3 ACT Trial Test (project) 1993-94, 64:23 ACT Writing Test (project) 1991-92 to 1993-94,
62:36, 63:42, 64:23 action research, 53:7 Activity Monitoring Brief Study, 2000-01, 71:23
Adams, Isabelle ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1992-93 to
Nov 1998, 63:105, 64.62, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62
Adams, Raymond J. projects
ACER ConQuest, 67:27 AEC Profile Validation Project, 62:37, 63:43 Australian Scholastic Aptitude Test, 54:26 Computing Services, 54:45 Conceptual Understanding in Science, 61:32 First Steps Evaluation, 62:38 Item Banking, 53:21, 54:23 Malaysia (development and training project),
63:60 National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition
(NOOSR) Item Bank Project, 66:21, 67:19
National School English Literacy Survey, 67:19
National Science Foundation, 66:21, 67:19 Programme for International Student
Assessment (PISA), 69:6 Psychometric Models, 61:32, 62:34, 63:40,
64:24, 65:19, 66:21, 67:19 Quest, 64:24, 65:29 Sex Bias in ASAT, 54:38 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS), 62:39, 63:45, 64:24, 65:19, 66:21, 67:19
VICRoads Consultancy, 63:45 Victorian Science Achievement Study, 60:38,
61:37 WESTAT Analysis of US TIMSS data, 67:20 Western Australian Monitoring Standards in
Education (WAMSE), 64:23, 65:18, 66:20
adaptive testing program, computerized, 54:23, 55:17, 55:24, 56:25, 57:23
adaptive tests, computerized, 59:45, 62:38 adult literacy survey, 67:9–10 Advice on Selecting a Sample of Non-Government
Schools (project) 1999-2000, 70:29 Advisory Services, ACER, 55:26–7 AEC Profile Validation Project, 1991-92 to 1992-93,
62:37, 63:43 affective outcomes, 52:28–29, 53:14, 54:19 affirmative action plan, ACER, 65:38, 67:35 Ainley, John G.
ACER Council, Staff Representative, Mar 1994 to Oct 1994, 64:62, 65:60
projects Aboriginal Education, 64:28 ACER Dissemination Study, 67:24 Catholic Education Office Information
Systems, 65:24
Course Experience Survey Analysis, 64:26, 65:22, 66:24, 67:23
Curriculum Developments in Postcompulsory Schooling, 58:23, 59:25
Disadvantaged Schools Component of National Equity Program for Schools, 66:26
Educational Provision for Students from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Background, 64:28, 65:25
Evaluation of Guidelines for School Annual Reports, 65:25, 66:26
Evaluation Training Module, 64:28 Industrial Leave in Technical and Further
Education, 52:27 Laptop Computers in Schools, 65:25, 66:26 Literacy Advance Research Project (LARP),
70:5 Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth,
66:24, 67:23 Monash-ACER Centre on the Economics of
Education and Training, 66:24, 67:23 National Report on Schooling, 62:31 National Sample Study on Social Objectives of
Schooling, 67:24 National Survey of School-Industry Programs,
66:24 Participation by Disadvantaged Young People
in Postcompulsory Education and Training, 61:18
Participation in Postcompulsory Secondary Education, 55:7
Post-compulsory schooling Project, 54:18 Postgraduate Destinations Survey, 66:24,
67:23 Program Evaluation Training Module, 65:25 Quality of Primary Schooling, 58:20 Quality of School Life, 58:32 Research in Colleges of Advanced Education,
56:12, 57:7 Review of Baseline Data on Equity, 65:25 Review of the Queensland School Curriculum,
63:38, 64:28 School-industry Programs, 67:23 School Organisation and Quality of Schooling,
61:30, 62:31, 63:38 School Structure and Affective Responses,
52:28, 53:14, 54:19 Schooling for Students with Disabilities, 63:38 Schools and the Social Development of Young
Australians, 68:8 Secondary School Retention, 53:13, 54:17 Senior Secondary Schooling in New South
Wales, 57:6, 58:23, 59:25, 60:24, 61:18, 62:19, 63:23
Social and Political Context of Schooling, 59:23, 60:21
Staffing and Resources in Australian and New Zealand Schools, 53:10
Staffing and Resources in Australian Schools, 51:31, 52:25
Structural Relations in Victorian Secondary Education, 55.5, 56:7, 57.5
Studies in School Effectiveness, 63:38, 64:28, 65:25, 66:26, 67:24
Study of Recently Recruited Teachers, 61:27, 62:28
Subject Choice in Senior Secondary Schooling, 60:24, 63:23, 64:26
TAFE Graduate Destination Survey, 66:24, 67:23
Youth in Transition, 56:9 Aldous, Cecily
projects Diagnostic English Language Test (DELTA),
64:24 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 65:18, 66:20, 67:20, 71:8
Graduate Medical Admissions Centre (GMAC), 65:19, 66:20, 67:20
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), 64:24, 65:19, 66:21, 67:20
Undergraduate Medicine and Health Science Admission Test (UMAT), 71:8–9
Alford, Katrina projects
Labour Market Relevance of Year 12, 60:24 Alford, Norm
ACER Council, Member Queensland, 1980-81 to 1984-85, 51:2, 52:4, 53:2, 54:2, 55:41
Allen, Peter ACER Council, Member appointed by Conference
of Education System Chief Executive Officers, Apr 1999 to May 2001, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62
Allen, Yvonne projects
Conference on Assessment in the Mathematical Sciences (development and training project), 61:47, 62:58
Conference on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (development and training project), 61:47, 62:58
National Conferences on Assessment in the Mathematical Sciences, 63:60
alternative courses, 54:18–19, 55:8, 56:8, 57:9, 58:21, 59:24
Alternative Year 12 Curricula (project) 1983-84 to 1986-87, 54:18, 55:8, 56:8, 57:9
AMC Examinations for Overseas Medical Practitioners (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:28, 71:24
Analysis and Reporting of the Course Experience Questionnaire (project) 1999-2000, 70:29
Analysis and Reporting of the Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire (project) 1999-2000 to 2003-04, 70:29, 71:25, 72:25, 73:25, 74:3
Analysis and Reporting of the University Graduates' Course Experience Questionnaire (project) 2000-01 to 2003-04, 71:25, 72:25, 73:25, 74:3
Analysis of Teachers' Judgments (project) 1996-97, 67:19
Anderson, D. projects
Survey of School Leavers, 51:35–36 Annotated Student Work Samples for the Curriculum
Standards Framework 11 (project) 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:30, 71:26, 72:26
Annotated Work samples in English, Maths and Science and Annotated Work samples in LOTE (project) 2002-03, 73:27
Annual Workshop on Cognitive Processes and Education (project) 1987-88, 58:25
apprenticeships, 73:15 Approved School Design (ASDN), 70:14–15 Aptitude Profile Test Series (APT Series), 68:16–17 aptitude tests, 52:43, 53:27 Archiving IEA Civics Data (project) 2002-03, 73:25 Areskog, Anja
projects Career Planning and Guidance, 55:17, 56:24
arithmetic skills, testing, 58:31 arithmetic tests, 52:34 As Easy as 1, 2, 3: A Review of the Literature on
Improving Outcomes for Indigenous Students (project) 2001-02, 72:23
ASAT Special Testing Program (project) 1982-83 to 1983-84, 53:28, 54:27
ASAT Validation Studies (project) 1980-81, 51:58–59
Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on Educational Research (Melbourne, May 1995), 65:12
Asian Pacific region, 54:7 Asian Program of Educational Innovation for
Development (APEID), 54:6 Asian Regional Seminar on National Assessment
Systems (project) 1992-93, 63:60 Assessing Conceptual Understanding (project) 1993-
94 to 1995-96, 64:24, 65:18, 66:20 assessment alternatives, 64:21–22 Assessment and Certification in the Senior Secondary
School (project) 1987-88, 58:23 assessment and reporting methodology, 62:33
Assessment and Use of Profiles professional development (project) 1995-96,
66:20 Assessment and use of Profiles
research (project) 1995-96, 1996-97, 66:20, 67:19 assessment equity, 67:16, 69:22 Assessment of Professional Competencies (project)
1990-91, 61:32 Assessment of School Readiness and Studies of
Issues Related to School Entry (project) 1992-93, 63:38
Assessment of Speaking and Listening (project) 1993-94 to 1994-95, 64:24, 65:18
Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes (Lao PDR) Project, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:28, 71:23
Assessment of Writing in Test Conditions (project) 1990-91, 61:32
Assessment Resource Kit (ARK), 66:15, 67:7 product development, 1994-95 to 1996-97, 65:18,
66:20, 67:19, 67:27 assessment resource materials, 66:15 ASSP Validation Studies (project) 1980-81 to 1982-
83, 52:53–54, 53:42 AST Writing Test (project) 1993-94, 64:23 Astill, Brian
ACER Council, Board of Directors, 2001-02, 2002-03, 72:62, 73:65
ACER Council, Member appointed by Institutes of Educational Research Standing Committee, 2000-01 to 2002-03, 71:62, 72:62, 73:65
at-risk students, 63:44, 71:16–17 Attitude to Languages (project) 1993-94 to 1994-95,
64:28, 65:24 Attitudes to Writing Scale, 53:20 auditory skills tests, 52:32 Australian Association for Research in Education
(AARE), 52:9 Australian Biology Test Item Bank, 54:24 Australian Chemistry Test Item Bank, 52:31, 52:32,
52:37 Australian Co-operative Assessment Program
(ACAP), 52:36, 53:19, 54:22 Australian Co-operative Entry Program (ACEP)
(project) 1984-85 to 1985-86, 1988-89 to 1996-97, 55:20, 56:30, 59:35, 60:38, 61:37, 62:45, 63:50, 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Australian Council for Educational Research core research program, 66:4 council restructuring, 60:15 customer services
See Marketing and Customer Services, ACER fifty years of research and development, 51:3 governance, 66:6 growth during 1970s, 51:4–6
involvement in Asia and the Pacific, 54:6 marketing
See marketing, ACER mission and goals, 66:4, 67:4 new building move and opening, 64:16–17, 64:48 new building purchased, 63:17 new management structure, 65:37 organisational structure, 66:6, 67:5 origins and development, 66:4–6, 67:4 proposed relocation, 60:15, 61:13 publishing (See publishing, ACER) research and revelopment program (See Research
and Development program, ACER) review of operations, 54:10–13, 56:1 role and structure, 66:4 staff development fund, 60:16 staff employed :1 January 1974 to 1 January 1983,
52:67 structure, 56:3 60th anniversary, 60:15
Australian Council for Educational Research: Purposes and Procedures (1985), 56:1
Australian Education Directory first edition, 61:50
Australian Education Index (AEI), 52:50, 54:50, 55:29, 56:38–39, 68:22–23, 70:22
indexing of backlog, 67:34 project and service, 1980-81 to 1996-97, 2001-02,
2002-03, 51:54: 52:47–48, 53:46–47, 54:50, 55:29, 56:38, 57:43–45, 58:34, 59:36, 60:41, 61:42, 62:52, 63:56, 64:29, 65:26, 66:29, 67:34, 72:23, 73:23
Australian Education Review, 52:6 project, 1980-81 to 1986-87, 51:54–55, 52:50,
53:50, 54:52, 55:30, 56:41, 57:47 Australian Education Thesaurus (project) 1981-82 to
1983-84, 52:49–50, 53:48, 54:49 Australian Educational Data Archives (project) 1980-
81, 51:58 Australian Insurance Institute, News Limited,
VicRoads Consultancy (project) 1995-96, 66:21
Australian Journal of Education, 52:6 project, 1982-83, 53:49
Australian Language Certificates (ALC). See also National Australia Bank Language Certificates
project, 1989-90 to 1995-96, 2001-02, 60:38, 61:38, 62:37, 63:43, 64:23, 65:18, 66.19, 72:24
project - Primary Level, 1995-96, 66.19 Australian Law Schools Entrance Test (ALSET)
(project) 1987-88, 1993-94 to 1996-97, 58:32, 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Australian Mathematics Certificate (project) 1994-95, 65:18
Australian Primary Mathematics Certificates (project) 1993-94, 64:23
Australian Scaling Test (AST). See also ACT Scaling Test
project, 1991-92 to 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 62:37, 63:43, 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:19, 70:30, 72:25
project - Writing Test, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 66:20, 67:19, 70:30, 72:25
Australian Scholastic Aptitude Test (ASAT) analysis of scores, 58:22 assessment of psychometric properties, 51:51–52,
52;53–54, 53:42 mature age students, 53:28, 55:19–20, 56:29,
57:28 mature age version - project, 1984-85 to 1986-87,
55:19, 56:29, 57:28 project, 1982-83 to 1986-87, 53:28, 54:26, 55:19,
56:28, 57:27 Series 0, 56:28, 57:27 Series I, 52:43 Series J, 51:51 Series K, 52:43 Series L, 53:28, 54:26 Series M, 54:26 Series N, 55:19, 56:28 Series P, 57:27 Series Q, 56:28 sex differences, 54:38 tests on hire to institutions, 51:51–52 writing test, 57:27, 58:22
Australian Scholastic Aptitude Testing Program, 1988-89 to 1990-91, 59:35, 60:38, 61:37
Australian Science Education Project (ASEP), 51:5 adoption of materials, 52:5
Australian Science Education Research Association (ASERA), 51:5
Australian Science Teachers Association / ACER Portfolio PD program, 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:25, 74:2
Australian Secondary Level English Proficiency Test (ASLEPT) (project) 1991-92, 62:46
Australian students excel in international study, 72:4–5
Australian Studies in Student Performance (project) 1981-82, 1982-83, 52:18–19, 53:34
Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors, 63:57, 64:29, 65:26, 66:30, 67:34
project, 1984-85 to 1986-87, 2001-02, 2002-03, 55:28, 56:40, 57:46, 72:23, 73:23
Australian Youth Survey (project) 1992-93, 63:22
B B66 Aptitude Test, 54:30 Bachelor of Arts Courses (project) 2000-01 to 2002-
03, 71:24, 72:24, 73:25 Badger, Julie C.
projects Australian Education Index (project and
Service), 55:29, 56:38, 57:43 Bibliography of Education Theses in Australia,
56:39, 57:45 Database Development (Library and
Information Services project), 59:37, 60:42, 61:43
Information Retrieval Services (Library and Information Services project), 58:35
Library, 54:49, 55:28, 56:38, 57:42 Baker, Jenny
projects Discipline Review of Teacher Education in
Mathematics and Science, 59:32, 60:33
Balint, Denise projects
Library, 59:37, 60:42, 61:43 Balla, John
projects ASSP Validation Studies, 52:53–54
Ballantyne, Judy projects
Educational Computing Activities, 59:29 School of the Future, 58:27 Sunrise School - A School of the Future,
59:29, 60:30 Banks, Diana
projects Second International Science Study, 57:12–14,
58:20 Barba, Stephen
projects Personnel Selection Testing Program, 58:32 School Entry Testing Services, 58:32 Test Scoring Services, 58:32
Barley, Jacqueline projects
AEC Profile Validation Project, 63:43 Australian Co-operative Entry Program
(ACEP), 64:23, 65:18 Australian Scholastic Aptitude Testing
Program, 59:35 Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 60:38,
61:37, 62:37, 63:43 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 59:35, 64:23
Predictive Validity of the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), 64:24
Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), 64:24
Test Scoring Services, 59:35, 64:24 Barnard, John
projects ACT Literacy Assessment Program, 67:19 Catholic Education Office (Sydney) Literacy
Monitoring Test, 66:19 Catholic Education Office (Sydney) Year 5
Literacy Monitoring Test 1996, 67:19 National School English Literacy Survey,
66:19, 67:19 New South Wales Selective High Schools
Test, 66:20, 67:19 NSW Test for Year 5 Opportunity Class, 67:19 Progressive Achievement Tests in
Mathematics, 27, 67:20 Psychometric Support Methods, 67:19 Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and
Numeracy, 66:19, 67:19–20 Renorming the NEALE Analysis of Reading
Ability, 67:20, 67:27 SA Students of High Intellectual Potential,
67:20 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
67:20 Tasmanian Department of Education,
Community and Cultural Development Literacy Testing Program, 66:20, 67:20
Undergraduate Medicine Admissions Test, 67:20
Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT), 66:20
basic skills standardised achievement measures, 58:31
Basic Skills Test (Orchard Series) development project, 1996-97, 67:20
Basic Skills Testing Program (BSTP), 60:34, 61:13 Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW) (project) 1988-
89 to 1992-93, 59:35, 60:38, 61:37, 62:37, 63:43
Batten, Margaret ACER Council, Staff Representative, 1988-89 to
Oct 1993, 59:60, 60:68, 60:70, 61:71, 62:96, 63:106, 64:62
projects Aboriginal Education, 64:28, 65:24, 66:26 Alternative Year 12 Curricula, 54:18, 55:8,
56:8, 57:9 Assessment and Certification in the Senior
Secondary School, 58:23 Challenges of Retention for Teachers, 61:27
Challenges to Teachers Arising From Increased Retention of Students, 60:33
Curriculum Developments in Postcompulsory Schooling, 58:23, 59:25
Educational Provision for Students from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Background, 64:28, 65:25
Equity Programs in Non-government Schools, 61:30
Gender and School Education, 65:24, 66:26 Gender Differences in Post-School Pathways,
65:22 Indonesia (development and training project),
61:46 Literacy Curricula and Key Competencies,
64:26, 65:22 National Sample Study on Social Objectives of
Schooling, 67:24 Open Learning Through School, 63:33, 64:26 Participation in Postcompulsory Secondary
Education, 55:7 Post-compulsory schooling Project, 54:18 Programs for At Risk Students (Australia),
65:25 Programs for At Risk Students (Overseas),
65:25 Quality of Life in Schools, 52:29 Review of the Queensland School Curriculum,
63:38 School Structures and Affective Responses,
52:28–29, 53:14, 54:19 Schooling for Students with Disabilities, 63:38 Secondary School Retention, 53:13, 54:17 Secondary Schooling in the 1980s, 52:29,
53:14 Senior Secondary Curriculum Design, 56:16,
57:15 Studies in Aboriginal Education, 67:24 Study of Recently Recruited Teachers, 61:27,
62:28 Survey of School Leavers, 51:35–36 Teachers' Professional Craft Knowledge,
59:32, 60:33, 61:27 Teachers' Work, 62:28, 63:33, 64:28, 65:25
Batu Hijau International School Workshops (project) 2001-02, 72:24
Baumgart, Neil ACER Council, Member New South Wales, 1983-
84 to Sep 1987, 54:2, 55:41, 56:59, 57:65, 58:53
Behaviour Problems Conferences. see also National Conference on Behavioural Problems
project, 1995-96, 66:28 Bell, Sue
projects Psychological Advisory Services, 55:26
Psychological (Consultant Services Project), 58:35, 59:41
Psychological Services (Consultant Services Project), 57:37–39
Psychological Tests and Materials, 56:35 Beltz, Charles L.
ACER Council, Member Official Representative, 1983-84 to Oct 1986, 54:2, 55:42, 56:60
benchmaking, 68:6 Benchmaking Curriculum Corporation Consultancy
(project) 1996-97, 67:19
Berkeley, George F. ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1982-83 to
1985-86, 53:1, 54:1, 55:40, 56:58 Best of set: Reading, 56:37 Better communication, 68:5 Bhutan exam board Development of Standard Tesst
Instruments (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:24, 74:2
Bibliography of Education Theses in Australia (project) 1981-82 to 1986-87, 2001-02, 2002-03, 52:48, 53:47, 54:51, 55:30, 56:39, 57:45–46, 72:23, 73:23
Biggs, John ACER Council, Member Newcastle, New South
Wales, 1984-85 to 1985-86, 55:41, 56:59 bilingual education, 52:19 Bilingual Interface Program, 1995-96, 1996-97,
66:20, 67:24 Biology Item Banking Project, 1981-82 to 1983-84,
52:36–37, 53:21, 54:24 biology tests, 52:37, 53:21, 54:24 Blackall, Bettina M.
projects Pattern Processing and Mathematics Education
in Individual Children, 51:27 Blazely, Lloyd D.A.
ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1980-81 to 1987-88, 51:1, 52:3, 53:1, 54:1, 55:40, 56:58, 57:64, 58:52
Board of Studies Victoria - Visual Arts Validation (project) 1996-97, 67:19
Bobevski, Irene projects
Work Readiness Profile / Employment Attribute Scale, 64:24
Bodey, Wendy projects
Benchmaking Curriculum Corporation Consultancy, 67:19
DART English : Middle Primary (Product Development Project) : Development, 67:20
iAchieve (Development), 71:12
National School English Literacy Survey, 66:19, 67:19
Western Australian Monitoring Standards in Education (WAMSE), 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Bonning, Judy projects
Conference on Assessment in the Mathematical Sciences (development and training project), 61:47, 62:58
Conference on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (development and training project), 61:47, 62:58
National Conferences on Assessment in the Mathematical Sciences, 63:60
Borthwick, Jessie ACER Council, Board of Directors, 2002-03,
73:65 ACER Council, Member appointed by Secretary
of Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, 2002-03 to 2003-04, 73:65, 74:26
Boston, Ken ACER Council, Board of Directors, 1999-2000 to
2001-02, 70:60, 71:62, 72:62 ACER Council, Deputy Chair, Nov 1999 to 2001-
02, 70:60, 71:62, 72:62 ACER Council, Member Appointed by
Conference of Education System Chief Executive Officers, 1995-96 to 2001-02, 66:65, 67:62, 68:50, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62, 72:62
ACER Council, Member Official Representative, Conference of Directors-General of Melbourne,Oct 1989 to 1994-95, 60:69, 61:71, 62:96, 63:106, 64:62, 65:60
Bourke, Sidney F. ACER Council, Member Appointed by State
Institutes of Educational Research, May 1994 to Nov 1996, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62
projects Australian Studies in Student Performance,
51:23 Classroom Environment Study: Teaching for
Learning, 51:28, 52:20, 53:38, 54:40, 55:12
Learning Thresholds and the Retention of Literacy Skills, 51:25
Professional Liaison Project, 54:55, 55:32 Quality of Education Review Committee,
55:15 Bowler, Peter
ACER Council, Member Official Representative, Commonwealth Department of Education, 1985-86, 56:61
Bowman, Norm ACER Council, Member Northern Territory,
1980-81 to 1984-85, 51:2, 52:4, 53:2, 54:2, 55:42
Boyer, Christine projects
Australian Co-operative Entry Program (ACEP), 65:18, 66:20
Australian Law Schools Entrance Test (ALSET), 66:20
Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Psychometric Properties of the Cooperative Scholarship Tests, 66:21
Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Teaching of Thinking: Teacher Perspectives, 65:25
Work Readiness Profile / Employment Attribute Scale, 64:24
Youth in Transition, 64:26, 65:22 Boyer, Ernest
Invitational Conference on Societal Change and its Impact on Education (Melbourne, August 1980) paper, 51:13
Bradshaw, Diana M. projects
Psychological Advisory Services, 51:61, 52:57 Brennan, Max
ACER Council, Member Official Representative, National Board of Employment, Education and Training, Apr 1991 to Jun 1997, 61:71, 62:96, 63:106, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62
Bridge, Richard ACER Council, Board of Directors, 2001-02,
2002-03, 72:63, 73:65 ACER Council, Member appointed by Secretary
of Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, 2002-03, 73:65
Brown, Andrew projects
Sunrise School - A School of the Future, 59:29 Brown, David W.
projects Biology Item Banking Project, 53:21, 54:24
Brown, Irene projects
Learning with Laptops (Commbabah Research), 61:23
Learning with Microcomputers, 62:24 Bryce, Jennifer
ACER Council, Board of Directors, 2000-01 to 2002-03, 70:60, 71:62, 72:63, 73:65
ACER Council, Staff Member, 2000-01 to 2003-04, 71:62, 72:63, 73:65, 74:26
projects ACT Writing Test, 64:23 AST Writing Test, 64:23 Australian Law Schools Entrance Test
(ALSET), 67:20 Australian Scaling Test (AST), 64:23, 65:18,
66:20 Computerised Music Test, 64:24 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 64:23, 65:18, 67:20 Evaluating the Key Competencies in Arts
Education, 66:24 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 64:23–24, 67:20
Key Competencies Assessment and Reporting, 67:19
Malaysia (development and training project), 65:28
New South Wales Selective High Schools Test, 64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:19
Queensland Core Skills Test, 64:24, 65:18 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
65:18 Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT),
64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20 BSTP Monograph (project) 1990-91, 61:32 Buckingham, David
ACER Council, Member Official Representative, 1987-88, 58:54
Building an Item Bank (project) 1996-97, 67:20 Building Assertiveness in the Workplace workshops,
67:35 Building Indigenous Learning Communities in a
Global Society (project) 2001-02, 72:23 Bulletin for Psychologists, 52:6 Burns, Pam
projects Resource Centre, 56:37
Business Council of Australia Review Paper (project) 1993-94, 64:26
Business Division, ACER establishment, 56:3
C Cairney, Trevor
ACER Council, Co-opted member, Nov 1998 to 2000-01, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62
ACER Council, Elected member, 2001-02, 72:62 Caldwell, Brian
ACER Council, Elected member, 2003-04, 74:26 Calegari, Corrie
projects Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 62:37 Test Administration Services, 60:39, 61:38
Calibration of Western Australian Student Outcome Statements (project) 1995-96, 66:21
Cambodia examination systems, 68:12–13, 72:14–15
Cambodia-Australian National Examinations Project. See also Cambodian National Examinations Project
project 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:28, 71:23, 72: 14–15, 72:24
Cambodia (development and training project) 1994-95, 65:28
Cambodian Educational Measures Consultancy (project) 1994-95, 1995-96, 1997-98, 65:19, 66:21, 68:12
Cambodian Grade II Consultancy (project) 1995-96, 66:28
Cambodian National Examinations. See also Cambodia-Australian National Examinations
project 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:24, 74:2 Can we Think Nationally about Education? Director's
comments, 65:10–14 Candappa, Yvonne
projects Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS), 62:39, 63:45, 64:23 Career Development Inventory - Australia (CDI-A),
54:22 Career Development Inventory and Manual, 51:42,
52:35, 53:18 Career Guidance (Test Maintenance) 1987-88, 58:32 Career Guidance (Test Publication and Studies
Project) 1988-89 to 1990-91, 59:35, 60:39, 61:38
career planning and guidance, 51:42, 52:35. 53:18, 54:21, 54:54, 55:17, 56:24, 57:22
Career Planning and Guidance (project) 1982-83 to 1986-87, 53:18, 54:21, 55:17, 56:24, 57:22
Carthy, Imelda projects
Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 62:37, 63:43
Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 64:23, 65:18
Literacy Curricula and Key Competencies, 64:26, 65:22
New South Wales Basic Skills Testing Reporting, 64:23
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 64:28, 65:25
Victorian Social Education Achievement Study, 63:46
Case Studies of School-Industry Programs, 1999-2000, 70:28
Catholic Education Office Information Systems (project) 1994-95, 65:24
Catholic Education Office (Sydney) Literacy Monitoring Test (project) 1995-96, 1996-97, 66:19
Cawood, Danyelle projects
Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 65:18, 66:19
Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and Numeracy, 65:18
CDS/ISIS software implementation, 61:42 Centre for Philosophy for Children and Adolescents
(project) 1998-99, 69:10 Centre for Philosophy for Children projects 1991-92,
1992-93, 62:24, 63:27 Centre for the Economics of Education, 64:18 Centre on the Economics of Education and Training
(CEET) See also Monash-ACER Centre on the Economics
of Education and Training (CEET) 1998-99, 69:20–21
certification, 55:12 Certification in Upper Secondary Education (project)
1984-85, 55:12 Challenges of Retention for Teachers (project) 1990-
91, 61:27 Challenges to Teachers Arising From Increased
Retention of Students (project) 1989-90, 60:33
Chamberlain, Jeff projects
ACT Literacy Assessment Program, 67:19 Australian Scaling Test (AST), 67:19 Catholic Education Office (Sydney) Year 5
Literacy Monitoring Test 1996, 67:19 National School English Literacy Survey,
67:19 New South Wales Selective High Schools
Test, 67:19 Progressive Achievement Tests in
Mathematics (PAT), 27, 67:20 Psychometric Support Methods, 67:19 Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and
Numeracy, 67:19–20 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
67:20 Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT),
67:20 Charting student progress (computer package), 58:31 Charting Student Progress (project) 1985-86 to 1986-
87, 56:25, 57:23 Chatfield, Robert
ACER PhD scholarship, 66:10
Cheeseman, Jill projects
Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 66:20
Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 65:18, 66:19
PAT Maths - Revision and Renorming, 27, 67:20
Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and Numeracy, 65:18
Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), 66:20
chemistry curriculum, 51:21 Chemistry Test Item Collection (CHEMTIC), 51:44
Supplement 1981, 52:32 chemistry tests, 51:44, 52:32, 52:37 child development, 69:16 Child Study Movement, 53:5 Children's Literacy Success Strategy (CLaSS),
70:14–15, 72:10 Choosing the Study a Language other than English
(project) 1992-93, 63:45 citizenship, 67:23 civic knowledge
student survey, 71:4–5 Civics and Citizenship in School Curricula (project)
1996-97, 67:23 Civics Assessment Project, 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:26,
74:3 civics education, 71:4 Civics Research Working Group (project) 1995-96,
66:26 Clancy, Jeffery J.
projects Statistical Analysis and Psychometric Services,
51:59 Studies of Unemployed Youth, 51:36 Youth in Transition, 52:28, 53:12, 54:15, 55:6,
56:9, 57:10, 58:23, 59:25 Clark, Milton L.
ACER Council, Member Western Australia, 1981-82, 1982-83, 52:4, 53:4
Class Size Project, 2002-03, 73:26 Classifying and Banking Test Items (project) 1994-
95 to 1995-96, 64:24, 65:19, 66:21 classroom environment, 53:38, 54:40–41, 55:12–13 classroom observations of teaching practices, 51:28,
52:20 Clay, M., 54:10 Clayton, Helen
projects Australian Scholastic Aptitude Testing
Program, 59:35, 60:38, 61:37 Test Scoring Services, 60:39, 61:38
clerical tests, 52:39, 53:24, 54:32, 58:31
Closing the gap between research and practice : Foundations for the acquisition of literacy (project) 2001-02, 72:23
Cognitive Abilities Testing – Graduate Recruitment Program, 2000-01, 2001-02, 71:25, 72:24
cognitive processes, 55:18, 56:20, 57:16, 58:24, 59:26, 60:25
Cognitive Processes and Intelligence (project) 1986-87, 57:16–17
Cognitive Processes (project) 1989-90, 60:27 cognitive skill tests, 52:41 cognitive skills, 63:25 cognitive technology, 62:21 colleges of advanced education
graduates and diplomates, 51:37 research and development, 56:12, 57:7
Collins, Cherry projects
Gender and School Education, 65:24, 66:26 National Sample Study on Social Objectives of
Schooling, 67:24 School Curriculum: Past to Present, 65:25,
66:26, 67:24 State Differences in Senior Secondary
Curricula, 67:23 Studies in Aboriginal Education, 67:24
Collis-Romberg Mathematical Problem Solving Profiles, 62:47
commerce courses, 57:8 Committee of Inquiry into Technological Change in
Australia, 51:20 Committee on Overseas Professional Qualifications
(project) 1981-82, 52:45 Commons, Chris
projects Chemistry Unit Tests, 51:44, 52:37
Commonwealth Schools Commission, 51:6 community expectations, 53:40, 54:42, 55:11, 56:15,
57:14 Comparative Employability of TAFE and Higher
Education Graduates (project) 1995-96, 66:24
Comparative Studies of Teachers and Teaching (project) 1992-93, 63:34
Comparative Studies of Teachers (project) 1993-94 to 1994-95, 64:28, 65:24
Competence or Expertise? Director's comments, 62:4–12
competency based assessment, 60:35, 65:15 Competency Based Training (development and
training project) 1990-91 to 1991-92, 61:46, 62:57
competitive electronic recruitment market, 70:10 Complete Article Service, 72:17 compulsory years of schooling, 58:19, 59:22
Computer Adaptive Testing Consultancy (project) 1991-92, 62:38
computer adaptive tests, 59:45 Computer Based Assessment (project) 1990-91,
61:32 Computer Based Test Development (project) 2000-
01, 71:25 Computer Based Testing (project) 1996-97, 67:19 computer literacy, 62:21 computer supported environment, 59:28 Computerised Music Test (project) 1993-94, 64:24 Computerised Testing (project) 1987-88, 58:32 Computerized Adaptive Testing (project) 1984-85 to
1986-87, 55:17, 56:25, 57:23 computerized tests, 56:25 computers
impact on learning and teaching, 61:22, 62:21 student use, 60:26, 69:8–9
Computing services and facilities for ACER, 51:59, 52:54, 53:41, 54:45, 56:3, 62:59
conceptual skills tests, 52:32 conceptual understanding, 61:31, 61:37, 63:44 Conceptual Understanding in Science (project) 1990-
91 to 1992-93, 61:32, 62:34, 63:40, 63:44 Conference on Assessment in the Mathematical
Sciences See also National Conferences on Assessment in
the Mathematical Sciences development and training project, 1990-91, 1991-
92, 61:47, 62:58 Conference on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(development and training project) 1990-91 to 1991-92, 61:47, 62:58
Congdon, Peter projects
AST Writing Test, 64:23 Australian Language Certificates (ALC),
63:43, 64:23, 65:18, 66.19 Australian Scaling Test (AST), 64:23, 66:20 Board of Studies Victoria - Visual Arts
Validation, 67:19 Choosing the Study a Language other than
English, 63:45 Classifying and Banking Test Items, 64:24,
65:19, 66:21 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 64:23, 65:18 Equity and Validity in ACER Tests, 67:19 Equity in ACER's Selection Tests, 65:19,
66:21 Equity Issues, 64:24 Evolving and Validating a Test Construct,
64:24 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 67:20, 1993–94
Malaysia (development and training project), 63:60
National School English Literacy Survey, 67:19
New South Wales Basic Skills Testing Reporting, 64:23
New South Wales Selective High Schools Test, 63:44, 64:28, 66:20
Participation in LOTE Study, 62:38–39 Psychometric Models, 67:19 Psychometric Properties of the Cooperative
Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 67:20
Psychometric Properties of the Cooperative Scholarship Tests, 64:24, 66:21
Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and Numeracy, 66:19, 67:19–20
Quest Maintenance, 64:24 Reliability of Essay Assessment, 67:19 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
64:24, 67:20 Test Analysis Service, 66:21, 67:20 Test Scoring Services, 64:24 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS), 64:23 Vertical Equating in BSTP, 64:24 VICRoads Consultancy, 63:45 Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT),
64:24 Western Australian Monitoring Standards in
Education (WAMSE), 1996–97 Connell, William F., 51:3 Connors, Lyndsay
ACER Council, Co-opted member, Jan 1985 to Oct 1993, 55:40, 56:48, 57:64, 58:52, 59:59, 60:67, 60:69, 61:70, 62:95, 63:105, 64:62
Consultancy services to educational regions in Mindanao, Philippines (project) 2003-04, 74:2
Consultancy to support the Testing of Maths and Science Skills of East Timorese primary children, 2000-01, 71:23
Consultant Services, ACER, 56:3, 56:34–37, 57:33–41, 58:35, 59:40–41, 60:46–49, 61:48–49, 62:62–63, 63:63–66
contract income international projects, 67:25
Cook, Christopher J., 51:3 Library, 51:56, 52:49, 53:46
Cooley, W.W., 54:10 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP),
53:29–30, 54:27–28, 55:19–20, 56:29–30, 57:28, 68:1
1981-82 to 1986-87, 1988-89 to 1996-97, 1999-2000, 52:44, 53:29, 54:27, 55:20, 56:29,
57:28–29, 59:35, 60:38, 61:37, 62:45, 63:50, 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20, 70:16
psychometric properties, 67:20 research, 63:51–52 review, 62:46 survey of scholarship winners at year 12, 70:16
Coordinated approach to using student achievement data across the levels of the education system (project) 2001-02, 72:23
core grant, ACER 1972-73 to 1981-82, 52:68 1972-73 to 1982-83, 53:60 1972-73 to 1983-84, 54:64
core learning and competence, 58:19, 59:23 Corporate Services, ACER
change of name from Business Division, 65:37 Cost Effective Instrument Project, 1999-2000, 70:28.
See also Literacy & Numeracy Assessment (project)
Council, ACER, 51:1–2, 52:3–4, 53:1–2, 54:1–2, 55:40–2, 56:58–61, 57:64–7, 58:52–4, 59:59–60, 60:67–70, 61:70–1, 62:95–6, 63:105–6, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62, 68:50, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62, 72:62–3, 73:65, 74:26
Country Areas Program Index (project) 2002-03, 73:26
Couper, Douglas T. project
Second IEA Science Study, 51:21, 52:17 Course Experience Survey Analysis (project) 1993-
94 to 1996-97, 64:26, 65:22, 66:24, 67:23 Cowen, Sir Zelman, 52:14 Cranston, Neil
ACER Council, Member Appointed by State Institutes of Educational Research, Nov 1991 to Oct 1994, 62:95, 63:105, 64:62, 65:60
Creese, Val projects
Australian Scaling Test (AST), 65:18 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20 New South Wales Selective High Schools
Test, 65:18, 66:20, 67:18, 67:19 Queensland Core Skills Test, 64:24, 65:18 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
65:18, 67:20 Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT),
65:18, 66:20 criterion referenced measurement, 51:59, 52:54–55,
53:42, 54:44, 55:24 criterion referenced tests, 51:23 Croft, Cedric, 52:33 Croke, Brian
ACER Council, Elected member, 2003-04, 74:26
Cross-curricular Competencies (project) 1996-97, 67:19
Cross-curricular Test Factor Structure (project) 1996-97, 67:19
Cumming, Joy ACER Council, Board of Directors, 1999-2000 to
2002-03, 70:60, 71:62, 72:62, 73:65 ACER Council, Elected member, Nov 2001 to
2003-04, 72:62, 73:65, 74:26 ACER Council, Member Appointed by Institutes
of Educational Research Standing Committee, Nov 1998 to Nov 2001, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62, 72:62
Cunningham Library, 72:16–17 electronic services, 66:23 independent review, 67:34 library automation system implementation, 67:34 membership, 72:17 opening by Hon Virginia Chadwick, 64:29 project, 2001-02, 72:23
curriculum, alternative year 12, 54:18–19, 55:8, 56:8, 57:9, 58:21
Curriculum and Organisation in the Early Years of School (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:27, 71:22
Curriculum Calibration Project (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:30, 71:26
curriculum choice, 58:11–13 Curriculum Corporation
establishment, 60:15 curriculum decision making, 54:35, 55:11–12, 56:15–
16, 57:14, 58:19, 59:22 curriculum design, 56:16–17 curriculum development, 56:21, 57:18, 59:22 Curriculum Development Centre, 51:5, 51:6, 51:19,
51:29, 52:22 Curriculum Developments in Postcompulsory
Schooling (project) 1987-88 to 1988-89, 58:23, 59:25
curriculum evaluation, 52:15 curriculum innovations
upper secondary education, 58:6–8 curriculum of government secondary schools, 55:5,
56:7, 57:5 curriculum profiles, 66:15 Curriculum Provision in Rural Secondary Schools
(project) 1992-93, 63:38 Curriculum Redefined (project) 1994-95, 1995-96,
65:24, 66:26 curriculum reform, 55:12 curriculum standards, 64:7
D Darkin, Lynne
projects DART English : Middle Primary (Product
Development Project) : Development, 67:20
National School English Literacy Survey, 66:19, 67:19
Western Australian Monitoring Standards in Education (WAMSE), 65:18, 66:20, 67:20, 68:20–21
DART. See Developmental Assessment Resource for Teachers
data archives, 51:58 Database Development (library and information
services project) 1988-89 to 1990-91, 59:37, 60:42, 61:43
Database of Research on International Education (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:20, 73:25, 74:2
Davis, Bruce ACER Council Member Official Representative,
Conference of Directors-General of Education, Mar 1993 to 1994-95, 63:106, 64:62, 65:60
ACER Council Member Official Representative, Conference of Education Systems Chief Executive Officers, 1995-96, 66:65
de Carvalho, David ACER Council, Board of Directors, 2002-03,
73:65 ACER Council, Elected member, 2002-03, 2003-
04, 73:65, 74:26 ACER Council, Member Appointed by the
National Council of Independent Schools; Associations and the National Catholic Education Commission, Mar 1999 to 2001-02, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62, 72:63
de Lemos, Marion M. projects
Assessment of School Readiness and Studies of Issues Related to School Entry, 63:38
Early Screening Profiles: Standardisation (Product Development Project), 64:36
Early Years of School, 64:28, 65:24. 66:26, 67:23
Educational Needs of Children in Care, 66:26 Factors Associated with the Development of
Literacy, 65:25 K-BIT: Standardisation (Product Development
Project), 64:36 Maintenance of Psychological Tests, 52:42,
53:27, 54:30, 55:23, 56:33, 57:25–26
Psychological (Test Maintenance), 58:32 Psychological (Test Publication and Studies
Project), 59:35, 60:39, 61:38 Revision of the ACER Intermediate Level
General Ability Tests, 52:40 Revision of the Intermediate Level General
Ability Tests, 51:47 School Entrance Age in Australia, 61:30, 62:31 Schooling for Students with Disabilities,
63:38, 64:28 Tests and Materials (development and training
project), 59:39, 60:45, 61:47, 62:58 de Zilwa, Deanna
projects Australian Co-operative Entry Program
(ACEP), 66:20 Australian Law Schools Entrance Test
(ALSET), 66:20 Australian Scaling Test (AST), 65:18, 66:20 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 65:18 New South Wales Selective High Schools
Test, 65:18, 66:20 Queensland Core Skills Test, 64:24 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
65:18, 66:20 Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT),
65:18, 66:20 Debus, R.L.
ACER Council, Member New South Wales, 1981-82 to 1982-83, 52:3, 53:1
Decision Making in Schools (project) 1987-88 to 1989-90, 58:20, 59:22f, 60:21
Delvin, Brian ACER Council, Member Appointed by Institutes
of Educational Research Standing Committee, 1998-99, 69:54
ACER Council, Member Appointed by State Institutes of Educational Research, Oct 1995 to 1997-98, 66:65, 67:62, 68:50
democratic values, student survey, 71:4–5 Deschamp, Philip
ACER Council, Member Western Australia, 1986-87 to 1987-88, 57:66, 58:53
Developing a French Listening Test for Primary Learners (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:30, 71:25
Developing a French Listening Test for Year 6 Students (project) 2001-02, 72:25
Developing an Indonesian Listening Test for Year 6 Students (project) 2001-02, 72:25
Development and Training Program, ACER establishment, 58:17
Development and Training Projects,1987-88 to 1994-95, 58:33–34, 59:38–39, 60:43–45, 61:45–47, 62:55–58, 63:58–61, 64:30–31, 65:27–28
Development of a standards based curriculum and assessment system in Chile (project) 2003-04, 74:2
Development of an Index of Educational Disadvantage (project) 1999-2000, 70:30
Development of Assessment Tasks for Primary French (project) 2002-03, 73:26
Development of Assessment Training Modules (project) 1995-96, 66:28
Development of Instruments and Analysis for Small Scale Study of Student Performance in the Social Outcomes of Schooling (project) 2000-01 to 2003-04, 71:27, 72:26, 73:27, 74:4
Development of Occupational Interests (project) 1990-91 to 1994-95, 61:18, 62:19, 63:22, 64:26, 65:22
Development of the VicRoads Hazard Perception Test (project) 2000-01, 71:27
Developmental Assessment Resource for Teachers (DART), 63:54, 67:7
DART Development, 1993-94, 64:24 DART English
Product Development, 1993-94 to 1994-95, 64:36, 65:29
DART English : 1-4 Product Development, 1995-96, 66:31
DART English : 2-5 Norming Supplement, 1995-96, 66:31
DART English : Middle Primary Development 1996-97, 67:20
DART English : Upper Primary Norming 1995-96, 66:31
DART Mathematics Product Development, 1995-96, 66:31
DART Mathematics : Upper Primary Product Development 1996-97, 67:20, 67:27
DART Small Cohort Uses (project) 2000-01, 71:26
Developmental Assessment Resource for Teachers (DART)
Materials derived for ACT Assessment project, 69:12
Devolution of Curriculum Decision Making (project) 1984-85 to 1986-87, 55:11–12, 56:15–16, 57:14–15
Devolution of Curriculum Development (project) 1983-84, 54:35
Diagnostic English Language Test (DELTA), 63:53f, 64:24
DELTA II, 67:20 Diagnostic Mathematics Profiles (DIAMAP), 60:36 diagnostic tests, 51:44, 52:32 Dick, Wendy
projects ACT Assessment Program, 69:12
ACT Literacy Assessment Program, 67:19 Catholic Education Office (Sydney) Year 5
Literacy Monitoring Test 1997, 67:19 DART English : Middle Primary (Product
Development Project) : Development, 67:20
National School English Literacy Survey, 67:19
Teacher Assessment of Student Achievement, 67:19
Differential Aptitude Tests, 52:43, 53:27, 54:30 Director, 1980-81 to Dec 1984
Keeves, John P., 51:3, 52:5, 53:3, 54:3, 55:4 Director, Jan 1985 - 1996-97
McGaw, Barry, 55:42, 56:61, 57:67, 58:54, 59:60, 60:68, 60:70, 61:71, 62:96, 63:106, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65
disabled students, 63:37 disadvantaged schools, 52:19 Disadvantaged Schools Component of National
Equity Program for Schools (project) 1995-96, 66:26
disadvantaged young people, 61:17 Discipline Review of Teacher Education in
Mathematics and Science (project) 1988-89 to 1989-90, 59:32, 60:33
Discovering Democracy Assessment Materials (project) 1999-2000, 70:28
Discussion paper on Open-Book Examinations at the Senior Secondary Level of Schooling (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:27, 74:4
Discussion paper on Specialist Medical College Examination Procedures and Pass Rates (project) 2003-04, 74:3
Distribution Services, 1981-82, 1982-83, 51:65, 52:11–12
Dodds, Robyn projects
Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 66:20, 67:20, 70:16
Psychometric Properties of the Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 67:20
Doig, Brian projects
ACT Literacy Assessment Program, 67:19 Assessing Conceptual Understanding, 64:24,
65:18, 66:20 Australian Co-operative Entry Program
(ACEP), 67:20 Australian Mathematics Certificate, 65:18 Australian Primary Mathematics Certificates,
64:23 Australian Scaling Test (AST), 67:19 Basic Skills Test (Orchard Series)
development, 67:20
Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 59:35, 60:38, 61:37
BSTP Monograph, 61:32 Building an Item Bank, 67:20 Conceptual Understanding in Science, 62:34,
63:40, 63:44 Conference on Assessment in the
Mathematical Sciences (development and training project), 61:47, 62:58
Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 64:23
Educational (Test Publication and Studies Project), 59:35, 60:39, 61:38
Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 65:18, 66:19
Malaysia (development and training project), 60:45, 64:31, 65:28
National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR) Item Bank Project, 66:21, 67:19
National School English Literacy Survey, 67:19
New South Wales Selective High Schools Test, 65:18, 66:20
Performance Assessment in Science and Mathematics (ARC Project), 66:20, 67:19
Progressive Achievement Tests in Mathematics (PAT), 27, 67:20
Science and Mathematics Performance Tasks, 64:24, 65:19, 66:21
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 67:19
Victorian Assessment Tasks (Mathematics), 62:40
Victorian Science Achievement Study, 60:38, 61:37
Victorian Social Education Achievement Study, 62:40, 63:46
Western Australian Monitoring Standards in Education (WAMSE), 64:23, 65:18
Doig, Meredith project
Victorian School Achievement Tests, 51:42, 52:36, 53:19, 54:22
Dubai Project, 1993-94, 64:23 Durling, Gypsy
ACER Council, Member Northern Territory, 1985-86 to Oct 1989, 56:60, 57:66, 58:53, 59:60, 60:68
E early adolescent years, 61:29, 63:37 early identification, 52:32 Early Identification and Intervention: A Handbook
for Teachers and School Counsellors, 51:45, 52:32
early intervention in literacy programs, 70:4 early literacy skills, 70:5 early school leavers, 56:11, 69:14–15
gender differences, 69:14–15 Early Screening Profiles: Standardisation (Product
Development Project) 1993-94, 64:36 Early Years Literacy Program (EYLP), 70:14–15 Early Years of School (project) 1993-94 to 1996-97,
64:28, 65:24. 66:26, 67:23 early years of schooling, 62:31, 69:16–17, 70:6,
72:10 East Timor Maths and Science Project, 2002-03,
73:24 economics of education, 64:26 Economics of Postcompulsory Schooling (project)
1990-91 to 1991-92, 61:18, 62:19 EdResearch Online, 72:16–17 education, training and work links, 65:21, 66:23,
67:21 Education and Youth Unemployment in South
Australia (project) 1990-91, 61:18 Education of Boys Review Paper (project) 1999-
2000, 2000-01, 70:27, 71:22 Education Reform Course – Preparation and Delivery
(project) 2000-01 to 2002-03, 71:23, 72:24, 73:24
Education Research and Development Committee (ERDC), 51:5, 51:6, 52:9
abolition, 54:9 education thesaurus, 52:6, 52:49–50, 53:47, 54:49–
50, 55:28, 56:40 educational achievement, 59:4 Educational Advisory Services (project) 1980-81 to
1984-85, 51:60, 52:56–57, 53:43–44, 54:46, 55:27
Educational Computing Activities (project) 1988-89, 59:29
Educational Computing (project) 1992-93 to 1995-96, 63:27, 64:28, 65:25, 66:26
Educational (Consultant Services Project) 1987-88 to 1988-89, 58:35, 59:41
educational environment, 53:37, 54:39–40 Educational Environment and Student Achievement
(project) 1983-84, 54:39 educational management, 63:37 Educational Materials (Consultant Services Project)
1986-87, 57:37
Educational Measurement Analysis and Advice (project) 1999-2000, 70:30
Educational Needs of Children in Care (project) 1995-96, 66:26
Educational outcomes. See Outcomes of education Educational Provision for Students from
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Background (project) 1993-94 to 1994-95, 64:28, 65:25
educational reform, 52:5, 54:8 Educational Reform Seminar for Pacific Island
Countries (project) 1999-2000, 70:28 educational research
changing scene, 51:6 curring back of the research effort in Australia,
54:5 directory, 64:30 involvement in supporting in Australia, 54:5 leadership by ACER, 51:6 relationship with policy development, 60:4–11 review in Australia, 54:10 strands, 53:6 100th anniversary of the establishment of the
field, 53:5 value, 68:3–5
educational standards, 59:4, 66:10, 67:9 Educational (Test Maintenance) (project) 1987-88,
58:32 Educational (test publication and studies project)
1988-89 to 1990-91, 59:35, 60:39, 61:38 educational testing, 52:11 Educational Testing (Consultant Services project)
1986-87, 57:36 Educational Testing Service (US), 52:32, 52:33 educational tests, 53:23, 54:31, 55:22, 56:32, 57:25 Educational Tests and Materials (project) 1985-86,
56:34 educationally disadvantaged students, 52:19, 61:22 Effective Mathematics Teaching and Learning in
Australian Secondary Schools (project) 2001-02, 72:24
Effective Schools Project 1990-91 to 1992-93, 61:30, 62:31, 63:38
Effective Teachers (project) 2000-01, 2001-02, 71:24, 72:24
Effective Teaching and Learning Practices for Students with Learning Difficulties (project) 2003-04, 74:3
Effective Teaching and Learning Practices Leading to Improved Literacy Outcomes in the Early Years of School (project) 2000-01 to 2003-04, 71:24, 72:24, 73:25, 74:2
Effectiveness or Economy? Director's comments, 63:4–15
electronic databases, 68:22 Employability Skills (project) 2001-02, 72:25
engineering courses, 57:8, 58:22 engineering students, 51:37–38 engineering students, first-year, 58:11 English as a foreign language
research database, 73:20 testing, 61:36, 62:36, 65:18
English language competency tests, 72:20 English language curriculum, 56:15, 57:14 English language teaching, 51:30, 52:22–23 English literacy and numeracy achievement
indigenous students, 73:10–11 English literacy skills
indigenous students, 68:10–11 English profile, 64:8 English skills, 51:47, 52:33 English Skills Assessment (tests), 51:47, 52:31,
52:33, 52:38 Enhancing English Literacy Skills in Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders Students (project) 1997-98, 98:10–11
enrolments at year 12, 58:10–11 enrolments in years 11 and 12, 62:4 Entry to Engineering, Technology and Science in
Higher Education (project) 1986-87 to 1987-88, 57:8, 58:23
epistemological debate, 53:6 Eppinger, Judith
projects Educational Advisory Services Educational (Consultant Services Project),
58:35, 59:41 Educational (Test Publication and Studies
Project), 59:35 Educational Testing (Consultant Services
Project), 57:36 Educational Tests and Materials, 56:34 Tests and Materials (development and training
project), 59:39, 60:45, 61:47, 62:58 equal educational opportunities, 61:4, 62:7 Equal Opportunity Committee, ACER, 62:59 Equal Opportunity Officer, ACER, appointment,
62:59 Equity and Validity in ACER Tests (project) 1996-
97, 67:19 Equity in ACER's Selection Tests (project) 1994-95
to 1995-96, 65:19, 66:21 equity in education, 60:4 Equity Issues (project) 1993-94, 64:24 Equity Programs in Non-government Schools
(project) 1990-91, 61:30 Equivalent National Tertiary Rank (ENTER), 71:8,
72:8 ESL in the Mainstream (program), 70:14 ESL Scope and Scales, non-alphabetic and
Indigenous Language Calibration (project) 2000-01, 2001-02, 71:26, 72:25
ethical development of students, 72:6 ETS Testing Program (project) 1980-81 to 1981-82,
51:53, 52:45 Evaluating the Key Competencies in Arts Education
(project) 1995-96, 66:24 Evaluation and Monitoring Module, Strategic
Choices for Education Reform Core Course (project) 1999-2000, 70:28
Evaluation of Bridging and Supplementary Courses (project) 1987-88 to 1988-89, 58:23, 59:25
Evaluation of Discovery Democracy: Professional Development
development program, 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:26, 74:2
development strategy in civics and citizenship for Victorian teachers stage 2 (project) 2001-02, 72:25
Evaluation of Guidelines for School Annual Reports (project) 1994-95 to 1995-96, 65:25, 66:26
Evaluation of Hervey Bay Senior College (project) 1985-86 to 1986-87, 56:17, 57:16
Evaluation of Inter-subject Scaling for Tertiary Entrance Scores - Tasmania (project) 2000-01, 71:26
Evaluation of Middle Years Reform Program, 2003-04, 74:3
Evaluation of school-based arts programs (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:25, 74:2
Evaluation of Technical and Methodological Aspects of the School Early Assessment Kit (project) 2000-01, 2001-02, 71:23, 72:24
Evaluation of the Assessment Methodology Used to Develop the Assessment Resource Banks (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:28, 71:23
Evaluation of the Australian Science and Mathematics School (project) 2003-04, 74:3
Evaluation of the First Steps in Literacy Project 1993-94, 64:28
Evaluation of the Getting it Right Literacy and Numeracy Strategy (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:27, 74:4
Evaluation of the Global Development Learning Network (project) 2002-03, 73:24
Evaluation of the MindMatters Plus Demonstration Initiative (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:25, 74:2
Evaluation of the New Basics Research Program (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:26, 74:3
Evaluation of the Northern Territory Quality Teacher Program (project) 2002-03, 73:26
Evaluation of the Pilot Program 'Leadership for School Improvement' (project) 2001-02, 72:25
Evaluation of the Short Selection Test (project) 1982-83 to 1983-84, 53:36, 54:39
Evaluation of the Standards and Professional Learning Project, 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:27, 74:4
Evaluation of University of Canberra Program for Advanced Literacy Development - Scaffolding literacy program with Indigenous children in school (project) 2002-03, 73:25
Evaluation Topics for Teachers (newsletter), 57:36 Evaluation Training Module (project) 1993-94, 64:28 Evolving and Validating a Test Construct (project)
1993-94 to 1995-96, 64:24, 65:19, 66:21 Examination systems, Cambodia, 72:14–15 Executive Director, 1996-97 to Aug 1998
McGaw, Barry, 67:62, 69:54 Executive Director, Nov 1998 to 2003-04
Masters, Geofferey N., 69:54, 70:60, 71:62, 72:63, 73:65, 74:26
expenditure on education, 63:4–12, 65:6–7 Expertise in Problem Solving (project) 1985-86,
56:19 F Factors Associated with the Development of Literacy
(project) 1994-95, 65:25 Farish, Stephen J.
projects Evaluation of the Short Selection Test, 53:36,
54:39 Item Banking, 51:45 Maintenance of Educational Tests, 53:23 Review and Progress Tests in Mathematics,
53:22 School Achievement Tests, 51:41, 52:34 Statistical Analysis and Psychometric Services,
54:45 Survey Research Services, 51:57
Feasibility Study for the Development of a National Coalition for Information Literacy 2001-02, 72:24
Feasibility Study of Multivariate Analyses of School Variables Related to Achievement (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:24, 74:2
Felton, Heather ACER Council, Member Appointed by State
Institutes of Educational Research, Nov 1990 to Oct 1993, 61:70, 62:95, 63:105, 64:62
Fife, Hon. Wal, 52:14 Fifty years celebration, 51:3 Figure Matching (text), 57:31 finance, ACER, 51:65, 52:64
core grant 1972-73 to 1981-82, 52:68 1972-73 to 1982-83, 53:60
1972-73 to 1983-84, 54:64 funded projects
1972-73 to 1981-82, 52:68 1972-73 to 1982-83, 53:60 1972-73 to 1983-84, 54:64
income, expenditure and trading 1972-73 to 1981-82, 52:66 1972-73 to 1982-83, 53:59 1972-73 to 1983-84, 54:63 1976-77 to 1985-86, 56:55
income, expenditure and trading turnover 1975-76 to 1984-85, 55:36
research and development expenditure 1972-73 to 1981-82, 52:68 1972-73 to 1982-83, 53:61 1972-73 to 1983-84, 54:65
sources and trends of ACER income 1971-72 to 1990-91, 61:67 1972-73 to 1991-92, 62:83 1973-74 to 1992-93, 63:87 1974-75 to 1993-94, 64:50 1974-75 to 1994-95, 65:47 1975-76 to 1984-85, 55:38–9 1975-76 to 1985-86, 56:56–7 1975-76 to 1995-96, 66:52–3 1976-77 to 1996-97, 67:47 1977-78 to 1997-98, 68:37 1978-79 to 1987-88, 58:49 1978-79 to 1989-90, 60:64 1978-79 to 1998-99, 69:38–9 1979-80 to 1988-89, 59:57
trading turnover 1972-73 to 1981-82, 52:68 1972-73 to 1982-83, 53:61 1972-73 to 1983-84, 54:65
Financial Management Package installation, 58:17
financial report, ACER, 55:35–37, 56:51–57, 57:57–9, 58:45–51, 59:53–8, 60:61–6, 61:64–9, 62:79–82, 63:83–9, 64:48–50, 65:46–8, 66:51–3, 67:46–8, 68:36–8, 69:37–9, 70:48–59, 71:51–60, 72:51–60, 73:53–63, 74:9–22
Financial trends, ACER 1975-76 to 1984-85, 55:37–9 1989-90 to 1999-2000, 70:48
financial trends, ACER 1976-77 to 1985-86, 56:53–7 1977-78 to 1986-87, 57:59, 57:61–3
Findlay, Margaret A. projects
Australian Education Index (Project and Service), 51:54: 52:47–8, 53:46–7, 54:50, 67:34
Australian Education Thesaurus, 52:49–50, 53:48, 54:49
Bibliography of Education Theses in Australia, 52:48, 53:47, 54:51
Library, 51:56, 52:49, 53:46, 54:49 Fink, Linda
projects Senior Secondary Schooling in New South
Wales, 60:24, 61:18 First Steps Evaluation (project) 1991-92 to 1992-93,
62:38, 63:44 First Two Years of Teaching (project) 1990-91 to
1993-94, 61:27, 62:28, 63:33, 64:28 first year teachers, 62:27, 63:32 Firth, Patricia
projects Australian Language Certificates (ALC),
64:23, 65:18, 66:19 Australian Language Certificates (ALC)
Primary Level, 66.19 National Australia Bank Language Certificates
(NABLC), 66:19, 67:19 Fish, Graham
ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1988-89 to Oct 1989, 59:59, 60:67
Fleming, Marianne projects
Development of Occupational Interests, 61:18, 62:19, 63:22, 64:26, 65:22
Evaluation of Guidelines for School Annual Reports, 65:25, 66:26
Literacy Advance Research Project (LARP), 70:5
National Survey of School-Industry Programs, 66:24
School-industry Programs, 67:23 Subject Choice in Senior Secondary Schooling,
63:23, 64:26 Vocational Interests, Aspirations and Choices,
58:23, 59:25, 60:24 Work Readiness Profile / Employment
Attribute Scale, 64:24 Ford, Carol
projects Miscellaneous Testing Services, 56:31, 57:30 Personnel Selection Testing Program, 57:31–
32 School Entry Testing Services, 58:32 Test Scoring Services, 56:31, 57:30
Ford, Phoebe projects
Choosing the Study a Language other than English, 63:45
New South Wales Selective High Schools Test, 63:44, 64:24, 65:18
Participation in LOTE Study, 62:38–9
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Australian Component, 64:28, 65:25
Fordham, Adrian projects
Classroom Environment Study: Teaching for Learning, 51:28
Foreman, Jane projects
Senior Secondary Schooling in New South Wales, 58:23, 59:25
Forster, Margaret projects
Assessment and use of Profiles - Professional Development, 66:20
Assessment of Speaking and Listening, 64:24, 65:18
Assessment Resource Kit (ARK) Product Development, 27, 65:18, 66:20, 67:19
Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 60:38, 63:37
Benchmaking Curriculum Corporation Consultancy, 67:19
Catholic Education Office (Sydney) Literacy Monitoring Test, 66:19
DART Development Project, 64:24 DART English : 1-4 (Product Development
Project), 66:31 DART English : 2-5 (Product Development
Project) Norming Supplement, 66:31 DART English : Middle Primary (Product
Development Project) : Development, 67:20
DART English : Upper Primary (Product Development Project) - Norming, 66:31
DART English (Product Development Project), 64:36, 65:29
DART Mathematics (Product Development Project), 66:31
Factors Associated with the Development of Literacy, 65:25
Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) Item Development, 64:23–24
Method Effects in Reading, 64:24 National School English Literacy Survey,
67:19 National School English Literacy Survey,
Materials Development, 67:19 New South Wales Selective High Schools
Test, 64:28 Queensland Core Skills Test, 65:18 Tasmanian Department of Education,
Community and Cultural Development Literacy Testing Program, 66:20
Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT), 64:24
Western Australian Monitoring Standards in Education (WAMSE), 63:46, 64:23
Foster, Leo ACER Council, Member appointed by State
Institutes of Educational Research, Oct 1989 to Jun 1992, 60:69, 61:70, 62:95
ACER Council, Member Victoria, 1984-85 to Oct 1989, 55:41, 56:59, 57:65, 58:53, 59:60, 60:67
Frameworks for Learning (project) 1987-88, 58:20
Frankfurt Book Fair first ACER stand, 61:50
French First Certificates, development (project) 2000-01, 2002-03, 71:25, 73:26
Frigo, Tracey projects
ACT Literacy Assessment Program, 67:19 Assessment and use of Profiles - Research,
66:20, 67:19 Catholic Education Office (Sydney) Year 5
Literacy Monitoring Test 1997, 67:19 DART Mathematics : Upper Primary (Product
Development Project), 27, 67:20 Enhancing English Literacy Skills in
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Students, 68:10
Implementation of Curriculum Statements and Profiles in South Australian Schools, 67:19
Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 65:18, 66:19
National School English Literacy Survey, 67:19
Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and Numeracy, 66:19, 67:19–20
South Australian Profiles Evaluation, 66:21 Studies in Aboriginal Education, 67:24
funded projects. see finance, ACER - funded projects G Gardner, Howard
visit to ACER, 67:8 Gender and School Education (project) 1994-95 to
1995-96, 65:24, 66:26 gender differences, 55:6–7 Gender Differences in Post-School Pathways
(project) 1994-95, 65:22 gender performance comparisons, 51:24 general ability tests, 51:48–50, 51:51, 52:40, 55:18,
56:26
General Achievement Test (project) 2001-02 to 2003-04, 72:26, 73:27, 74:4
General Aptitude Test Battery Australian adaptation of Forms A and B, 58:31
General Clerical Test Australian Adaptation, 51:50 validity report, 51:50
General Information Services (project) 1980-81 to 1983-84, 51:55–6, 52:51, 53:51, 54:53
Gerba, Sendaba projects
Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) Item Development, 64:23–24
Getty, Corinne projects
ACER Dissemination Study, 67:24 Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 62:37,
63:43 Catholic Education Office Information
Systems, 65:24 Evaluation of Guidelines for School Annual
Reports, 65:25, 66:26 Gender and School Education, 65:24, 66:26 Postgraduate Destinations Survey, 64:26,
65:22, 66:24 Schooling for Students with Disabilities,
63:38, 64:28 Student Progress in Higher Education, 64:26
Gibson, Karen projects
Australian Co-operative Entry Program (ACEP), 65:18
Australian Law Schools Entrance Test (ALSET), 65:18
Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), 64:24, 65:18
Global Education Victoria Evaluation Project, 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:27, 74:3
Global Gateways: a Guide to Online Knowledge Networks : update (project) 2003-04, 74:3
Goldsworthy, Joanna projects
Parent Education, 56:36 Parent Education Services (Consultant
Services Project), 57:39–40 Parenting (Consultant Services Project), 59:41 Parenting Materials (Consultant Services
Project), 58:35 Tests and Materials (development and training
project), 59:39, 60:45, 61:47, 62:58 government schools, 52:25–26, 55:5 government systems, 63:8–11 Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test
(GAMSAT), 64:20, 65:17, 68:14–15, 71:8
GAMSAT for Dublin Vets (project) 2000-01, 71:23
GAMSAT for St George's Hospital (project) 2000-01, 71:23
project, 1993-94 to 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 64:23–24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20, 70:28, 71:24, 72:24
use (University of Nottingham and St George's Hospital Medical School, London), 72:24
Graduate Dental Admissions Centre (project) 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:30, 71:25, 72:25
Graduate employment, 51:37–38 Graduate Medical Admissions Centre (GMAC)
(project) 1994-95 to 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 65:19, 66:20, 67:20, 70:28, 71:24, 72:24
Graduate Skills Assessment predictive validity study (project) 2000-01, 71:24 project, 1999-2000 to 2002-03, 70:28, 71:24,
72:24, 73:25 test development (project) 2003-04, 74:2 use for entry to Graduate School of Management,
QUT (project) 2000-01, 71:24 Graduate Skills Assessment (GSA), 70:12–13 Greenwood, Lisa
projects Equity and Validity in ACER Tests, 67:19 New South Wales Selective High Schools
Test, 66:20, 67:19 NSW Test for Year 5 Opportunity Class, 67:19 Reliability Issues in the Third International
Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Coding, 66:21
Science and Mathematics in Australian Schools, 67:24
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Australian Component, 66:26
Griffin, Mark projects
Study of Recently Recruited Teachers, 61:27, 62:28
Group intelligence tests, 52:40–41 Guide to Cognitive Excellence in the Classroom
(project) 1991-92, 62:24 H Halsey, A.H.
Invitational Conference on Societal Change and its Impact on Education (Melbourne, August 1980) paper, 51:10
Hambur, Sam projects
ACT Trial Test, 64:23
Australian Scaling Test (AST), 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:19
Building an Item Bank, 67:20 Classifying and Banking Test Items, 64:24,
65:19, 66:21 Cross-curricular Test Factor Structure, 67:19 Evolving and Validating a Test Construct,
65:19, 66:21 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 67:20 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT) Item Development, 64:23–24
Investigation of Test Response Formats, 65:18 Queensland Core Skills Test, 64:24, 65:18 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
64:24, 65:18, 67:20 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) Item Development, 64:23
Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT), 64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Hamilton, Stuart ACER Council, Board of Directors, 2002-03,
73:65 ACER Council, Member appointed by Conference
of Education System Chief Executive Officers, May 2001 to 2001-02, 71:62, 72:62
ACER Council, Nominee of Australian Education Systems Officials Committee, 2002-03, 73:65
Hancock, Greg ACER Council, Member Official Representative,
1985-86, 56:60 handwriting study, 52:18, 53:36 Harsel, Yoshimi
projects Youth in Transition, 56:9
Harvey-Beavis, Adrian. see also Beavis, Adrian projects
ACER Mechanical Reasoning Test (Product Development Project), 65:29
Behaviour Problems Conferences, 66:28 Board of Studies Victoria - Visual Arts
Validation, 67:19 Comparative Employability of TAFE and
Higher Education Graduates, 66:24 Evaluating the Key Competencies in Arts
Education, 66:24 Evaluation of the First Steps in Literacy
Project, 64:28 Factors Associated with the Development of
Literacy, 65:25 First Steps Evaluation, 62:38, 63:44
Holland Vocational Interest Codes in the Australian Context, 64:24
Methodology for Assessment of Unmet Demand for University Places in Australia, 67:23
RAW - Curriculum Project, 66:21 School Audiences at the Museum of Victoria,
66:26, 67:24 Subject Choice in Senior Secondary Schooling,
63:23, 64:26 Teaching of Thinking: Classroom Evaluation,
66:26, 67:24 Teaching of Thinking: Teacher Perspectives,
65:25 Work Readiness Profile / Employment
Attribute Scale, 64:24 Havelock, R.G., 52:5 Hay, Bronwyn
projects Australian Journal of Education, 53:49 Philanthropic Trusts in Australia, 53:48
health science students selection testing, 68:14–15, 71:8–9
high schools entrance selection testing, 63:44
Higher education courses entry, 57:8, 58:22
Higher Education in the 1980s (project) 1990-91, 61:18
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australia (HERDSA), 51:5
Higher Education Selection Tests (project) 1987-88, 58:32
Higher Education Series (project) 1992-93, 63:22 higher order processes, 63:25 Hill, Peter
ACER Council, Member Appointed by Secretary of Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, May 2000 to Nov 2000, 70:60, 71:62
ACER Council, Member Official Representative, Nov 1991 to Oct 1992, 62:96, 63:106
Hocking, Helen ACER Council, Member Tasmania, 1984-85 to
Oct 1989, 55:42, 56:60, 57:66, 58:53, 59:60, 60:68
Holbrook, Allyson P. ACER Council, Board of Directors, 2002-03,
73:65 ACER Council, Member appointed by Institutes
of Educational Research Standing Committee, 2000-01 to 2002-03, 71:62, 72:62, 73:65
ACER Council, Member appointed by Standing Committee on Educational Research, 2003-04, 74:26
projects Australian Scholastic Aptitude Test (ASAT),
51:51, 52:43, 53:28, 54:26, 55:19, 56:28, 57:27
Australian Studies in Student Performance, 52:18, 53:34
Item Banking, 51:45 Maintenance of Educational Tests, 52:38 Youth Employment and Career Guidance,
54:54, 55:32, 56:11 Youth Unemployment and Career Guidance,
57:24 Holland Vocational Interest Codes in the Australian
Context (project) 1993-94, 64:24 Holland's vocational choice theories, 52:35 Hollingsworth, Hilary
project TIMSS 1999 Video Study, 73:13
Holzer, Faye projects
Australian Studies in Student Performance, 51:23
Classroom Environment Study: Teaching for Learning, 52:20, 53:38
Victorian School Achievement Tests, 51:42–3 home activities, 70:6 Hong Kong Curriculum Development Institute (CDI)
consultancy services, 2003-04, 74:2 equating study, 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:24, 74:2
Horne, Robert ACER Council, Board of Directors, 1999-2000 to
2001-02, 70:60, 71:62, 72:63 ACER Council, Member appointed by Secretary
of Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Nov 1998 to Nov 2001, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62, 72:63
Household Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia (HILDA) survey 2000-01 to 2003-04, 71:25, 72:25, 73:25, 74:3
Howard Murdoch, Lesley projects
Victorian School Achievement Tests, 51:42, 52:36, 53:19, 54:22
Hughes, Paul ACER Council, Co-opted member, Nov 1998 to
2000-01, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62 ACER Council, Elected member, 2001-02 to
2002-03, 72:62, 73:65 Hughes, P.W.
ACER Council, Member Tasmania, 1981-82 to 1983-84, 52:4, 53:2, 54:2
human capital, 69:20–1 humanities tests, 66:17, 67:16 Hunt, Malcolm
projects
Australian Scaling Test (AST), 65:18, 66:20, 67:19
Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 67:20
Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) Item Development, 64:23–24
Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 66:19 Queensland Core Skills Test, 64:24 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
65:18, 67:20 Undergraduate Medicine Admissions Test,
67:20 Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT),
64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20 Husen, Torsten, 52:13
Invitational Conference on Societal Change and its Impact on Education (Melbourne, August 1980) paper, 51:11
I iAchieve, development, 71:12–13 IAEA Training Workshops (development and
training project) 1990-91 to 1991-92, 61:46, 62:57
IEA Civics Education Study national project 2001-02, 72:24
IEA Civics Education Study, international project 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:29, 71:4–5, 71:25, 72:24
IEA Classroom Environment Study: Teaching for Learning Study (project) 1982-83 to 1984-85, 53:38–9, 54:40, 55:12
IEA Item Bank, 52:38 IEA Study of Written Composition (project) 1982-83,
1983-84, 53:37, 54:40 IGNITE (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:26, 74:3 immigrant Australians, educational experiences,
55:14, 56:18–19 Immigrant Australians and Education (project) 1984-
85 to 1985-86, 55:14, 56:18 Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement:
A Review of the Research, 2002-03, 73:16–17
Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement (project) 2002-03, 73:25
Implementation of Curriculum Statements and Profiles in South Australian Schools (project) 1996-97, 67:19
Implementation of Vocational Education and Training in Schools (project) 1999-2000, 70:29
Importance of Teacher Quality (project) 2002-03, 73:26
Improving Literacy Learning: What does the Research Tell Us (ACER Conference, 1999), 70:3
Improving Numeracy Learning: What does the Research Tell Us (ACER Conference, 2000), 71:16–17
Improving outcomes for Indigenous students (project) 2002-03, 73:23
improving schools, 61:7 improving student learning, 68:3, 69:5 Improving the Foundations of Lifelong Learning
(project) 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:27, 71:22, 72:23
Improving the quality of education, 55:15 independent learning, 57:16–17 independent schools
scholarship testing, 51:52–53, 52:44, 53:28–9, 54:27–8, 55:19–20, 56:29–30, 57:28, 57:29, 62:45, 70:16–17
indexing services, 52:50, 54:50, 55:29, 56:38–39, 68:22–23, 70:22
indigenous education, 68:10–11 Indigenous Education Review Paper (project) 1999-
2000, 2000-01, 70:27, 71:22 Indonesia, education reform, 71:6–7 Indonesia (development and training project) 1990-
91 to 1993-94, 61:46, 62:57, 63:60, 64:31 Indonesian Curriculum and Assessment Project
(project) 2000-01 to 2002-03, 71:24, 72:24, 73:24
Indonesian First Certificates, development (project) 2000-01, 2002-03, 71:25, 73:26
Industrial Leave for TAFE teachers (project), 52:27–8
Information and Communication Technology in Schools (project) 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:27, 71:22, 72:23
Information and Communication Technology Literacy Assessment Project, 2003-04, 74:3
Information processing, 58:24 Information Retrieval Services (library and
information services project) 1987-88, 58:35 information services, 52:6–7 Information Services and Technology Division,
ACER, establishment, 65:37, 66:8 information technologies, 67:23 Informit-Online (RMIT), 68:22–3 Infrastructure Resourcing in Schools Serving
Disadvantaged Communities (project) 1992-93, 63:23
Ingvarson, Laurence projects
Teacher Evaluation in Australia, 73:6 Initiatives to address teacher shortage (project) 2002-
03, 73:26
Institute of Educational Research in the Australian Capital Territory, 51:5
Institute of Educational Research in the Northern Territory, 51:5
Institute of Family Studies, 51:6 Institute of Multicultural Affairs, 51:6 Institutes of Educational Research
report, 55:48–55, 56:68–79, 57:75–88, 59:66–70, 60:76–80, 61:77–82, 62:103–9, 63:112–17, 64:66–8, 65:64–7, 66:69–73, 67:66–9, 67:66–69
See also State Institutes of Educational Research
Instructional programs evaluation against student performance, 73:5
intelligence, 55:18, 56:20, 57:16, 57:17, 60:25 Intelligence tests, 51:48–50, 52:40–41 Interactive item development (project) 2002-03,
73:23 interactive test analysis, 61:34 Intermediate Level General Ability Tests
revision and renorming, 51:47 International Association for the Evaluation of
Education Achievement (IEA) studies (See IEA studies)
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), General Assembly (Canberra, 1982), 52:13–14
international comparative studies, 51:28, 52:17, 52:20, 53:34, 53:37, 53:38, 54:36, 54:40, 55:12, 63:45, 64:24, 67:7, 68:6, 69:6, 70:29, 71:4, 71:25, 73:24–5, 74:2
International Consortium for Social and Political Research (ICPSR), 51:22
International Development Coordination (project) 1995-96, 66:28
International education research database, 73:20
International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1983), 53:8
International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies (project) 1981-82, 52:51–52
International English Language Testing System (project) 2000-01, 71:23
International ERIC (CD-ROM), 62:53, 63:56 International School Bangkok consultancy services,
2003-04, 74:2 International schools, 73:4, 73:5 International Schools Assessment (ISA)
adaption for Queensland curriculum, 73:5 development project, 73:4–5 translation into German, 73:5 use in Victoria as international benchmark, 73:5
International Seminar on Intelligence (Melbourne, August 1988), 58:25, 60:26
International Student Admissions Test (ISAT) development, 72:20
International students admission testing, 72:20 database, 73:20
Intrapersonal and interpersonal issues understanding by students, 72:6
Investigating Post-school Plans and Aspirations (project) 2003-04, 74:3
Investigating Teacher Professional Development and Student Learning Outcomes (project) 2000-01, 2001-02, 71:25, 72:25
Investigating the links between teacher professional development and student learning outcomes (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:25, 74:2
Investigation of effective mathematics teaching and learning in Australian secondary schools (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:25, 74:2
Investigation of Response Modes, Verbal Ability and Gender (project) 1995-96, 66:21
Investigation of Test Response Formats (project) 1994-95, 65:18
Invitational Conference on Societal Change and its Impact on Education (August 1980), 51:3, 51:7–18
Invitational Seminar on the Improvement of Measurement in Education and Psychology (May 1980), 51:3
Issues on the Utilisation of Student Data for Monitoring of the Relationship between Social Backgrounds and Educational Outcomes (project) 1999-2000, 70:29
Item banking, 52:37, 52:38, 53:21–2, 54:23, 54:24 Item Banking (project) 1981-82 to 1983-84, 52:38,
53:21–2, 54:23 item response theory (IRT), 59:33, 60:35–6, 61:31,
63:38 Item stability, 54:45 Izard, John F.
projects Asian Regional Seminar on National
Assessment Systems, 63:60 Behaviour Problems Conferences, 66:28 Competency Based Training (development and
training project), 61:46, 62:57 Conference on Assessment in the
Mathematical Sciences (development and training project), 61:47, 62:58
Conference on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (development and training project), 61:47, 62:58
Development of Assessment Training Modules, 66:28
Educational (Test Maintenance), 58:32 IAEA Training Workshops (development and
training project), 61:46, 62:57
Indonesia (development and training project), 61:46, 62:57, 63:60, 64:31
International Development Coordination, 66:28
Item Banking, 51:45, 52:38, 53:21, 54:23 Maintenance of Educational Tests, 51:46,
52:38, 53:23 Malaysia (development and training project),
60:45, 63:60, 64:31, 65:28 Malaysian Ministry of Education Courses,
66:28 Miscellaneous Testing Services, 52:45, 53:30,
54:29, 55:21, 56:31, 57:30 National Conferences on Assessment in the
Mathematical Sciences, 63:60 Personnel Selection Testing Program, 57:31–
32, 58:32 Processes Underlying Cognitive Performance,
58:25, 59:27 Review and Progress Tests in Mathematics,
53:22 Ross Trust Fellowships (development and
training project), 58:34, 59:39, 60:45, 61:46, 62:57, 63:60, 64:31
Seminar on National Testing (development and training project), 59:39
Solomon Islands (development and training project), 58:34, 59:39, 60:45, 61:46
Spatial Abilities, 60:27, 61.23, 62:24, 63:27, 64:28, 65:25
Technical Assistance for the Preparation of Primary Teacher Training Project for the Vietnamese Government, 70:8
Tests and Materials (development and training project), 59:39
Vietnam (development and training project), 64:31, 65:28
Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training Courses, 66:28
Western Samoa (development and training project), 58:34
J Jakarta International School Assessment Reform
(project) 2000-01 to 2002-03, 71:23, 72:24, 73:24
Jarrett, Glenn projects
Australian Scaling Test (AST), 65:18, 66:20 Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 66:19 Malaysia (development and training project),
64:31, 65:28 Queensland Core Skills Test, 64:24, 65:18
Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), 65:18, 66:20
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Item Development, 64:23
Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT), 65:18
Jeffery, Peter L. projects
Curriculum Materials Evaluation, 51:42 Educational Advisory Services, 51:60, 53:43 Educational (Consultant Services Project),
59:41 set: research information for teachers, 51:55,
52:51, 53:50, 54:52, 55:31, 56:37 Jenkinson, Josephine C.
projects Maintenance of Psychological Tests, 51:50,
52:42 Psychological Advisory Services, 51:61,
52:57, 54:47, 55:26 Psychological (Consultant Services Project),
58:35, 59:41 Psychological Services (Consultant Services
Project), 57:37–39 Psychological Tests and Materials, 56:35 Selective and Agricultural High Schools
Entrance Testing Program, NSW, 59:35, 60:38, 61:37
Tests and Materials (development and training project), 59:39, 60:45
Job applicants online assessment, 70:10
Johnson, Barbara projects
Educational Advisory Services, 51:60 Johnson, Trevor
projects Course Experience Survey Analysis, 66:24,
67:23 National School English Literacy Survey,
67:19 Postgraduate Destinations Survey, 66:24,
67:23 Science and Mathematics in Australian
Schools, 67:24 Studies in School Effectiveness, 66:26, 67:24 Technical Assistance for the Preparation of
Primary Teacher Training Project for the Vietnamese Government, 70:8
Johnston, Neil ACER Council, Member Official Representative,
1988-89 to Jul 1994, 59:60, 60:68, 60:69, 61:71, 62:96, 63:106, 64:62, 65:60
Jones, Suzanne projects
Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 60:38, 61:37
Jones, Warren B. projects
Australian Studies in Student Performance, 51:23
Discipline Review of Teacher Education in Mathematics and Science, 59:32, 60:33
Employment of Graduates and Diplomates of Colleges of Advanced Education, 51:37
Entry to Engineering, Technology and Science in Higher Education, 57:8, 58:23
Evaluation of Bridging and Supplementary Courses, 58:23, 59:25
Needs of Post-Secondary Education in the Northern and Western Suburbs of the Melbourne Metropolitan Area
1981-82, 52:27 Patterns of Participation in Post-Secondary
Education in Victoria, 53:11 Research in Colleges of Advanced Education,
56:12, 57:7 Secondary School Mathematics and
Technological Careers, 54:16, 55:6, 56:8
Studies of Sex Differences in Achievement in Mathematics and in the Transition from School, 51:26
Subject Choice in Senior Secondary Schooling, 60:24
Journal articles, online access 72:16-17
Junior Secondary Review (project) 1991-92, 62:31 Junior Secondary Science Project (JSSP), 51:5 K K-BIT: Standardisation (Product Development
Project) 1993-94, 64:36 Karmel, Peter H.
ACER Council, Board of Directors, 1999-2000, 70:60
ACER Council, Chair, 1998-99 to Nov 1999, 69:54, 70:60
ACER Council, Co-opted member, Oct 1989 to Nov 1999, 60:69, 61:70, 62:95, 63:105, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62, 69:54, 70:60
ACER Council, President, 1980-81 to 1998-99, 51:1, 52:3, 53:1, 54:1, 55:40, 56:58, 57:64, 58:52, 59:59
Invitational Conference on Societal Change and its Impact on Education (Melbourne, August 1980) paper, 51:17
Kay, Christopher M. projects
Computing Services, 54:45 Second IEA Science Study, 52:17, 53:34 Second International Science Study, 54:36 Statistical Analysis and Computing Services,
52:54, 53:41 Survey Research Services, 52:53
Keats, Daphne M. ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1980-81 to
1987-88, 51:1, 52:3, 53:1, 54:1, 55:40, 56:58, 57:64, 58:52
Keats, John A. ACER Council, Member Newcastle, New South
Wales, 1981-82 to 1988-89, 52:4, 53:2, 54:2, 55:41, 56:59, 58:53, 59:60, 60:68
Keeves, John P. ACER Council, Director, 1980-81 to Dec 1984,
51:3, 52:5, 53:3, 54:3, 55:4 ACER Council, Executive Committee, 1980-81 to
Dec 1984, 51:3, 52:5, 53:3, 54:3, 55:4 Director, 1980-81 to Dec 1984, 51:3, 52:5, 53:3,
54:3, 55:4 Invitational Conference on Societal Change and
its Impact on Education (Melbourne, August 1980) paper, 51:15
projects Australian Education Review, 51:54–55,
52:50, 53:50 Educational Environment and Student
Achievement, 53:37, 54:39 General Information Services, 51:55–56,
52:51, 53:51, 54:53 International Encyclopedia of Education:
Research and Studies, 52:51–52 Second IEA Science Study, 52:17, 53:34 Second IEA Science Study, International
Project Council, Chairman, 51:21, 52:17
Second International Science Study, 54:36, 55:10
Staffing and Resources in Australian Schools, 51:31, 52:25
Studies of Sex Differences in Achievement in Mathematics and in the Transition from School, 51:26
Retirement as Director, 55:47 Kendall, Ian
projects Personnel and Careers Guidance, 56:36 Personnel and Careers Services (Consultant
Services Project), 57:40 Personnel Selection Testing Program, 57:31–
32 Psychological (Consultant Services Project),
58:35, 59:41
Tests and Materials (development and training project), 59:39
Key Competencies - Extended trial of methods of assessing and reporting (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:27, 74:4
Key Competencies – Curriculum and Methods of Assessment and Reporting Achievements (project) 2000-01, 71:26
Key Competencies Assessment and Reporting (project)
consultancy - DEETYA 1995-96, 66:20
study - Victorian Board of Studies 1995-96, 66:21
Key Competencies Assessment and Reporting (project) 1994-95, 1996-97, 65:19, 67:19
Keymath, 60:37 Keynotes Music Evaluation Software Kit
development, 70:18–19 Khoo, Siek Toon
projects Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 59:35,
60:38, 61:37, 62:27 Computer Adaptive Testing Consultancy,
62:38 Computer Based Assessment, 61:32
King, John F. projects
Educational (Consultant Services Project), 58:35, 59:41
Educational Materials (Consultant Services Project), 57:37
Educational Testing (Consultant Services Project), 57:36
Educational Tests and Materials, 56:34 Malaysia (development and training project),
64:31, 65:28 Tests and Materials (development and training
project), 59:39, 60:45, 61:47, 62:58 King, Leonard
ACER Council, Member appointed by State Institutes of Educational Research, Oct 1989 to Oct 1990, 60:69, 61:70
ACER Council, Member Western Australia, 1988-89 to Oct 1989, 59:60, 60:68
Kleinhenz, Elizabeth projects
Teacher Evaluation in Australia, 73:6 Knight, Susan
ACER Council, Co-opted member, Nov 1998 to 2000-01, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62
ACER Council, Elected member, Jun 2001 to Nov 2001, 72:62
knowledge acquisition, 63:25
L Labour Market Outcomes from TAFE (project) 1994-
95, 65:22 Labour Market Outcomes of Participation in TAFE
(project) 1995-96, 66:24 Labour market participation, 62:18 Labour Market Relevance of Year 12 (project) 1989-
90, 60:24 Lachele, Judith
projects Australian Language Certificates (ALC),
62:37, 63:43, 64:23 Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 61:37 New South Wales Selective High Schools
Test, 64:28 Lamb, Stephen
projects Access and Equity in Vocational Education
and Training, 67:23 Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth,
66:24, 67:23 Studies in School Effectiveness, 66:26, 67:24
language certificates, 61:34, 65:16, 66:16, 67:7, 68:18–19
Language development, 51:29, 52:22 Language Development Project (Curriculum
Development Corporation) evaluation, 53:39
language education, 53:40, 54:42, 55:11, 56:15, 57:14
Language Education and Community Expectations (project) 1982-83 to 1986-87, 53:40, 54:42, 55:11, 56:15, 57:14
language in assessment, 69:23 language learning, 53:39 language skills tests, 52:32 languages other than English, 68:18–19
testing, 62:39 Laptop Computers in Schools (project) 1994-95 to
1995-96, 65:25, 66:26 laptops
student use, 69:8–9 large-scale survey research studies, 51:21 latent trait test theory, 55:24 Lavender, Geoff
projects Australian Education Thesaurus, 52:49–50,
53:48 law school entrance tests, 51:52 law students, 51:37–8 learning activities, 51:28 Learning and Teaching Research Division, ACER,
55:9–15, 56:13–22, 57:11–19
Learning and Teaching with New Technology (SITES M2) project 2002-03, 73:23
learning areas, 64:7–9, 66:11 learning assessment, 65:16 Learning Assessment Project (LAP) 1994-95 to
1995-96, 65:18, 66:19 learning community, 69:3–4 learning growth, 73:5 learning outcomes of students, 72:18 learning practices, 52:15 learning problems, 52:15 learning processes, 58:24, 60:25 Learning Processes in Different Environments
(project) 1989-90, 60:27 learning skills, 61:21 Learning with Laptops (Commbabah Research)
(project) 1990-91, 61:23 Learning with Microcomputers (project) 1991-92,
62:24 Lesman, Isabel
projects Learning with Laptops (Commbabah
Research), 61:23 Learning with Microcomputers, 62:24
Levin, Harry Invitational Conference on Societal Change and
its Impact on Education (Melbourne, August 1980) Paper, 51:12
Library and Information Services, ACER, 55:28–32, 56:38–40, 57:42–47, 58:35–36, 59:36–37, 60:41–42, 61:42–43, 62:52–54, 63:56–57, 64:29–30, 65:26. See also Program of Library and Information Services, ACER and Cunningham Library
review, 64:29 library catalogue conversion, 62:52 Life Roles Inventory: Standardisation (Product
Development Project) 1993-94 to 1994-95, 64:36, 65:29
Lifelong Learning and Secondary Schools (project) 2002-03, 73:21
lifelong learning in secondary schools, 71:18–19 Likert scale, 52:37 Linda, Perry
projects Catholic Education Office Information
Systems, 65:24 Lindsey, John
ACER Council, Board of Directors, 1999-2000, 70:60
ACER Council Staff Representative, Apr 1999 to Jun 2000, 69:54, 70:60
projects Australian Co-operative Entry Program
(ACEP), 60:38, 61:37
Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 59:35, 60:38, 61:37, 62:37, 63:43
Conference on Assessment in the Mathematical Sciences (development and training project), 61:47, 62:58
Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 60:38, 61:37, 64:23, 67:20
Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 67:20
Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) Item Development, 64:23–24
Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 65:18, 66:19
New PAT Maths (Product Development Project), 66:31
New South Wales Selective High Schools Test, 64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:19
Newcastle Medical Selection Tests, 62:38 NSW Test for Year 5 Opportunity Class, 67:19 PAT Maths - Revision and Renorming, 67:20,
67:27 Queensland Core Skills Test, 64:24, 65:18 Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and
Numeracy, 66:19, 67:19–20 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) Item Development, 64:23
Linking Educational Research with Policy and Practice? Director's comments, 65:4–11
listening scale, 64:13 listening skills, 68:18 listening tests, 51:43, 59:33, 60:34 Literacy & Numeracy Assessment (project). See also
Cost Effective Instrument Project Literacy & Numeracy Assessment (project) 2000-01,
71:24 Literacy achievement, 72:8 Literacy Advance (Catholic Education Commission
of Victoria), 70:14, 72:10 Literacy Advance Research Project (LARP) 1999-
2000 to 2003-04, 70:5, 70:14–15, 70:30, 71:26, 72:10–11, 72:25, 73:26, 74:3
Literacy Curricula and Key Competencies (project) 1993-94, 1994-94, 64:26, 65:22
Literacy development home support, 70:4
literacy development patterns, 70:6
Literacy in the Middle Primary Years (project) 2003-04, 74:3
Literacy in the New Millennium (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:26, 74:3
Literacy learning, 70:14 monitoring, 71:12–13 research, 70:3–5
literacy levels, 67:9–12 Literacy Review Paper (project) 2000-01, 71:23 Literacy skills, 58:20, 59:23 literacy skills
assessment, 69:12 Literacy teaching, 70:14 literacy tests, 66:16 Literature Review and Critique: Retention and
Participation in Education and Training (project) 2003-04, 74:4
Literature Review of Internationalisation in Australian Schools (project) 2002-03, 73:25
Literature Review of Parent-School Partnerships (project) 2002-03, 73:25
Lokan, Christopher J. projects
Statistical Analysis and Psychometric Services, 51:59
Lokan, Janice J. ACER Council, Staff Representative, 1984-85 to
1987-88, 55:42, 56:61, 57:67, 58:54 projects
The Structure of the Teaching Force and Teachers' Careers, 59:32
Assessment and use of Profiles - Research, 66:20, 67:19
Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 59:35, 60:38, 61:37, 62:37, 63:43
Benchmaking Curriculum Corporation Consultancy, 67:19
Career Guidance (Test Maintenance), 58:32 Career Guidance (Test Publication and Studies
Project), 59:35, 60:39, 61:38 Career Planning and Guidance, 51:41, 52:35,
53:18, 54:21, 55:17, 56:24, 57:22 Development of Occupational Interests, 61:18,
62:19, 63:22, 64:26, 65:22 Educational (Test Maintenance), 58:32 Educational (Test Publication and Studies
Project), 60:39, 61:38 Equity and Validity in ACER Tests, 67:19 Implementation of Curriculum Statements and
Profiles in South Australian Schools, 67:19
Investigation of Response Modes, Verbal Ability and Gender, 66:21
Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 65:18, 66:19
Life Roles Inventory: Standardisation (Product Development Project), 64:36, 65:29
Literacy Curricula and Key Competencies, 64:26, 65:22
Miscellaneous Testing Services, 55:21, 56:31, 57:30
New South Wales Basic Skills Testing Reporting, 64:23
Optical Mark Reading and Test Scoring Services, 53:31, 54:30
Personnel Selection Testing Program, 58:32 Quality of School Life, 58:32 Reliability Issues in the Third International
Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Coding, 66:21
SA Students of High Intellectual Potential, 67:20
Science and Mathematics in Australian Schools, 67:24
South Australian Profiles Evaluation, 66:21 Studies in School Effectiveness, 64:28 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) Australian Component, 64:28, 65:25, 66:26
TIMSS 1999 Video Study, 73:13 Vertical Equating in BSTP, 64:24 Vocational Interests, Aspirations and Choices,
58:23, 59:25, 60:24 Long, Michael
projects Academic Results of On and Off Campus
Students, 64:26, 65:22 Access and Equity in Vocational Education
and Training, 67:23 Australian Youth Survey, 63:22 Course Experience Survey Analysis, 64:26,
65:22, 66:24, 67:23 Disadvantaged Schools Component of
National Equity Program for Schools, 66:26
Educational Provision for Students from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Background, 64:28, 65:25
Gender Differences in Post-School Pathways, 65:22
Higher Education in the 1980s, 61:18 Higher Education Series, 63:22 Labour Market Outcomes from TAFE, 65:22 Labour Market Outcomes of Participation in
TAFE, 66:24 Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth,
66:24, 67:23 Monash-ACER Centre on the Economics of
Education and Training, 65:20, 66:24, 67:23
Postgraduate Destinations Survey, 64:26, 65:22, 66:24, 67:23
School to Work Transition of Indigenous Australians, 68:10
Second International Science Study, 59:23, 60:21
Student Progress in Higher Education, 64:26 TAFE Graduate Destination Survey, 67:23
Victorian Achievement Study - Literacy and Numeracy, 59:35
Victorian Science Achievement Study, 59:35 Youth in Transition, 59:25, 60:24, 61:18,
62:19, 63:23, 64:26, 65:22 Longitudinal Database in a Study of Higher
Education (ACER), 61:12 Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study for
Indigenous Students (Indigenous LLANS) project 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:23, 74:3
Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study (LLANS) project, 1999-2000 to 2002-03, 70:6–7, 70:27,
71:22, 72:23, 73:10–11, 73:23 use in survey of Indigenous children, 73:10–11
Longitudinal studies, 53:12–13, 54:15–16, 55:6, 56:9, 56:11, 57:10, 58:21, 59:24, 60:23, 62:18, 65:12, 65:21–22, 67:21, 69:14, 70:6, 70:14, 70:20, 73:10
Longitudinal Study of English Literacy and Numeracy Development in Indigenous Students (project) 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:27, 71:22, 72:23
Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children (project) 2001-02 to 2003-04, 72:25, 73:25, 74:2
Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99 to 2003-04, 66:24, 67:23, 69:14, 70:27, 71:22, 71:24, 72:8, 72:23, 73:14, 73:23, 73:25, 74:2
Lonsdale, Michele projects
Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement : a Review of the Research, 73:16
Louden, Warren ACER Council, Member Official Representative,
1986-87 to Oct 1989, 57:66, 58:54, 59:60, 60:68
Lowry, Anne projects
Resource Centre, 56:37 Resource Centre (Consultant Services Project),
57:35–36, 58:35, 59:41
M Macaskill, Greg
projects Key Competencies Assessment and Reporting,
67:19 Test Scoring Services, 67:20 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) International Consultancy, 67:19
WESTAT Analysis of US TIMSS data, 67:20 MacCullum, Judith
ACER Council, Member appointed by Institutes of Educational Research Standing Committee 2002-03, 73:65
ACER Council, Member appointed by Standing Committee on Educational Research, 2003-04, 74:26
Mailing, Jillian ACER Council, Board of Directors, 1999-2000 to
2002-03, 70:60, 71:62, 72:63, 73:65 Maintenance of Educational Tests (project) 1982-83
to 1986-87, 53:23, 54:31, 55:22, 56:32, 57:25 Maintenance of Psychological Tests (project) 1982-
83 to 1986-87, 53:27, 54:30, 55:23, 56:33, 57:25–26
Making a difference? Director's comments, 61:4–10 Malaysia (development and training project) 1989-
90, 1992-93 to 1994-95, 60:45, 63:60, 64:31, 65:28
Malaysian Ministry of Education Courses (project) 1995-96, 66:28
Maling, Jillian ACER Council, Chair, Nov 1999 to 2003-04,
70:60, 71:62, 72:62, 73:65, 74:26 ACER Council, Co-opted member, Jan 1985 to
2000-01, 55:40, 56:58, 57:64, 58:52, 59:59, 60:67, 60:69, 61:70, 62:96, 63:105, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62
ACER Council, Deputy Chair, 1998-99 to Nov 1999, 69:54, 70:60
ACER Council, Elected member, 2001-02 to 2003-04, 72:62, 73:65, 74:26
ACER Council, Vice-President, Apr 1991 to Jun 1997, 61:70, 62:95, 63:105, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62
Malley, Jeffery projects
Access and Equity in Vocational Education and Training, 67:23
Monash-ACER Centre on the Economics of Education and Training, 67:23
Mapping Educational Research and its Impact on Australian Schools (project) 1999-2000, 70:29
Mapping Pre-service Teacher Education in Australia (project) 2003-04, 74:3
Mapping Vocational Education in Schools (project) 1999-2000, 70:29
Mark Making (text), 57:31 marketing, ACER, 62:62–63, 63:63–6, 64:37–8,
65:35–6 Marketing and Customers Services, ACER, 66:37–8,
67:31–3 Marks, Gary
projects
Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth, 66:24, 67:23
Marshall, Steve ACER Council, Board of Directors, 2002-03,
73:65 ACER Council, Nominee of Australian Education
Systems Officials Committee, 2002-03 to 2003-04, 73:65, 74:26
Martin, Christine projects
Psychological Advisory Services, 52:57, 53:44, 54:47, 55:26
Psychological (Consultant Services Project), 59:41
Martin, Penny projects
Bibliography of Education Theses in Australia, 52:48, 53:47, 54:51, 55:30
Mason, Jillian D. projects
Studies of Sex Differences in Achievement in Mathematics and in the Transition from School, 51:26
Masters, Geofferey N. ACER Council, Board of Directors, 1999-2000 to
2002-03, 70:60, 71:62, 72:63, 73:65 ACER Council - Executive Director, Nov 1998 to
2003-04, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62, 72:63, 73:65, 74:26
Executive Director, Nov 1998 to 2003-04, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62, 72:63, 73:65, 74:26
projects The Measurement of Conceptual
Understanding, 61:32 Analysis of Teachers' Judgments, 67:19 Assessment and use of Profiles - Professional
Development, 66:20 Assessment Resource Kit (ARK) Product
Development, 67:19 Australian Language Certificates (ALC),
60:38, 61:38, 64:23 Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 59:35,
60:38, 61:37 DART Development Project, 64:24 Educational (Test Publication and Studies
Project), 59:35, 60:39, 61:38 National Comparable Achievement Measures,
65:19, 66:21 National School English Literacy Survey,
67:19 Seminar on National Testing (development and
training project), 59:39 Tertiary Entrance Procedures Authority
(TEPA), 64:24 Victorian Board of Studies Consultancy, 64:24
Western Australian Monitoring Standards in Education (WAMSE), 64:23
mathematical ability testing, 62:49 mathematical problem solving, 62:47, 63:53 Mathematics
enrolments at year 12, 58:10 mathematics achievement, 52:20, 58:19, 68:5
comparative studies, 64:27, 67:13 mathematics assessment
role of language, 69:22 Mathematics education, 51:21 mathematics education, 54:16, 55:6–7, 56:8–9
gender differences, 55:6–7, 56:8–9 Mathematics Education Research Group of Australia
(MERGA), 51:5 mathematics literacy, 69:6, 72:4, 73:4 Mathematics problem solving materials, 59:33 mathematics problem solving materials, 61:37, 62:48 Mathematics teaching, 52:20, 73:13 Mathematics Test E, 57:31 mathematics testing, 68:5–6 mathematics tests, 52:34, 52:39, 53:22–23, 53:24,
59:13, 60:36, 67:16 Mathews, Peter
projects Database Development (Library and
Information Services Project), 59:37, 60:42, 61:43
Matthews, Peter projects
Malaysia (development and training project), 64:31, 65:28
Mature age students selection testing for tertiary study, 53:28, 55:19–
20, 56:29, 57:28, 61:36, 63:51, 69:18–19 McBean, Noel
projects ASAT Mature Age, 55:19 ASAT Special Testing Program, 51:51, 52:44,
53:28, 54:27 Australian Scholastic Aptitude Test Mature
Age, 55:19, 56:29, 57:28 Committee on Overseas Professional
Qualifications, 52:45 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 52:44 ETS Testing Program, 51:53, 52:45 Higher Education Selection Tests, 58:32 Miscellaneous Testing Services, 52:45, 53:30,
54:29, 55:21, 56:31, 57:30 School Entry Testing Services, 58:32 Test Administration Services, 59:35
McCrae, Barry projects
TIMSS 1999 Video Study, 73:13 McCrossin, Peter
projects Conference on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(development and training project), 61:47, 62:58
Malaysia (development and training project), 64:31, 65:28
Tests and Materials (development and training project), 60:45, 61:47, 62:58
McCurry, Doug projects
The Challenges to Teachers Arising From Increased Retention of Students, 60:33
ACT Trial Test, 64:23 ACT Writing Test, 62:36, 63:42, 64:23 Assessment of Professional Competencies,
61:32 Assessment of Writing in Test Conditions,
61:32 AST Writing Test, 64:23 Australian Co-operative Entry Program
(ACEP), 59:35, 60:38, 61:37, 64:23 Australian Law Schools Entrance Test
(ALSET), 67:20 Australian Scaling Test (AST), 62:37, 63:43,
64:23, 65:18, 66:20 Australian Scaling Test (AST) Writing Test,
66:20, 67:19 Australian Scholastic Aptitude Testing
Program, 59:35, 60:38, 61:37 Cambodia-Australia National Examinations
Project (CANEP), 72:14 Cambodia (development and training project),
65:28 Cambodian Educational Measures
Consultancy, 65:19, 66:21, 68:12 Cambodian Grade II Consultancy, 66:28 Challenges of Retention for Teachers, 61:27 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 59:35, 60:38, 61:37 Cross-curricular Competencies, 67:19 Dubai Project, 64:23 Evolving and Validating a Test Construct,
64:24, 65:19, 66:21 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT) Item Development, 64:23–24
Higher Education Selection Tests, 58:32 Investigation of Test Response Formats, 65:18 Key Competencies Assessment and Reporting,
65:19, 67:19 Key Competencies Assessment and Reporting,
Consultancy - DEETYA, 66:20 Key Competencies Assessment and Reporting,
Study - Victorian Board of Studies, 66:21
Malaysia (development and training project), 64:31, 65:28
New South Wales Selective High Schools Test, 65:18, 67:19
Queensland Core Skills Test, 62:39, 63:45, 64:24, 65:18
Queensland Short-answer Consultancy, 62:39, 63:45
Reconceptualising the Basics, 59:23, 60:21 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
67:20 Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT),
64:24, 65:18, 66:20 McGaw, Barry
ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1980-81 to Dec 1983, 51:1, 52:3, 53:1, 54:1
ACER Council - Director, Jan 1985 to 1996-97, 55:42, 56:61, 57:67, 58:54, 59:60, 60:68, 60:70, 61:71, 62:96, 63:106, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65
ACER Council - Executive Director, 1996-97 to Aug 1998, 67:62, 69:54
Director, Jan 1985 - 1996-97, 55:42, 56:61, 57:67, 58:54, 59:60, 60:68, 60:70, 61:71, 62:96, 63:106, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65
Director's comments : Competence or Expertise?, 62:4–12
Director's comments : Making a difference?, 61:4–10
Director's comments : Monitoring Educational Achievement, 59:4–16
Director's comments : Politicising the standards debate, 66:9–14
Director's comments : Reforming Upper Secondary Education, 58:4–15
Director's comments : Research and Policy Development, 60:4–14
Director's comments : Standards from a Curriculum and Assessment Perspective, 64:4–15
Executive Director, 1996-97 to Aug 1998, 67:62, 69:54
projects The Sunrise School - A School of the Future,
60:30 Annual Workshop on Cognitive Processes and
Education, 58:25 Business Council of Australia Review Paper,
64:26 Certification in Upper Secondary Education,
55:12 Curriculum Redefined, 65:24, 66:26 Effective Schools Project, 61:30, 62:31, 63:38 Expertise in Problem Solving, 56:19 Processes Underlying Cognitive Performance,
58:25, 59:27
Review of the New South Wales Higher School Certificate, 66:24, 67:23
Review of the Queensland School Curriculum, 64:28
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Training Program, 64:24
Selection for Higher Education, 58:23 Selection Measures for Higher Education,
56:27, 57:12 Studies in School Effectiveness, 63:38 Victorian Achievement Study - Literacy and
Numeracy, 59:35 Victorian Science Achievement Study, 59:35
McGregor, Margie projects
Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), 67:20
McKenzie, Anne projects
Library, 59:37, 60:42, 61:43 McKenzie, Phillip A.
projects The Structure of the Teaching Force and
Teachers' Careers, 58:30, 59:32 Australian Education Review, 54:52, 55:30,
56:41, 57:47 Business Council of Australia Review Paper,
64:26 Curriculum Provision in Rural Secondary
Schools, 63:38 Decision Making in Schools, 58:20, 59:23,
60:21 Economics of Postcompulsory Schooling,
61:18, 62:19 Education and Youth Unemployment in South
Australia, 61:18 General Information Services, 53:51, 54:53 Infrastructure Resourcing in Schools Serving
Disadvantaged Communities, 63:23 Labour Market Outcomes from TAFE, 65:22 Labour Market Outcomes of Participation in
TAFE, 66:24 Labour Market Relevance of Year 12, 60:24 Monash-ACER Centre on the Economics of
Education and Training, 65:20, 66:24 National Report on Schooling, 62:31 Participation by Disadvantaged Young People
in Postcompulsory Education and Training, 61:18
Patterns of School Organization, 51:34–35, 52:26, 53:11, 54:15, 55:4, 56:6, 57:5
Review of Economics of Education in Australian Education Policy, 64:26
Review of the Economics of Education in Australian Education Policy, 63:23
Review of the Queensland School Curriculum, 63:38, 64:28
Secondary Education in Asia, 65:22, 66:24 Staffing and Resources in Australian and New
Zealand Schools, 53:10 Staffing and Resources in Australian Schools,
51:31, 52:25 Student Enrolment Projection Models, 65:25,
66:26 Subject Choice in Senior Secondary Schooling,
63:23 seconded to OECD, 66:9
McNab, Robin projects
DART English : Middle Primary (Product Development Project) : Development, 67:20
National School English Literacy Survey, 67:19
McQueen, Joy projects
ACT Writing Test, 64:23 AST Writing Test, 64:23 Australian Language Certificates (ALC), 66:19 Australian Language Certificates (ALC)
Primary Level, 66.19 Australian Scaling Test (AST), 64:23 Basic Skills Test (Orchard Series)
development, 67:20 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 64:23 Diagnostic English Language Test (DELTA),
64:24 Diagnostic English Language Test (DELTA) -
DELTA II, 67:20 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT) Item Development, 64:23–24
Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 65:18 Literacy Curricula and Key Competencies,
64:26, 65:22 National Australia Bank Language Certificates
(NABLC), 66:19, 67:19 New South Wales Selective High Schools
Test, 64:28 Programme for International Student
Assessment (PISA) 69:6
Queensland Core Skills Test, 65:18 Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and
Numeracy, 65:18, 66:19, 67:19–20 Reliability of Essay Assessment, 67:19 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
64:24 Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT),
64:24
Measurement and Evaluation Research Division, ACER, 55:16–23, 56:23–33, 57:20–32
Measurement Division, ACER, 58:31–32, 59:33, 60:34–39, 61:34–38, 62:36–44, 63:42–49, 64:20–24, 65:15–19, 66:15–21, 67:15–20
Measurement Instruments for Accreditation of Long Day Care Centres
development of tools (project) 2001-02 to 2003-04, 72:25, 73:26, 74:3
options for developing quality assurance (project) 2000-01, 71:25
options (project) 2000-01, 71:25 Measurement of Conceptual Understanding (project)
1990-91, 61:32 Measurement of Language Background, Culture and
Ethnicity for the Reporting of Nationally Comparable Outcomes of Schooling (project) 1999-2000, 70:29
Measurement of Socioeconomic Status for the Reporting of Nationally Comparable Outcomes of Schooling (project) 1999-2000, 70:29
medical research, 68:3 Medical students, 51:37–38 medical students
selection testing, 64:20, 65:17, 68:14–15, 71:8–9 selection tests, 61:35, 62:38
Meiers, Marion projects
Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Survey (LLANS), 70:6–7
Quality Teacher Program (QTP), 72:19 Melbourne/MacRobertson High Schools Selection
Test (project) 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 67:20, 70:30, 71:26
Mellor, Suzanne projects
ACT Writing Test, 62:36 Assessment and use of Profiles - Research,
67:19 Civics and Citizenship in School Curricula,
67:23 Civics Research Working Group, 66:26 Comparative Employability of TAFE and
Higher Education Graduates, 66:24 IEA Civic Education Study, 71:4 Labour Market Relevance of Year 12, 60:24 Laptop Computers in Schools, 65:25, 66:26 Literacy Curricula and Key Competencies,
64:26, 65:22 Teaching of Thinking: Classroom Evaluation,
66:26, 67:24 Teaching of Thinking: Teacher Perspectives,
64:28, 65:25 Values and Ethics in School Curricula, 66:26
Victorian Social Education Achievement Study, 62:40, 63:46
Mendelovits, Juliette projects
Australian Scaling Test (AST), 67:19 DART Development Project, 64:24 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 67:20 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT) Item Development, 64:23–24
New South Wales Selective High Schools Test, 66:20, 67:19
Predictive Validity of the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), 64:24, 65:19
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
69:7 Queensland Core Skills Test, 65:18 Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT),
64:24, 66:20, 67:20 Western Australian Monitoring Standards in
Education (WAMSE) Analysis of Test Data (English and Technology), 66:20
Western Australian Monitoring Standards in Education (WAMSE) Test Development, 65:18
Metacognition (project) 1987-88 to 1988-89, 58:25, 59:27
metacognitive processes, 57:16, 58:24, 61:22 Method Effects in Reading (project) 1993-94, 64:24 Methodology for Assessment of Unmet Demand for
University Places in Australia (project) 1996-97, 67:23
Middle Years Literacy Professional Development Project, 2001-02, 72:25
Mildern, Di ACER Council, Member Official Representative,
1987-88, 58:54 Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale
Junior Form 2, Set A, 52:43, 53:27 Miller, Elspeth
projects Australian Education Index, 51:54, 53:46 Australian Education Index (Project and
Service), 51:54: 52:47, 53:46, 54:50, 55:29, 56:38, 57:43
Bibliography of Education Theses in Australia, 55:30
Database Development (Library and Information Services Project), 59:37, 60:42, 61:43
Information Retrieval Services (Library and Information Services Project), 58:35
Library, 51:56, 52:49, 53:46, 54:49, 55:28, 56:38, 57:42, 58:35, 59:37, 60:42, 61:43
Miller, Hilary projects
Language Education and Community Expectations
Participation in Postcompulsory Secondary Education, 55:7
Post-compulsory schooling Project, 54:18 Secondary School Retention, 53:13 Structural Relations in Secondary Education,
55:5 Structural Relations in Victorian Secondary
Education, 56:7, 57.5 Youth in Transition, 55:6, 56:9, 57:10, 58:23,
59:25, 60:24, 61:18, 62:19 Milligan, B.C.
ACER Council, Member Official Representative, 1981-82, 1982-83, 52:4, 53:2
Mills, John M. projects
Australian Studies in Student Performance, 51:23, 52:18
Ministerial Statement on the Review of Commonwealth Functions (April 1981), 51:6
Miscellaneous Testing Services (project) 1981-82 to 1986-87, 52:45, 53:30, 54:29, 55:21, 56:31, 57:30
mobile students, 66:11 Models of School Learning (project) 1983-84 to
1985-86, 54:43, 55:13, 56:17 Moderation Procedures - Tasmania (project) 2000-
01, 71:26 Moderation Procedures Consultancy, 70:30 Monash-ACER Centre on the Economics of
Education and Training (CEET) See also Centre on the Economics of Education
and Training (CEET) Monash-ACER Centre on the Economics of
Education and Training (CEET), 1994-95 to 1996-97, 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 65:22, 66:24, 67:23, 70:27, 71:22, 72:23
Monitoring Competence (project) 1987-88, 58:32 monitoring educational achievement, 63:42, 64:4–7 Monitoring Educational Achievement. Director's
comments, 59:4–16 monitoring standards, 63:42, 64:4–7, 64:12 moral development of students, 72:6 Morgan, George
projects ACT Trial Test, 64:23 Aptitude Profile Test Series (APT Series)
evelopment, 68:16 ASAT Validation Studies, 51:58 Australian Scaling Test (AST), 62:37, 63:43
Australian Scholastic Aptitude Test, 51:51, 52:43, 53:28, 54:26, 55:19, 56:28, 57:27
Australian Scholastic Aptitude Testing Program, 59:35, 60:38, 61:37
Cambodia (development and training project), 65:28
Cambodian Educational Measures Consultancy, 65:19, 66:21, 68:12
Cambodian Grade II Consultancy, 66:28 Charting Student Progress, 56:25, 57:23 Computerised Testing, 58:32 Computerized Adaptive Testing, 55:17, 56:25,
57:23 DART Mathematics : Upper Primary (Product
Development Project), 27, 67:20 Evolving and Validating a Test Construct,
64:24 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 67:20 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT) Item Development, 64:23–24
Higher Education Selection Tests, 58:32 Key Competencies Assessment and Reporting,
67:19 Monitoring Competence, 58:32 Queensland Core Skills Test, 62:39, 63:45,
65:18 Queensland Short-answer Consultancy, 62:39,
63:45 Royal Australian College of General
Practitioners (RACGP) Training Program, 64:24
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Training Program, 65:19
Selection for Higher Education, 58:23 Studies in Criterion Referenced Measurement,
51:59, 53:42 Studies in Criterion-Referenced Measurement,
51:59, 52:54–55, 53:42, 54:44, 55:24 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) Item Development, 64:23
Use of Technology in Assessment and Reporting, 66:21
Victorian Achievement Study - Literacy and Numeracy, 59:35
Victorian Science Achievement Study, 59:35 Western Samoa (development and training
project), 58:34 Multiple-choice test items, 52:37 Musical ability testing, 70:18–19 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, 61:47, 62:58
N Nankervis, Sue
projects Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
69:19 National Australia Bank Language Certificates
(NABLC). See also Australian Language Certificates (ALC)
project, 1995-96 to 1997-98, 1999-2000 to 2000-01, 66:19, 67:19, 68:18–19, 70:28, 71:24
National Awards for Quality Schooling (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:25, 74:2
National Centre for Research on Rural Education, 51:6
national collaboration, 66:11 National Comparable Achievement Measures
(project) 1994-95 to 1995-96, 65:19, 66:21 National Conference on Behavioural Problems
(development and training project) For later entries see Behavioural Problems
Conferences (project) National Conference on Behavioural Problems
(development and training project) 1988-89 to 1994-95, 59:39, 60:45, 61:46, 62:58, 63:60, 64:31, 65:28
National Conference on Social Studies (1981), 51:43 National Conferences on Assessment in the
Mathematical Sciences 1992-93, 63:60 National Conferences on Assessment in the
Mathematical Sciences 1992-93). See also Conference on Assessment in the Mathematical Sciences (development and training project) (1990-91 to 1991-92)
National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) award to ACER, 62:13
National curriculum, 51:29 National curriculum framework, 59:22, 66:12 national goals of education, 66:11 national Guide to Literacy, 58:20, 59:23, 61:27 National Guide to Literacy (project) 1990-91, 61:27 National indicators development, 52:19 National Language Policy for Australia, 52:19 national monitoring and reporting, 64:9 National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition
(NOOSR) Item Bank Project 1995-96, 1996-97, 66:21, 67:19
National Primary Science Assessment Project for Year 6 (PSAP) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:26, 74:3
national profiles, 64:8–9, 64:14, 66:12 National Report on Schooling (project) 1991-92,
62:31 national research agenda, 69:5 national reviews, 65:4–5, 65:9–10
National Sample Study on Social Objectives of Schooling (project) 1996-97, 67:24
National School English Literacy Survey (NSELS), 67:7, 67:9, 69:4, 69:12
materials derived for ACT Assessment project, 69:12
National School English Literacy Survey (project) materials development, 1997, 67:19 questionnaire development and evaluation, 1996-
97, 67:19 survey 1997, 67:19 test development, 1995-96, 66:19 trial, 1995-96, 66:19
National Science Foundation (project) 1995-96, 1996-97, 66:21, 67:19
National Standards Framework for Teaching Profession (project) 2001-02, 72:25
National Studies on Educational Outcomes, 51:21–25, 51:35–36
National Survey of School-Industry Programs, 1995-96, 66:24
Nature of Inquiry (project) 1991-92, 62:24 Navaratnam, Kathiravelu
projects Discipline Review of Teacher Education in
Mathematics and Science, 59:32, 60:33
Subject Choice in Senior Secondary Schooling, 60:24
NEALE Analysis of Reading Ability Renorming (project)
1996-97, 27, 67:20 Neale Analysis of Reading Ability (test), 57:25 Needs of Post-Secondary Education in the Northern
and Western Suburbs of the Melbourne Metropolitan Area
1981-82, 52:27 Nevile, Liddy
projects Educational Computing Activities, 59:29 School of the Future, 58:27
New Directions in Assessment and Evaluation (project) 1987-88, 58:20
New Education Movement, 53:5 New South Wales Basic Skills Testing Reporting
(project) 1993-94, 64:23 New South Wales Catholic Education Office
(Sydney) Literacy Monitoring Test (project) See Catholic Education Office (Sydney) Literacy
Monitoring Test (project) New South Wales Higher School Certificate review,
66:8, 67:7 New South Wales Opportunity Class Placement Test.
See also New South WalesTest for Year 5 Opportunity Class
project, 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:30, 71:25, 72:25
New South Wales Quality Teacher Program Evaluation (project) 2000-01 to 2002-03, 71:25, 72:25, 73:26
New South Wales Selective High Schools Test evaluation of inclusion of a writing component
(project) 1999-2000, 70:30 project, 1992-93 to 1996-97, 1999-2000 to 2003-
04, 63:44, 64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:19, 70:30, 71:25, 72:25, 73:26, 74:3
New South WalesTest for Year 5 Opportunity Class. See also New South Wales Opportunity Class Placement Test
project, 1996-97, 2002-03, 2003-04, 67:19, 73:26, 74:3
New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), 52:6
New Zealand government schools, 52:25–26 Newcastle Medical Selection Tests (project) 1991-92,
62:38 Non-attendance at School (project) 1999-2000, 70:29 Non-formal Literacy Replacement Assessment in
Vocational Education and Training (project) 2002-03, 73:25
Non Verbal Ability Tests (NAT), 53:25–26, 54:24–26 Non-verbal Ability Tests (project) 1982-83 to 1983-
84, 53:25, 54:24 non verbal tests, 51:48–50, 52:40, 53:25–26, 54:24–
26, 55:18, 56:26 Non verbal Tests of General Ability (project) 1984-
85 to 1985-86, 55:18, 56:26 Norm-referenced tests, 52:39 Norming of ACER tests, 54:31–32 Numeracy achievement, 72:8 numeracy development patterns, 70:6 Numeracy in the early years: Project Good Start,
2002-03, 2003-04, 73:25, 74:3 Numeracy learning
monitoring, 71:12–13 numeracy learning
research, 71:16 Numeracy Review Paper (project) 2000-01, 71:23 numeracy skills
assessment, 69:12 numeracy tests, 66:16 Numeration tests, 51:23–24 O occupation coding, 64:21 Occupational Finder (test), 53:18, 54:21 occupational interests, 62:18 Occupations selection testing, 57:31
O'Connor, Gayl projects
Western Australian Monitoring Standards in Education (WAMSE), 68:21
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). See Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Oley, Elizabeth projects
Australian Education Index (Project and Service), 51:54: 52:47, 53:46, 54:50, 55:29, 56:38, 57:43, 58:34
Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors, 55:28, 56:40, 57:46
Bibliography of Education Theses in Australia, 55:30, 56:39, 57:45
Database Development (Library and Information Services Project), 59:37
Information Retrieval Services (Library and Information Services Project), 58:35
Olle, Deborah projects
Basic Skills Test (Orchard Series) development, 67:20
Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and Numeracy, 66:19, 67:19–20
Tests of Basic Skills - Levels 3, 5, 6 (Product Development Project), 66:31
Online access to journal articles 72:16-17
Online school assessment, 71:12–13 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT)
(project) 2003-04, 74:2 Open Learning Through School Tutorials (project)
1992-93, 63:33 Open Learning Through Schools (project) 1993-94,
64:26 Optical Mark Reading and Test Scoring Services
(project) 1982-83, 1983-84, 53:31, 54:30 Optical Mark Reading (OMR), 53:31, 54:30, 56:31,
57:30 Otis Lennon Intermediate Level Test (Psychological
Corporation), 51:48 Otis-Lennon School Ability Test-Advanced Form R,
52:43, 53:27, 54:30, 58:31 Otis-Lennon School Ability Test-Intermediate Form
R, 52:31, 52:40 outcomes of education, 51:35–36, 58:21, 62:6–12 Outcomes of Entry-level Training (project) 1999-
2000, 70:29 overseas development programs, 63:58, 64:30 overseas skills recognition, 62:38 overseas students selection testing, 53:36, 54:39,
63:53 Overseas tests
Adaption for Australian use, 52:34
Owen, John M., 52:5 P Pacific Islands Social Tolerance Project, 2000-01,
71:23 Panel Study of Teaching and Learning in Schools
(project) 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:27, 71:22, 72:23
Papua New Guinea Curriculum Reform Implementation Project
curriculum standards monitoring test, 2003-04, 72:24, 73:2
curriculum standards test activity, 2001-02, 72:24 parent education, 56:36 Parent Education Catalogue, 57:39 Parent Education (project) 1985-86, 56:36 Parent Education Services (Consultant Services
Project) 1986-87, 57:39–40 Parenting (Consultant Services Project) 1988-89,
59:41 Parenting Materials (Consultant Services Project)
1987-88, 58:35 Participation by Disadvantaged Young People in
Postcompulsory Education and Training (project) 1990-91, 61:18
participation in education, 58:22, 62:4 participation in higher education, 61:12 Participation in LOTE Study (project) 1991-92,
62:38–39 Participation in Postcompulsory Secondary
Education (project) 1984-85, 55:7 Participatory research, 53:7 Pascoe, Susan
ACER Council, Elected member, Nov 2001 to 2001-02, 72:62
PAT See Progressive Achievement Tests in
Mathematics Patterns of Participation in Post-Secondary Education
in Victori (project) 1982-83, 53:11 Patterns of School Organization (project) 1980-01 to
1986-87, 51:34–35, 52:26, 53:11, 54:15, 55:4, 56:6, 57:5
Pavia, Murray projects
Vocational Interests, Aspirations and Choices, 58:23
Paxman, Marina projects
Senior Secondary Schooling in New South Wales, 59:25, 60:24
Payne, Heather A. projects
Second International Science Study, 55:10, 56:14, 57:12–14, 58:20
Performance Assessment in Science and Mathematics (project) 1995-96, 1996-97, 66:20, 67:19
Performance Audit of Literacy Standards in Schools (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:27, 74:3
Perkins, Gladys projects
Australian Youth Survey, 63:22 Youth in Transition, 63:23
Perkins, Jackie projects
Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and Numeracy, 65:18
Perry, Linda projects
Course Experience Survey Analysis, 64:26, 65:22
Curriculum Provision in Rural Secondary Schools, 63:38
Postgraduate Destinations Survey, 64:26, 65:22
Review of the Queensland School Curriculum, 63:38, 64:28
Student Progress in Higher Education, 64:26 Subject Choice in Senior Secondary Schooling,
63:23 personal computing, 63:26 Personal Study Coach (product development project)
1993-94 to 1996-97, 64:37, 65:29, 66:31, 67:27
personnel and careers guidance, 56:36 Personnel and Careers Guidance (project) 1985-86,
56:36 Personnel and Careers Services (consultant services
project) 1986-87, 57:40–41 Personnel Officer, ACER
appointment, 65:37 personnel selection testing, 58:31, 60:37, 62:49 Personnel Selection Testing Program (project) 1986-
87 to 1987-88, 57:31–32, 58:32 Personnel (test publication and studies project) 1988-
89 to 1990-91, 59:35, 60:39, 61:38 PhD scholarship, ACER
first award, 66:10 Philanthropic trusts, 53:48–49 Philanthropic Trusts in Australia (project) 1982-83,
53:48 Philosophical Enquiry and the Teaching of Thinking
(project) 1994-95 to 1996-97, 65:25, 66:26, 67:24
philosophical inquiry, 67:23 philosophical model of a community of inquiry in the
classroom, 69:8–9
philosophy and school curriculum, 66:26 philosophy for children, 60:40, 61:39, 62:22, 63:26 Philosophy for Children (project)
Conferences and Workshops 1995-96, 1996-97, 66:26, 67:24
Philosophy for Children (project) 1989-90, 1993-94, 60:27, 64:28
Phonemic awareness, 70:3–4 Piper, Kevin J.
ACER Council, Staff Representative, 1980-81 to 1984-85, 1988-89 to Oct 1989, 51:3, 52:5, 53:3, 54:4, 55:4, 59:60, 60:68
projects Effective Schools Project, 62:31, 63:38 Evaluation of Hervey Bay Senior College,
56:17, 57:16 Evaluation of the Language Development
Project, 51:29, 52:22, 53:39 Evaluation Training Module, 64:28 Frameworks for Learning, 58:20 Indonesia (development and training project),
62:57, 63:60, 64:31 Language Education and Community
Expectations, 53:40, 54:42, 55:11, 56:15, 57:14
Malaysia (development and training project), 60:45
New Directions in Assessment and Evaluation, 58:20
Program Evaluation Unit, 57:19 Reconceptualising the Basics, 58:20, 59:23,
60:21 Redefining the Curriculum, 59:23, 60:21 Review of the Queensland School Curriculum,
64:28 Ross Trust Fellowships (development and
training project), 58:34, 59:39, 60:45, 61:46, 62:57, 63:60, 64:31
Solomon Islands (development and training project), 60:45
Teaching Style and Language Learning, 51:30, 52:22, 53:39
Victorian Social Education Achievement Study, 62:40, 63:46
WA Social Education Achievement Study, 64:23
Western Samoa (development and training project), 58:34
Western Samoan Curriculum Development Project, 56:21, 57:18
Youth in Transition, 56:9 policy and practice, 65:4–11 policy development, 60:4 Policy documents
indexing, 58:34
Policy Maker’s Guide to International Achievement Studies (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:27, 71:22
Policy Maker’s Guide to Systematic Assessment Programs (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:27, 71:22
Policy Research Division, ACER, 64:25–28, 65:20–25, 66:22–26, 67:21–24
Politicising the standards debate. Director's comments, 66:9–14
Poole, Millicent E. ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1981-82 to
1985-86, Oct 1989 to Nov 1998, 52:3, 53:1, 54:1, 55:40, 56:59, 60:69, 61:70, 62:95, 63:105, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62, 69:54
ACER Council, Vice-President, 1986-87 to Oct 1989, 57:64, 58:52, 59:59, 60:67
Porter, Paige ACER Council, Board of Directors, 1999-2000 to
2002-03, 70:60, 71:62, 72:63, 73:65 ACER Council, Co-opted member, Feb 2000 to
2000-01, 70:60, 71:62 ACER Council, Deputy Chair, 2002-03 to 2003-
04, 73:65, 74:26 ACER Council, Elected member, 2001-02 to
2003-04, 72:62, 73:65, 74:26 Portfolio Project – Assessment and Reporting
Software, 1999-2000, 70:29 Post-compulsory Schooling Project 1983-84, 54:18 Post school training, 70:20 Post secondary education, 52:27, 53:11–12 postcompulsory schooling, 54:18, 55:7–8, 56:17,
57:16, 59:24, 64:25–26 Postgraduate Destinations Survey (project) 1993-94
to 1996-97, 64:26, 65:22, 66:24, 67:23 Postlethwaite, Neville, 52:13 practitioners, working with, 68:4 Predictive Validity of the Special Tertiary
Admissions Test (STAT) (project) 1993-94, 1994-95, 64:24, 65:19
Preparation for the Workforce (Report), 51:20 Preparation of Information Booklet for the CSF11
Annotated Wall Charts (project) 1999-2000, 70:30
Primary Mathematics Teaching: Using Communities of Inquiry to Remodel Classroom Practice (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:27, 71:22
Primary Schools Resourcing Study, 2001-02, 72:25 Primary teacher training in Vietnam, 70:8 Privacy and Young People: schools resources project,
2002-03, 2003-04, 73:27, 74:3 problem solving, 55:18, 56:19, 56:20, 58:24, 60:25,
61:21 profiles, 62:47, 63:53
Problem Solving and Learning (project) 1990-91, 1992-93 to 1996-97, 61:23, 63:27, 64:28, 65:25, 66:26, 67:24
Problem solving programs, 52:8 Processes Underlying Cognitive Performance
(project) 1987-88, 1988-89, 58:25, 59:27 Proctor, Isabelle
ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1986-87 to Jun 1992, 57:65, 58:52, 59:59, 60:67, 60:69, 61:70, 62:95
Product Development Projects, 1991-92 to 1995-96, 62:47–50; 63:53–54, 64:36–37, 65:29, 66:31
Professional certification of teachers, 71:14–15 Professional development programs, 72:18 Professional liaison activities, 54:55 Professional Liaison Project, 1983-84 to 1984-85,
54:55, 55:32 professional socialization, 56:11 Professional standards, 71:14–15 Professional Standards in Science (project) 2003-04,
74:3 Professionals in Australia (project) 1985-86, 56:11 Profile of Mathematics Skills (POMS) (tests), 52:39–
40, 57:23 profiles, 66:16 Profiles of Problem Solving (POPS), 62:47, 63:53 Program Evaluation Training Module (project) 1994-
95, 65:25 Program Evaluation Unit (project) 1986-87, 57:19 Program for Assessing Youth Employment Skills
(PAYES) (Test), 51:41, 52:31, 52:32 Program for Students with Disabilities : Achieving
Effective Outcomes (project) 2002-03, 73:26 Program in Learning and Teaching, ACER, 51:19–
20, 52:15–23, 53:32–40, 54:33–43 Program in Measurement and Evaluation, ACER,
51:39–53, 52:31–45, 53:16–31, 54:20–32 Program in Social Context of Education, ACER,
51:31–32, 52:24–30, 53:9–15, 54:14–19 Change of name, 51:31
Program of Advisory Services, ACER, 51:60–61, 52:56–58, 53:43–45, 54:46–48
Program of Library and Information Services, ACER, 51:54–56, 52:46–52, 53:46–51; 54:49–55
Program of Psychometric Services, ACER, 51:54–56 Program of Survey and Psychometric Services,
ACER, 52:53–55, 53:41–42, 54:44–45 Programme for International Student Assessment
(PISA) assessment for additional countries (project) 2002-
03, 73:24 computer based assessment of scientific literacy
(project) 2003-04, 74:2 ICT feasibility study, 2002-03, 73:24
international project, 1998-99 to 2003-04, 69:6, 70:28, 71:23, 72:4–5, 72:24, 73:3, 73:4, 73:18, 73:24, 74:2
longitudinal study, 2002-03, 73:24 national project, 1999-2000 to 2003-04, 70:29,
71:24, 72:25, 73:25, 74:3 PISA Plus project, 2003-04, 74:2 science framework expansion project, 2002-03,
73:24 social background report (international) project,
2002-03, 73:24 survey of student achievement (project) 2002-03,
73:24 Programs for At Risk Students (Australia) (project)
1994-95, 65:25 Programs for At Risk Students (Overseas) (project)
1994-95, 65:25 Progress Charts kit, 56:26, 57:23 Progress Maps for Middle-School Mathematics
(project) 2000-01 to 2003-04, 71:23, 72:24, 73:24, 74:2
Progress Maps (WA Curriculum Council) project 2001-02, 2002-03, 72:26, 73:27
Progress tests, 52:34 Progressive Achievement Tests (PAT), 51:46, 52:39,
53:24, 54:31 Comprehension, Form A., 57:25 Mathematics, 52:39, 53:24, 54:31 PAT Maths
development, 1995-96, 66:31 revision and renorming 1996-97, 67:20, 67:27
PAT Maths and PAT Reading, Tasmanian sample testing (project) 1999-2000, 70:30
PAT Reading and PAT Mathematics,Tasmanian norming (project) 2000-01, 71:26
Reading Comprehension and Reading Vocabulary, 51:46, 52:39
Progressive Education Movement, 53:5, 53:6 Project to improve numeracy outcomes by
investigating the practices and learning experiences that support the early numeracy development of a sample of children in the year before school and the first year of schooling, 2000-01, 71:24
Project to investigate 'Third Wave' intervention strategies for students with learning difficulties who are in mainstream schools in Years 4,5 and 6, 2003-04, 74:3
Proof Reading Tests of Spelling (PRETOS), NZCER, 52:33
Proposed Feasibility Studies for NEPMT Reporting (project) 1999-2000, 70:29
Provision of advise and support to Jakarta International School (project) 2000-01, 71:23
Provision of English program placement tests – Sekolah Pelita Harapan Pilot program, 2000-01, 71:23
Provision of Psychometric and Assessment Advice and Reporting for Assessment Improvement Monitor (project) 2000-01, 71:26
Psiliakos, Lula projects
Library, 51:56, 52:49, 53:46, 54:49, 55:28, 56:38, 57:42, 58:35, 59:37, 60:42, 61:43
Psychological Advisory Services (project) 1980-81 to 1984-85, 51:61, 52:57–58, 53:44–45, 54:47, 55:26–27
Psychological (consultant services project) 1987-88 to 1988-89, 58:35, 59:41
Psychological Corporation Testing Program (project) 1980-81, 1981-82, 51:53, 52:45
Psychological Services (consultant services project) 1986-87, 57:37–9
Psychological (test maintenance) (project) 1987-88, 58:32
Psychological (test publication and studies project) 1988-89 to 1990-91, 59:35, 60:39, 61:38
Psychological testing, 52:11 psychological tests, 52:42, 53:27, 54:30–31, 55:23,
56:33, 57:25 Psychological Tests and Materials (project) 1985-86,
56:35 psychometric modelling, 63:38, 67:17 Psychometric Models (project) 1990-91 to 1996-97,
61:32, 62:34, 63:40, 64:24, 65:19, 66:21, 67:19
Psychometric Properties of the Cooperative Scholarship Tests (project) 1993-94, 1995-96, 64:24, 66:21
psychometric support, 66:18 Psychometric Support Methods (project) 1996-97,
67:19 psychometric techniques, 54:45, 61:31, 65:17 psychometric technology, 62:33 public education, 63:4–14 publishing, ACER, 51:62–64, 52:59–62, 53:52:55,
54:56–59, 55:33–34, 56:44–50, 57:48–50, 58:36:37, 59:42–45, 60:50–54, 61:50–55, 62:60–62, 63:63–66, 64:32–36, 65:30–34, 66:32–36, 67:27–31
Purcell, Kevin projects
Australian Co-operative Entry Program (ACEP), 56:30
Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 56:29, 57:28–29
School Entry Testing Services, 58:32 Test Scoring Services, 58:32
Purves, Alan, 51:27
Q quality of education, 55:15, 59:5, 67:22 Quality of Education Review Committee (project)
1984-85, 55:15 Quality of Primary Schooling (project) 1987-88,
58:20 quality of school life, 52:29–30, 57:6, 57:24, 58:19 Quality of School Life (project) 1987-88, 58:32 quality of School Life surveys, 51:35–36, 52:30,
54:19 Quality of Student (project) 1986-87, 57:24 Quality Teacher Program Evaluation (Catholic
Education Commission of Victoria) project 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 71:26, 72:25, 73:26
Quality Teacher Program (QTP) 2001-02, 72:18–19 quantitative reasoning skills, 68:16–17 Queensland Ambulance Service - use of tests
(project) 2000-01, 71:25 Queensland Assessment Tasks (project) 2002-03,
2003-04, 73:26, 74:3 Queensland Core Skills Test (project) 1991-92 to
1994-95, 62:39, 63:44–45, 64:24, 65:18 Queensland New Basics Research Test Project, 2002-
03, 2003-04, 73:5, 73:26, 74:3 Queensland Short-answer Consultancy (project)
1991-92, 1992-93, 62:39, 63:45 Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and Numeracy
(project) 1994-95 to 1996-97, 65:18, 66:19, 67:19–20
Queensland Years 3,5 and 7 Literacy and Numeracy Testing (project) 2003-04, 74:3
Quest Maintenance (project)
1993-94, 1996-97, 64:24, 67:20 product development project, 1993-94, 1994-95,
64:37, 65:29
R RACGP
See Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Ralph, Denis ACER Council, Member Official Representative,
Oct 1995 to Jun 1997, 66:65, 67:62 Ramsay, James
ACER Council, Co-opted member, Jan 1985 to 1985-86, 1988-89 to Oct 1989, 50.59, 55:41, 56:59, 60:67
Ramsey, Gregor A. ACER Council, Member Official Representative,
Oct 1989 to Mar 1991, 60:70, 61:71
ACER Council, Vice-President, 1980-81 to Mar 1991, 51:1, 52:3, 53:1, 54:1, 55:40, 56:58, 57:64, 58:52, 59:59, 60:67, 60:70, 61:70
RAPT in Addition (test), 52:34, 53:22 RAPT in Division (test), 53:22 RAPT in Mathematics (test), 53:22 RAPT in Multiplication (test), 52:34, 53:22 RAPT in Subtraction (test), 52:34, 53:22 Rasch calibrated tests, 53:23 Rasch scaling procedure, 52:34, 52:39 RAW - curriculum project,1995-96, 66:21 Rayner, Samuel A.
ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1981-82, 52:3 ACER Council Co-opted member
1981-82, 52:3 Retirement from ACER Council, 52:1
Reading home support, 70:4
Reading achievement, 58:19, 73:4 boys, 73:18
reading comprehension, 51:46, 70:4 Reading comprehension tests, 52:39, 59:33, 73:8–9 reading literacy, 69:6, 72:4 Reading Recovery (Individual Intervention Program),
70:14–15, 72:10 reading skills, 68:18 reading tests, 51:23–24, 60:34 reading vocabulary, 51:46 Reading vocabulary tests, 52:39 reasoning skills, 68:16–17 recently recruited teachers, 62:27 Recht, Eve
projects Benchmaking Curriculum Corporation
Consultancy, 67:19 DART Mathematics : Upper Primary (Product
Development Project), 27, 67:20 Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 65:18,
66:19 Reconceptualising the Basics (project) 1987-88 to
1989-90, 58:20, 59:23, 60:21 Redefining the Curriculum (project) 1988-89,1989-
90, 59:23, 60:21 Redevelopment of the VicRoads Car Driver
Knowledge Test (project) 2000-01, 71:27 Redfern, Rhonda
projects Library, 57:42
Reflective Dialogue and Philosophy (project) 1991-92, 62:24
Reforming Upper Secondary Education. Director's comments, 58:4–15
Reliability Issues in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Coding 1995-96, 66:21
Reliability of Essay Assessment (project) 1996-97, 67:19
remedial mathematics, 61:37, 62:48 Renorming the NEALE Analysis of Reading Ability
(project) 1996-97, 27, 67:20 Repeated oral reading, 70:4 Research
impact on Australian schools, 70:22 research
role, 69:4 research agenda, ACER, 60:11, 68:5 research and development
colleges of advanced education, 56:12, 57:7 expenditure, 65:6–7, 65:8 priorities, 65:7–8
Research and development expenditure, ACER See
Finance, ACER - research and development expenditure
Research and development networks, 52:7 Research and development program, ACER
1980-81 to 1983-84 See under name of programs, eg Program in
Learning and Teaching, Program in Measurement and Evaluation, Program in Social Context of Education, Program of Advisory Services, Program of Library and Information Services, Program of Psychometric Services, Program of Survey and Psychometric
1984-85 to 1986-87 See under name of division, eg Learning and
Teaching Research Division, Measurement and Evaluation Research Division, Social Context of Education Research Division; Survey and Psychometric Services, Advisory Services, Consultant Services Division, Library and Information Services
research and development program, ACER 1987-1990 triennium, 56:1, 56:3
conclusion, 61:11 theme 1: The Compulsory Years, 58:19–20,
59:22–23, 60:19–21 theme 2: Beyond Compulsory Schooling,
58:21–23, 59:24–25, 60:22–24 theme 3: Cognitive Processes and Education,
58:24–25, 59:26–27, 60:25:27 theme 4: Education and Technology, 58:26–
27, 59:28–29, 60:28–30 theme 5: Teachers in Australian Society,
58:28–30, 59:30–32, 60:31–33 1990-1993 triennium, 61:11
completion, 63:16
theme: Assessment and Reporting, 61:31–33, 62:33–35, 63:40–41
theme: Beyond the Compulsory School Years, 61:16–20, 62:17–20, 63:21–24
theme: Cognition, Technology and the Classroom, 61:21:25, 62:21–26, 63:25–31
theme: Educational Management and Change, 61:29–30, 62:30–32, 63:36–39
theme: Teachers and teaching, 61:26:28, 62:27–29, 63:32–35
1993-1996 triennium, 63:16 theme: Improving Assessment Alternatives
(Measurement Division), 63:16, 64:21–22
theme: Improving Educational Testing (Measurement Division), 63:16, 64:20–21
theme: Making Schools More Effective (Policy Studies Division), 63:16, 64:27–28, 65:23–24, 66:24–26
theme: Pathways between Education, Training and Work (Policy Studies Division), 63:16, 64:25–26, 65:21–22, 66:23–24
1996-1999 triennium theme: Commissioned Reports (Measurement
Division), 67:19 theme: Development Assessment
(Measurement Division), 67:15 theme: Education, Training and Work (Policy
Research Division), 67:21–22 theme: Psychometric and Statistical Research
(Measurement Division), 67:17 theme: Quality of Education in Schools and
Classrooms (Policy Research Division), 67:22–23
theme: Testing Services (Measurement Division), 67:18
theme: Validity and Equity (Measurement Division), 67:16
thematic approach, 56:1–2, 58:16, 61:11 problems, 60:19
Research and Policy Development. Director's comments, 60:4–14
research dissemination, 52:5–7, 52:50, 54:50, 55:29, 56:38–39, 68:3, 68:5, 68:22–23, 70:22, 72:16–17
report by Jane Figgis, 69:5 Research in Colleges of Advanced Education
(project) 1985-86 to 1986-87, 56:12, 57:7 Research on and Applications of Holland's Theories
in Australia (Conference, Melbourne, 1982), 52:35
research questions, 68:5 research syntheses, 68:5
researchers directory, 64:30
resource allocation, 51:31, 51:32–34, 52:19, 52:25–26, 53:10, 56:6, 57:4, 58:19, 62:17
Resource Centre (consultant services project) 1986-87 to 1988-89, 57:35–36, 58:35, 59:41
Resource Centre (Customer Services) discontinuation, 60:49
Resource Centre (project) 1985-86, 56:37 Review and Progress Tests in Mathematics (project)
1982-83, 53:22 Review and Progress Tests (RAPT), 52:34, 53:22,
54:23 Review of Australian and Overseas Policy and
Research Literature on Key Employability Competencies (project) 2000-01, 71:24
Review of Baseline Data on Equity (project) 1994-95, 65:25
Review of Current Trends in Online Education Networks (project) 2000-01, 71:25
Review of Economics of Education in Australian Education Policy (project) , 1992-93, 1993-94, 63:23, 64:26
Review of Education and Training in Victorian prisons (project) 2002-03, 73:27
Review of Examination Procedures in the NSW Higher School Certificate (project) 2001-02, 72:25
Review of international longitudinal research youth pathways (project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:24, 74:2
Review of the New South Wales Higher School Certificate (project)
1995-96, 1996-97, 66:24, 67:23 Review of the Queensland School Curriculum
(project) 1992-93 to 1993-94, 63:38, 64:28 Review of the research capacity of the Victorian
Curriculum and Assessment Authority (project) 2001-02, 72:25
Revised Jenkins Non-Verbal Test, 60:36 Revised Minnesota Paper Form Board Test
renorming, 51:50 Richardson, Joan
projects Second International Science Study, 54:36,
55:10 Robbins, Frank
projects Australian Co-operative Entry Program
(ACEP), 67:20 Australian Scaling Test (AST), 67:19 Catholic Education Office (Sydney) Year 5
Literacy Monitoring Test 1996, 67:19 National Australia Bank Language Certificates
(NABLC), 66:19, 67:19 Psychometric Support Methods, 67:19
Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and Numeracy, 66:19, 67:19–20
Tasmanian Department of Education, Community and Cultural Development Literacy Testing Program, 67:20
Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT), 67:20
Roberts, David projects
ACT Trial Test, 64:23 Australian Co-operative Entry Program
(ACEP), 66:20 Australian Mathematics Certificate, 65:18 Evolving and Validating a Test Construct,
66:21 Psychometric Models, 64:24, 65:19 Quest, Maintenance, 64:24 Student Enrolment Projection Models, 65:25,
66:26 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) Australian Component, 64:28, 65:25
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Consultancy, 65:19
Robinson, Christopher ACER Council, Member appointed by Secretary
of Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, May 2001 to 2002-03, 71:62, 72:63, 73:65
Robinson, Judith projects
Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 59:35 Robinson, Lyn
projects Australian Youth Survey, 63:22 Gender Differences in Post-School Pathways,
65:22 Labour Market Relevance of Year 12, 60:24 Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth,
66:24, 67:23 Review of Baseline Data on Equity, 65:25 Studies in School Effectiveness, 65:25 Subject Choice in Senior Secondary Schooling,
63:23, 64:26 Youth in Transition, 61:18, 62:19, 63:23,
64:26, 65:22 Rosier, Malcolm J., 51:20
projects Australian Educational Data Archives, 51:58 Computing Services, 54:45 Monitoring Competence, 58:32 Second IEA Science Study, 51:21, 52:17,
53:34 Second International Science Study, 54:36,
55:10, 56:14, 57:12–14, 58:20, 59:23, 60:21
Statistical Analysis and Computing Services, 52:54
Survey Research Services, 51:57, 52:53, 53:41, 54:44, 55:24
Victorian Achievement Study - Literacy and Numeracy, 59:35
Victorian Science Achievement Study, 59:35, 60:38, 61:37
Ross, Kenneth N. projects
ASSP Validation Studies, 52:53–54, 53:42 Social Indicators of Educational Achievement,
51:25, 52:19 Survey Research Services, 51:57, 52:53, 53:41
Ross Trust Fellowships (development and training project) 1987-88 to 1993-94, 58:34, 59:39, 60:45, 61:46, 62:57, 63:60, 64:31
Rowe, Helga A.H. projects
ACER Seminar on Intelligence, 57:17–18, 58:25
Annual Workshop on Cognitive Processes and Education, 58:25
Cognitive Processes and Intelligence, 57:16–17
Educational Computing, 63:27, 64:28, 65:25, 66:26
Learning with Laptops (Commbabah Research), 61:23
Learning with Microcomputers, 62:24 Malaysia (development and training project),
64:31, 65:28 Metacognition, 58:25, 59:27 Non-verbal Ability Tests, 52:25, 53:25, 54:24 Non-verbal Tests of General Ability, 51:48,
55:18, 56:26 Personal Study Coach, Product Development,
64:37, 65:29, 66:31, 67:27 Problem Solving and Learning, 61:23, 63:27,
64:28, 65:25, 66:26, 67:24 Processes Underlying Cognitive Performance,
58:25, 59:27 Screening and Diagnostic Tests for Early
Primary School, 51:44 Student Learning and the Information Age,
67:24 Studies of Cognitive Processes and
Intelligence, 55:18 Thinking, Problem Solving and Learning,
62:24 United States Committee on Test Standards,
64:24, 65:19, 66.21, 67:19 Work Readiness Profile, 65:19 Work Readiness Profile / Employment
Attribute Scale, 64:24
Rowlands, Robin G. projects
General Information Services, 51:55–56, 52:51, 53:51, 54:53
Studies of Sex Differences in Achievement in Mathematics and in the Transition from School, 51:26
Rowley, Glenn ACER Council, Member appointed by Institutes
of Educational Research Standing Committee, Jul 1998 to Nov 1998, 69:54
ACER Council, Member appointed by State Institutes of Educational Research, Nov 1996 to Jun 1997, 67:62
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Training Program (project) 1993-94, 1994-95, 64:24, 65:19
Ruby, Alan ACER Council, Member Official Representative,
Oct 1994 to Jun 1997, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62 Ryan, Anthony S.
ACER Council, Member Western Australia, 1983-84 to 1985-86, 54:2, 55:42, 56:60
Ryan, Michael projects
The Sunrise School - A School of the Future, 60:30
S Salience Inventory, 53:18, 54:21 Salmond, Rachel
projects Library, 59:37, 60:42, 61:43
Saltus psychometric model, 54:42 Sample design, 51:57 Sampling frames, 51:57, 52:53, 53:41, 54:44, 55:24 Sandercock, Edward R.
ACER Council, Co-opted member, Sep 1987 to Oct 1989, 58:52, 59:59, 60:67
ACER Council, Member South Australia, 1982-83 to Sep 1987, 53:2, 54:2, 55:41, 56:60, 57:66, 58:52
Sara, Vicki ACER Council, Member appointed by Secretary
of Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Nov 1997 to Jun 1999, 68:50, 69:54
Saville, S.P. ACER Council, Member Official Representative,
1982-83, 53:2 Scaling Data for Argentina (project) 2000-01, 2001-
02, 71:23, 72:24
Scholarship testing Independent schools, 51:52–53, 52:44, 53:28–29,
54:27–28, 55:19–20, 56:29–30, 57:28, 62:45, 70:16–17
Scholarship Testing Programs 1991-92 to 1992-93, 62:45, 63:50
scholastic aptitude tests, 51:51–51:58–59, 52:43, 52:44, 53:28, 54:26–27, 55:19, 56:28, 56:29, 57:28, 57:29
Scholastic Lexile (project) 2000-01, 71:23 school achievement tests, 51:43, 52:36, 53:19, 54:22–
23 school assessment, 58:22 School Audiences at the Museum of Victoria
(project) 1995-96, 1996-97, 66:26, 67:24 School Curriculum: Past to Present (project) 1994-95
to 1996-97, 65:25, 66:26, 67:24 school effectiveness, 61:4, 61:29, 62:30, 63:4, 63:36,
64:27–28, 65:23–24, 66:24, 67:22 School Entrance Age in Australia (project) 1990-91
to 1991-92, 61:30, 62:31 school entry age, 62:31, 69:16 school entry procedures, 62:31 School Entry Testing Services (project) 1987-88,
58:32 school factors, 58:21 School funding literature review (project) 2001-02,
72:25 school improvement, 52:5 school industry programs, 67:22, 72:12–13 School-industry Programs (project) 1996-97, 67:23 school learning, 54:42, 55:13–14, 56:17–18 school leavers, 51:31, 52:28, 52:29, 53:12, 54:15–16,
60:22, 73:15–16 factors influencing leaving, 69:14
school literacy survey, 67:11–12 school management, 63:36, 65:23, 66:24 school non-completion, 73:14–15 School of the Future (project) 1987-88, 58:27 school organisation, 51:34–35, 52:26, 52:28–29,
53:11, 53:14, 54:15, 54:19, 55:4, 55:5, 56:6, 56:7, 57: 5, 57:6, 63:36
School Organisation and Quality of Schooling (project) 1990-91 to 1992-93, 61:30, 62:31, 63:38
school resources, 51:28, 57:5, 64:28 school retention, 53:13, 54:17, 54:18, 55:7–8, 56:7,
58:3 school retention rates, 58:3–5, 60:22, 62:18 school role, 68:8–9 School Structure and Affective Responses (project)
1983-84, 54:19 School Structures and Affective Responses (project)
1982-83 to 1983-84, 52:28–29, 53:14, 54:19 School to Work Transition of Indigenous Australians
(project) 1997-98, 98:10
Schooling for Students with Disabilities (project) 1992-93, 1993-94, 63:38, 64:28
Schooling Issues Digest No 3 - School Effectiveness (project) 2001-02, 2002-03, 72:25, 73:25
Schools and socialization, 51:32 Schools and the Social Development of Young
Australians (project) 1997-98, 68:8–9 Schools Around the World (project) 2000-01, 71:22 Schools around the World (project) 2002-03, 73:24 Schools Year Twelve and Tertiary Entrance
Certificate (STC), 54:19 science achievement, 56:15, 57:12–13, 61:36, 62:48,
63:53, 68:5 comparative studies, 58:20, 64:27, 67:13
Science and Mathematics in Australian Schools (project) 1996-97, 67:24
Science and Mathematics Performance Tasks (project) 1993-94 to 1995-96, 64:24, 65:19, 66:21
Science and Mathematics Teaching Practices in Australian Schools (video) TIMSS project. See Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) video project
science conceptions assessment, 61:31 Science courses, 57:8, 58:22 science curriculum, 51.21, 52:17, 53:34–35, 54:36–
37, 55:10, 56:14–15, 57:12–13 science education
comparitive study, 51.21, 52:17, 53:34–35, 54:36–37, 55:10, 56:14–15, 57:12–13
Science Education Assessment Resources Project, 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:25, 74:3
science learning constructivist approach, 61:31
Science teachers, 71:14–15 science testing, 60:34, 63:53, 68:5–6 science tests, 66:18, 67:16 scientific literacy, 69:6, 72:4 screening tests, 51:44, 52:32 Second IEA Science Study (project) 1982-83, 53:34 Second International Science Study (project) 1983-84
to 1989-90, 54:36, 55:10, 56:14, 57:12–14, 58:20, 59:23, 60:21
Secondary Education in Asia (project) 1994-95 to 1995-96, 65:22, 66:24
Secondary Numeracy Assessment Project, 2003-04, 74:3
secondary school mathematics, 54:16, 55:6–7, 56:8–9 Secondary School Mathematics and Technological
Careers (project) 1983-84 to 1985-86, 54:16, 55:6, 56:8
Secondary School Retention (project) 1982-83, 1983-84, 53:13, 54:17
Secondary Schooling in the 1980s (project) 1981-82, 1982-83, 52:29, 53:14–15
Secondary schools, 52:29, 53:14–15
Segar, Betty projects
Library, 55:28, 56:38, 57:42–43, 58:35, 59:37, 60:42, 61:43
Selection for Higher Education (project) 1987-88, 58:23
Selection Measures for Higher Education (project) 1985-86, 1986-87, 56:27, 57:12
Selective and Agricultural High Schools Entrance Testing Program, NSW (project) 1988-89 to 1991-92, 59:35, 60:38, 61:37, 62:39
Self-Directed Search (SDS) (test), 51:42, 52:35, 53:18, 54:21, 56:24, 57:22, 58:31
Seminar on National Testing (development and training project) 1988-89, 59:39
Senate Standing Committee on Education and the Arts, 51:20
senior secondary curriculum, 56:16–17 Senior Secondary Curriculum Design (project) 1985-
86, 1986-87, 56:16, 57:15 senior secondary schooling, 58:3–15, 58:21, 59:24,
61:16, 62:17 labour market relevance, 60:22 New South Wales, 57:6–7, 58:23, 59:24, 60:23
Senior Secondary Schooling in New South Wales (project) 1986-87 to 1992-93, 57:6–7, 58:23, 59:25, 60:24, 61:18, 62:19, 63:23
set: Research Information for Teachers Impact study, 52:5 special issue on assessment, 57:34, 57:37
set: research information for teachers (project) 1980-81 to 1985-86, 51:55, 52:51, 53:50, 54:52, 55:31, 56:37
Sewell, Jeffery projects
Biology Item Banking Project, 52:37, 53:21 Sex Bias in ASAT (project) 1983-84, 54:38 Sex differences, 54:38 Sexual Harassessment Policy, ACER, 67:35 Sharpe, Fenton
ACER Council, Co-opted member, Jan 1985 to Oct 1989, 55:41, 56:59, 57:65, 58:52, 59:59, 60:67
ACER Council, Member Official Representative, Oct 1989 to Oct 1991, 60:69, 61:71, 62:96
Shears, Meredith J. projects
Career Planning and Guidance, 51:41, 52:35, 55:17, 56:24
Maintenance of Psychological Tests, 51:50, 52:42
Psychological Advisory Services, 52:57, 53:44, 54:47
Shephard, Ian projects
Psychological (Consultant Services Project), 59:41
Sheret, Michael projects
Senior Secondary Schooling in New South Wales, 58:23, 59:25, 60:24, 61:18, 62:19
short-response items, 63:44 Short Selection Test, 53:36, 54:39 SIGIPLUS computerized guidance system, 56:24,
57:22 Simpson, Brian
projects ACT Writing Test, 64:23 Australian Scaling Test (AST), 65:18, 66:20,
67:19 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT) Item Development, 64:23–24
New South Wales Selective High Schools Test, 65:18
Newcastle Medical Selection Tests, 62:38 PAT Maths - Revision and Renorming, 27,
67:20 Psychometric Properties of the Cooperative
Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 67:20
Queensland Core Skills Test, 64:24, 65:18 Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and
Numeracy, 65:18, 66:19, 67:19–20 Royal Australian College of General
Practitioners (RACGP) Training Program, 64:24
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Training Program, 65:19
SA Students of High Intellectual Potential, 67:20
Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), 64:24
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Item Development, 64:23
Undergraduate Medicine Admissions Test, 67:20
Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT), 64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Work Readiness Profile / Employment Attribute Scale, 64:24
Skillbeck, Malcolm, 51:16 ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1986-87 to
Oct 1989, 57:65, 58:52, 59:59, 60:67 Skinner, Heather
projects
Australian Co-operative Entry Program (ACEP), 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 65:18
Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), 65:19, 66:21, 67:20
Slater, Jennifer projects
Professions in Australia, 51:37 Youth in Transition, 52:28, 53:12, 54:15, 55:6
Slater, Robert ACER Council, Member appointed by State
Institutes of Educational Research, Dec 1992 to Oct 1995, 63:106, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65
Social and Political Context of Schooling (project) 1988-89 to 1989-90, 59:23, 60:21
Social Background and Educational Outcomes; preliminary results from the Longtitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (project) 1999-2000, 70:29
Social Context of Education Research Division, ACER, 55:3–8, 56:5–12, 57:4–10
social development of students, 68:8–9, 72:6 social education achievement, 63:46 Social learning, 51:43 social learning tests, 52:36, 53:19, 54:23 socioeconomic status of school students, 64:27 socioeconomically disadvantaged students, 64:27 SOLO taxonomy, 52:36, 56:18 Solomon Islands (development and training project)
1987-88 to 1990-91, 58:34, 59:39, 60:45, 61:46
Sorrell, Michael projects
Australian Co-operative Entry Program (ACEP), 59:35, 60:38, 61:37, 62:45, 63:50, 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Australian Insurance Institute, News Limited, VicRoads Consultancy, 66:21
Australian Law Schools Entrance Test (ALSET), 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 59:35, 60:38, 61:37, 62:45, 63:50, 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 1993–94 to 1995–96
Graduate Medical Admissions Centre(GMAC), 65:19
Malaysia (development and training project), 60:45
Mel bourne High School/MacRobertson Girls' High School Selection Test, 67:20
Psychometric Properties of the Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 67:20
Psychometric Properties of the Cooperative Scholarship Tests, 66:21
Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), 62:46, 63:51, 64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Test Development Services, 59:35, 60:39, 61:38
Test for Entry into Dental Science & Veterinary Sciences Courses, 66:20
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), 64:24, 65:19
Test Scoring Services, 64:24, 65:19, 66:21, 67:20
VICRoads Consultancy, 63:45 South Australian Co-operative Entry Program
(project) 1982-83 to 1983-84, 53:29, 54:28 South Australian Profiles Evaluation (project) 1995-
96, 66:21 South Australian Students of High Intellectual
Potential (project) 1996-97, 67:20 spatial abilities, 60:25, 62:23, 63:26 Spatial Abilities (project) 1989-90 to 1994-95, 60:27,
61.23, 62:24, 63:27, 64:28, 65:25 Spearritt, Donald
ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1986-87 to Sep 1987, 57:65, 58:52
Special Adult Admissions Test (SAAT), 61:36 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), 70:1
project, 1991-92 to 1996-97, 1998-99, 62:46, 63:51, 64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20, 69:18–19
use by university of Western Sydney (project) 2000-01, 71:25
spelling tests, 51:46 Splitter, Laurance
projects The Nature of Inquiry, 62:24 Centre for Philosophy for Children, 63:27 Centre for Philosophy for Children and
Adolescents, 69:10 Civics and Citizenship in School Curricula,
67:23 Civics Research Working Group, 66:26 Guide to Cognitive Excellence in the
Classroom, 62:24 Malaysia (development and training project),
64:31, 65:28 Philosophical Enquiry and the Teaching of
Thinking, 65:25, 66:26, 67:24 Philosophy for Children Conferences and
Workshops, 60:27, 64:28, 66:26, 67:24
Problem Solving and Learning, 61:23, 63:27 Reconceptualising the Basics, 60:21 Reflective Dialogue and Philosophy, 62:24 Teaching of Thinking: Classroom Evaluation,
66:26, 67:24 Teaching of Thinking: Teacher Perspectives,
64:28, 65:25 Thinking, Problem Solving and Learning,
62:24 Values and Ethics in School Curricula, 66:26
spoken language tests, 51:43, 52:36, 53:19, 54:22 Spring, Geoffrey J.
ACER Council, Member Official Representative, 1983-84 to 1984-85, 54:2, 55:42
Sri Lanka National Assessment Training Program, 2002-03, 73:24
Sri Lanka Secondary Education Modernisation Project (SEMP) 2001-02, 72:24
Staff, ACER contractual appointments for research and
development staff adoption, 58:17
staff, ACER Director's award for exceptional service, 64:19 nomenclature of research staff, 60:16 professional development, 60:16 review program, 66:39
Staff reduction, 51:7 Staff Review and Development Policy, ACER
adoption, 58:17 staff service awards, ACER, 64:19 Staffing and Resources in Australian and New
Zealand Schools (project) 1982-83, 53:10 staffing resources, 51:31, 51:32–34, 52:25–26, 53:10,
56:6 Standard Progressive Matrices (test), 52:43, 53:27,
60:36 Standardised achievement measures, 58:31 standards, 59:5, 63:4 Standards from a Curriculum and Assessment
Perspective. Director's comments, 64:4–15 Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale, fourth edition,
58:32, 59:34, 60:37 Stanley, G.V., 54:10 Stanyon, Jackie
projects Australian Studies in Student Performance,
51:23 Victorian School Achievement Tests, 51:42,
52:36 State Differences in Senior Secondary Curricula
(project) 1996-97, 67:23 State Institute of Educational Research in South
Australia, 51:5 State Institute of Educational Research in Tasmania,
51:5
State institutes of educational research. See also Institutes of educational research
report, 51:70–81, 52:7–12, 53:66–79, 54:69–79 state monitoring programs, 63:42 state to state comparison, 68:5 Statistical Analysis and Computing Services (project)
1981-82, 1982-83, 52:54, 53:41 Statistical Analysis and Psychometric Services
(project) 1980-81, 1983-84 to 1984-85, 51:59, 54:45, 55:25
Statistical analysis techniques, 54:45, 55:25 statistical and conceptual methodology, 62:33 Staurenghi, Phyllis
retirement, 59:19 Steinle, J.R.
ACER Council, Member Official Representative, 1981-82, 52:4
Stephanou, Andrew projects
Calibration of Western Australian Student Outcome Statements, 66:21
Educational (Test Publication and Studies Project), 59:35
Newcastle Medical Selection Tests, 62:38 Psychometric Properties of the Cooperative
Scholarship Tests, 66:21 Western Australian Monitoring Standards in
Education (WAMSE) Analysis of Test Data (English and Technology), 66:20
Stone, Marian projects
Economics of Postcompulsory Schooling, 61:18, 62:19
Stop! Look and Lesson (remedial mathematics package), 61:37, 62:48
Structural Relations in Victorian Secondary Education (project) 1984-85 to 1986-87, 55:5, 56:7, 57.5
Structure of the Teaching Force and Teachers' Careers (project) 1987-88 to 1988-89, 58:30, 59:32
Student Academic Work (project) 1999-2000, 70:27 Student Academic Work (project) 2001-02, 72:23 Student achievement, 53:37, 54:39–40, 59:15, 59:33
data collection, analysis and reporting, 71:10 student achievement
assessment, 64:4–7, 71:11 gender differences, 55:6–7, 56:8–9 role of school libraries, 73:16–17
Student Achievement Data workshop kit (project) 2002-03, 73:26
student assessment, 60:34, 63:38, 68:20 student conceptions in science, 60:34 Student Enrolment Projection Models (project) 1994-
95, 1995-96, 65:25, 66:26 Student learning, 71:10–11
student learning monitoring, 63:42, 71:12–13
Student Learning and the Information Age (project) 1996-97, 67:24
Student learning outcomes, 71:14–15, 72:18 student outcomes, 51:28, 52:25–26 Student perception, 52:29–30 student performance, 52:18, 53:36, 59:4 student progress
charting, 56:25–26, 57:23, 58:31 school factors affecting progress, 69:16
Student Progress in Higher Education (project) 1993-94, 64:26
student social attitudes, 68:8–9 Student social background, 70:20 Student Survey on Co-education (project) 2002-03,
73:26 Students and their Advisors’ Perceptions of Tertiary
Education (project) 1999-2000, 70:29 Studies in Aboriginal Education (project) 1996-97,
67:24 Studies in Criterion-Referenced Measurement
(project) 1980-81 to 1984-85, 51:59, 52:54–55, 53:42, 54:44, 55:24
Studies in School Effectiveness (project) 1992-93 to 1996-97, 63:38, 64:28, 65:25, 66:26, 67:24
Studies of Cognitive Processes and Intelligence (project) 1984-85, 55:18
Studies of School and Home Practices, 51:27–30 Studies of Society and Environment, 64:7 Studies of the Education of Special Groups, 51:25–
26, 51:36–38 Study abroad
research database, 73:20 Study of Recently Recruited Teachers (project) 1990-
91 to 1991-92, 61:27, 62:28 Study of Resourcing of Australian Primary Schools
(project) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:25, 74:3 Study of the Nature and Appropriateness of Current
Performance Measures for Aboriginal Children in Western Australian schools (project) 1999-2000, 70:30
Sturman, Andrew projects
Decision Making in Schools, 58:20, 59:23, 60:21
Devolution of Curriculum Decision Making, 55:11–12, 56:15–16, 57:14–15
Devolution of Curriculum Development, 54:35 Immigrant Australians and Education, 55:14,
56:18 Quality of Education Review Committee,
55:15 Staffing and Resources in Australian Schools,
51:31, 52:25 subject choice, 60:22, 64:26
Subject Choice in Senior Secondary Schooling (project) 1989-90, 1993-94, 60:24, 63:23, 64:26
subject profiles, 60:35, 63:42 Successful Interventions Literacy Project, 70:29 Summing up: Australian numeracy performances,
practices, programs and possibilities (project) 2001-02, 72:23
Summit, Susan projects
Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and Numeracy, 65:18, 66:19, 67:19–20
Sunrise School - A School of the Future (project) 1988-89 to 1989-90, 59:29, 60:30
Survey and Psychometric Services, ACER, 55:24–25 Survey Instrument on Use of Electronic Media for
School Learning (project) 1999-2000, 70:30 Survey instruments, data analysis and report (project)
2001-02, 72:26 Survey of School-Industry Programs, 1999-2000,
70:28 Survey Research Services (project) 1980-81 to 1984-
85, 51:57, 52:53, 53:41, 54:44, 55:24 Swan, D.A., 54:10 Sweet, Richard
ACER Council, Co-opted member, Mar 1994 to Oct 1998, 64:62, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62, 69:54
Sydney Office, ACER establishment, 66:8
Sykes, Jackie projects
Victorian School Achievement Tests, 53:19, 54:22
T TAFE courses, 70:20 TAFE Graduate Destination Survey (project) 1995-
96, 1996-97, 66:24, 67:23 TAFE National Centre for Research and
Development, 51:6 TAFE Queensland Online (project) 2002-03, 73:26 TAFE teachers, 69:20–21
industrial leave, 52:27–28 Taggart, Andrew
ACER Council, Member appointed by State Institutes of Educational Research, Apr 1995 to Jun 1997, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62
Tapping Students' Science Belief (TSSB) (assessment instruments), 61:37, 62:48, 63:53
Tasmanian Benchmark Consultancy, 70:30 Tasmanian Benchmark Consultancy (project) 2000-
01, 71:26
Tasmanian Department of Education, Community and Cultural Development Literacy Testing Program (project) 1995-96, 1996-97, 66:20, 67:20
Tasmanian Literacy and Numeracy Tests (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:30, 71:25
Teacher appraisal, 58:28 Teacher Assessment of Student Achievement
(project) 1996-97, 67:19 Teacher behaviour, 51:28 Teacher characteristics, 51:28 teacher competencies, 63:32 teacher education, 51:28, 60:33 Teacher education courses, 57:8, 58:22 Teacher Education Development Study (IEA TEDS),
2002-03, 2003-04, 73:24, 74:2 teacher evaluation, 56:7, 73:6–7 Teacher evaluation in Australia: A survey of current
policies and practises and their relation to the improvement of teaching and learning (project) 2001-02 to 2003-04, 72:24, 73:6–7, 73:25, 74:2
teacher experience, 62:27 teacher librarians, 73:16 teacher role in educational process, 60:31 Teacher satisfaction, 57:5 teacher standards, 73:6–7 Teacher survey, 54:40–41 Teachers
Information needs, 52:5 professional development, 72:18
teachers careers, 58:29, 59:30, 61:8, 61:26 incentives, 61:26 nature of work, 61:27, 63:32 professional development, 58:28, 61:26
Teachers background, 53:38 Teacher's guide to using student achievement
(project) 2001-02, 72:23 Teachers' Professional Craft Knowledge (project)
1988-89 to 1990-91, 59:32, 60:33, 61:27 Teachers' Work (project) 1991-92 to 1994-95, 62:28,
63:33, 64:28, 65:25 teaching force, 61:26 Teaching of Thinking: Classroom Evaluation
(project) 1995-96, 1996-97, 66:26, 67:24 Teaching of Thinking: Teacher Perspectives
(project)1993-94 to 1994-95, 64:28, 65:25 teaching profession, 59:31, 60:31 Teaching standards, 71:14–15 Teaching students, 51:37–38 Teaching styles, 52:15, 53:39 Technical Assistance for the Preparation of Primary
Teacher Training Project for the Vietnamese Government (project) 1999-2000, 70:8–9
Technical Assistance for the Preparation of the Primary Teacher Training Project (project) 1999-2000, 70:28
technological careers, 54:16, 55:6–7, 56:8–9 Technological change
impact, 54:8 Technology courses, 57:8, 58:22 technology in the classroom, 58:26, 59:28 Tertiary entrance admission testing, 54:27, 55:19–20,
56:27, 64:20, 68:14–15, 69:18–19, 71:8–9, 72:8
tertiary entrance admission testing, 65:17, 67:18 Tertiary Entrance Procedures Authority (TEPA)
(project) Comparability Study
1993-94, 64:24 Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER), 72:8
state equivalence study (project) 1999-2000, 70:29
Tertiary entrance scores, 58:13 Test Administration Services (project) 1988-89 to
1990-91, 59:35, 60:39, 61:38 Test Analysis Service (project) 1995-96, 1996-97,
66:21, 67:20 test development, 65:15–16 Test Development NZ Literacy and Numeracy
Program, 2000-01, 71:23 Test Development Services (project) 1988-89 to
1990-91, 59:35, 60:39, 61:38 test equity, 64:21 Test for Entry into Dental Science & Veterinary
Sciences Courses (project) 1995-96, 66:20 Test for Students with High Intellectual Potential,
South Australia (project) 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:30, 71:26, 72:25
Test Library, ACER discontinuation, 60:49 integration into Library, 62:53
Test Maintenance Projects 1987-88, 58:32 Test of Employment Entry Mathematics (TEEM),
62:49 Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
agency, 61:36, 62:36, 65:18 Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
(project) 1993-94 to 1996-97, 64:24, 65:19, 66:21, 67:20
Test Publication and Studies (project) 1988-89 to 1990-91, 59:35, 60:39, 61:38
test scoring computerisation, 52:33, 56:31, 57:30
Test Scoring and Reporting 1991-92 to 1992-93, 62:46, 63:51
Test Scoring Services (project) 1985-86 to 1990-91, 1993-94 to 1996-97, 56:31, 57:30–31, 58:32, 59:35, 60:39, 61:38, 64:24, 65:19, 66:21, 67:20
test validity, 64:21 TestGrid, 70:10 Testing Programs for Corporate Clients
1991-92 to 1992-93, 62:45, 63:50 Tests
electronic product development, 52:33 hiring to institutions, 51:52
Tests and Materials (development and training project) 1988-89 to 1991-92, 59:39, 60:45, 61:47, 62:58
Tests of Basic Skills - Levels 3,5,6 (product development project) 1995-96, 66:31
Tests of Reading Comprehension (TORCH), 57:25, 58:31, 73:8–9
Thailand Aust Capacity Building Facility Consultancy in Education Reform - ICT in Schools 2001-02, 72:24
Thailand Aust Capacity Building Facility Consultancy in Education Reform - School Autonomy and Financing 2001-02, 72:24
thesaurus development, 52:49–50, 53:47, 54:49–50, 55:28–29, 56:40
theses indexing, 52:6, 53:47, 54:51, 55:30, 56:39–40 thinking, 60:25, 67:23 Thinking, Problem Solving and Learning (project)
1991-92, 62:24 Third Education & Training Project - Consultancy of
Improving Monitoring & Evaluation of Schools - Maldives, 2003-04, 74:2
Third Education and Training Project - Consultancy of Improving Monitoring and Evaluation of Schools , 2002-03, 73:24
Third Elementary Education Project – Republic of the Philippines (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:28, 71:23
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 63:45, 67:7, 68:5, 69:4
Australian component, 1993-94 to 1995-96, 64:28, 65:25, 66:26
consultancy, 1994-95, 65:19 follow-up, 1999-2000, 70:29 international consultancy, 1993-94, 1995-96,
1996-97, 64:24, 66:21, 67:19 item development, 1993-94, 64:23 performance assessment, 1993-94 to 1994-95,
64:24, 65:19 project, 1991-92 to 1992-93, 2001-02, 2002-03,
62:39, 63:45, 72:25 repeat (TIMSS-R) (project) 1997-98, 1999-2000
to 2001-02, 68:7, 70:29, 71:24, 72:25 TIMSS Trends (project) 2002-03, 73:3, 73:25 video project - Science and Mathematics Teaching
Practices in Australian Schools, 1999-2000, 2002-03, 2003-04, 70:29, 73:12, 73:24, 74:3
Video surveys aid study of classroom teaching, 73:12–13
Thomas, Cora projects
Challenges of Retention for Teachers, 61:27 Challenges to Teachers Arising From
Increased Retention of Students, 60:33 Thomson, Peter
ACER Council, Member South Australia, Sep 1987 to Oct 1989, 58:53, 59:60, 60:68
Thoradeniya, S.B. projects
Second IEA Science Study, 53:34 Second International Science Study, 54:36
Three-dimensional Space (text), 57:31 TIMSS
See Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Tinney, Frank project
Schooling for Students with Disabilities, 63:38 TITAN (Interactive test analysis system), 61:34 Tonkin, Emma
projects Australian Law Schools Entrance Test
(ALSET), 65:18 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 65:18 Graduate Medical Admissions Centre
(GMAC), 66:20 Tootell, Helen
projects Australian Co-operative Entry Program
(ACEP), 55:20, 56:30 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 55:20, 56:29 Personnel Selection Testing Program, 57:31–
32, 58:32 Year Eleven Entry Test, 55:21
Torres Strait Islander students, 68:10 literacy development, 67:22
trading turnover, ACER. See finance, ACER - trading turnover
transition from school to work, 61:17, 68:10, 69:14, 73:14
transitions between education, training and work, 65:21, 66:23
Try, Kathryn ACER Council, Co-opted member, Jan 1985 to
1987-88, 55:41, 56:59, 57:65, 58:52
U Undergraduate Medicine Admissions Test (UMAT)
project 1996-97, 67:20 Undergraduate Medicine and Health Science
Admission Test (UMAT), 71:8–9 project 1999-2000 to 2001-02, 70:28, 71:24,
72:24 Unemployment youth, 59:25 United Arab Emirates National Assessment of
Student Achievement and Progress (NASAP) 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:24, 74:2
United States Committee on Test Standards (project) 1993-94 to 1996-97, 64:24, 65:19, 66.21, 67:19
University Admissions Index (NSW), 72:8 university enrolments, 62:6 University graduates
assessment of generic skills, 70:12–13 university graduates, 56:11 University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association
Survey (project) 2000-01, 71:27 University students
assessment of generic skills, 70:12–13 university students, 56:11
selection testing, 56:27, 68:14–15, 69:18–19, 71:8–9, 72:8
Update of Hazard Perception Test and Test Items (project) 1999-2000, 70:30
Update of Hazard Perception Test and Test Items (project) 2001-02, 72:24
Upper secondary education, 58:3–15 Use of Technology in Assessment and Reporting
(project) 1995-96, 66:21 V Validation of a Framework of Professional Standards
for NSW Teachers (project) 2002-03, 73:26 Values and Ethics in School Curricula (project) 1995-
96, 66:26 Values Scale, 53:18, 54:21 van den Berg, Janine
projects Personnel Selection Testing Program, 57:31–
32, 58:32 Vander Werf, Arnold
projects Classroom Environment Study: Teaching for
Learning, 52:20 Maintenance of Educational Tests, 53:23 Review and Progress Tests in Mathematics,
53:22 School Achievement Tests, 52:34
Variance estimation for complex sampling techniques, 54:45
verbal reasoning skills, 68:16–17 Verbyla, Daiva
projects Malaysia (development and training project),
64:31, 65:28 Vertical Equating in BSTP (project) 1993-94, 64:24 VICRoads Consultancy (project) 1991-92, 1992-93,
62:40, 63:45 Victorian Achievement Study - Literacy and
Numeracy (project) 1988-89, 59:35 Victorian Assessment Tasks (Mathematics) (project)
1991-92, 62:40 Victorian Board of Studies Consultancy (project)
1993-94, 64:24 Victorian Education Department, 51:43 Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT) (project)
1993-94 to 1996-97, 64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20
Victorian General Achievement Test (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:30, 71:26
Victorian Rural Ambulance Service - use of tests (project) 2000-01, 71:26
Victorian School Achievement Tests (project) 1981-82 to 1983-84, 52:36–37, 53:19, 54:22
Victorian Science Achievement Study (project) 1988-89 to 1990-91, 59:35, 60:38, 61:37
Victorian Science Project – Level 1 Science Component, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:30, 71:26
Victorian Secondary School Retention Study, 54:18 Victorian Social Education Achievement Study
(project) 1991-92 to 1992-93, 62:40, 63:46 Victorian Student Achievement Monitor (VSAM) –
Data Analysis (project) 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:30, 71:26
Victorian Sylvan Technology Centre, 70:30 Video surveys aid study of classroom teaching,
73:12f videotaping classroom lessons, 73:12–13 Vietnam (development and training project) 1993-94
to 1994-95, 64:31, 65:28 Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training Courses
(project) 1995-96, 66:28 Vietnamese primary schools, 70:8 Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale, 58:32 vocabulary instruction, 70:4 vocational choice theories, 52:35 vocational education and training, 67:21
economics, 69:20–21 vocational guidance, 56:11, 57:24 Vocational Interests, Aspirations and Choices
(project) 1987-88 to 1989-90, 58:23, 59:25, 60:24
vocational learning, 72:12
Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI), 52:35, 53:18, 54:21, 55:17
Volodin, Nikolai projects
Basic Skills Test (Orchard Series) development, 67:20
Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 65:18, 66:19
National Science Foundation, 67:19 Psychometric Models, 67:19 Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and
Numeracy, 65:18, 66:19, 67:19–20 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) Consultancy, 65:19 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) International Consultancy, 64:24, 66:21, 67:19
Western Australian Monitoring Standards in Education (WAMSE) Analysis of Test Data (English and Technology), 66:20
W Waddell, Lee
projects Victorian School Achievement Tests, 51:42,
52:36, 53:19, 54:22 Wajsenberg, Jenny
projects Australian Co-operative Entry Program
(ACEP), 67:20 Australian Law Schools Entrance Test
(ALSET), 66:20, 67:20 Catholic Education Office (Sydney) Literacy
Monitoring Test, 66:19 Catholic Education Office (Sydney) Year 5
Literacy Monitoring Test 1996, 67:19 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 67:20 Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 67:20 Learning Assessment Project (LAP), 65:18,
66:19 New South Wales Selective High Schools
Test, 67:19 Queensland Year 6 Test of Literacy and
Numeracy, 66:19, 67:19–20 Tasmanian Department of Education,
Community and Cultural Development Literacy Testing Program, 66:20, 67:20
Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT), 66:20, 67:20
Walker-Cook, Christopher J. projects
Library, 54:49, 55:28, 56:38, 57:42, 58:35, 59:37
Walsh, Judy projects
Victorian Social Education Achievement Study, 62:40, 63:46
Ward, Graham projects
Item Banking, 51:45 Maintenance of Educational Tests, 52:38,
53:23, 54:31, 55:22, 56:32, 57:25 Miscellaneous Testing Services, 53:30, 54:29,
55:21, 56:31, 57:30 Quality of Student, 57:24 Review and Progress Tests in Mathematics,
53:22 School Achievement Tests, 51:41, 52:34 Test Scoring Services, 56:31
Ward, Mel ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1986-87 to
Oct 1989, 57:65, 58:52, 59:59, 60:67 Warry, Richard
ACER Council, Member Queensland, 1985-86 to Oct 1989, 56:59, 57:66, 58:53, 59:60, 60:68
Watson, Alan ACER Council, Member appointed by Institutes
of Educational Research Standing Committee, 1998-99 to 2000-01, 69:54, 70:60, 71:62
ACER Council, Member appointed by State Institutes of Educational Research, Oct 1989 to Jun 1993, 60:69, 61:70, 62:96, 63:105
ACER Council, Member New South Wales, Sep 1987 to Oct 1989, 58:53, 59:60, 60:67
Watson, Evelyn projects
ASAT Special Testing Program, 51:51, 52:44, 53:29
Australian Co-operative Entry Program (ACEP), 55:20
Co-operative Scholarship Testing Program, 51:52, 52:44, 53:29
Committee on Overseas Professional Qualifications, 52:45
Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 52:44, 53:29, 54:27, 55:20
ETS Testing Program, 51:53, 52:45 Miscellaneous Testing Services, 52:45, 53:30,
54:29 Psychological Corporation Testing Program,
51:53, 52:45 South Australian Co-operative Entry Program,
53:29, 54:28 Year Eleven Entry Test, 55:21
Web Based Adult Literacy Initial Assessment Feasibility Study: Stage 2, 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:27, 74:4
Web of Life, 3rd edition, 52:37 Webber, B.J.
ACER Council, Member South Australia, 1981-82, 52:4
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) Australian use, 51:50, 52:43, 53:27
West, Leo projects
Discipline Review of Teacher Education in Mathematics and Science, 59:32, 60:33
WESTAT Analysis of US TIMSS data (project) 1996-97, 67:20
Western, J. projects
Survey of School Leavers, 51:35–36 Western Australian First Steps (WAFS), 70:14–15 Western Australian Literacy and Numeracy
Assessment (WALNA) project, 2002-03, 2003-04, 73:27, 74:4
Western Australian Monitoring Standards in Education (WAMSE) (project) 1991-92 to 1997-98, 1999-2000 to 2003-04, 62:40, 63:46, 64:23, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20, 68:20–21, 70:31, 71:27, 72:26, 73:27, 74:4
Western Australian Outcome Calibrations (project) 1994-95, 65:19
Western Australlian Social Education Achievement Study (project) 1993-94, 64:23
Western Samoa, 56:21, 57:18 Western Samoa (development and training project)
1987-88, 58:34 Western Samoan Curriculum Development Project
1985-86, 1986-87, 56:21, 57:18 White, John D.
projects Victorian School Achievement Tests, 51:42
Whitehead, Graham L. ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1986-87 to
Oct 1989, 57:65, 58:53, 59:59, 60:67 ACER Council, Member Victoria, 1980-81 to
1985-86, 51:1, 52:3, 53:2, 54:2, 55:41, 56:59
Who am I? (Assessment activities) development, 99:16–17
Wightman, Greg projects
Australian Co-operative Entry Program (ACEP), 65:18
Australian Scaling Test (AST), 65:18 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program
(CSTP), 65:18
Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 67:20
New South Wales Selective High Schools Test, 65:18, 66:20
Queensland Core Skills Test, 64:24 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),
65:18 Victorian General Achievement Test (GAT),
65:18, 66:20 Williams, Trevor
departure to the USA, 64:17–18 Williams, Trevor H.
projects Australian Youth Survey, 63:22 Educational Provision for Students from
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Background, 64:28
Higher Education in the 1980s, 61:18 Professionals in Australia, 56:11 Professions in Australia, 51:37–38 Quality of Life in Schools, 52:29 Structure of the Teaching Force and Teachers'
Careers, 58:30 Survey of School Leavers, 51:35 Youth in Transition, 52:28, 53:12, 54:15, 55:6,
56:9, 57:10, 58:23, 59:25, 60:24, 61:18, 62:19, 63:23, 64:26
Wilson, Alison projects
Second International Science Study, 57:12–14, 58:20
Wilson, Mark R. projects
Computerized Adaptive Testing, 55:17, 56:25 Models of School Learning, 54:43, 55:13,
56:17 School Achievement Tests, 51:41, 52:34 Statistical Analysis and Psychometric Services,
54:45, 55:25 Survey Research Services, 51:57
Winder, R.B. ACER Council, Co-opted member, 1980-81 to
1983-84, 51:1, 52:3, 53:1, 54:1 Withers, Graeme P.
ACER Council, Staff Representative, 1985-86, 1987-88, 56:61, 58:54
projects Academic Results of On and Off Campus
Students, 64:26, 65:22 ASAT Special Testing Program, 53:28 Assessment and Certification in the Senior
Secondary School, 58:23 Australian Law Schools Entrance Test, 51:52 Australian Law Schools Entrance Test
(ALSET), 58:32
Australian Scholastic Aptitude Test, 51:51, 52:43, 53:28, 54:26, 55:19, 56:28, 57:27
Challenges of Retention for Teachers, 61:27 Challenges to Teachers Arising From
Increased Retention of Students, 60:33 Comparative Studies of Teachers, 64:28, 65:24 Comparative Studies of Teachers and
Teaching, 63:34 Curriculum Developments in Postcompulsory
Schooling, 58:23 Educational (Test Publication and Studies
Project), 59:35, 60:39, 61:38 Evaluation of the Short Selection Test, 53:36,
54:39 First Two Years of Teaching, 61:27, 62:28,
63:33, 64:28 Higher Education Selection Tests, 58:32 IEA Study of Achievement in Written
Composition, 51:27 IEA Study of Written Composition, 52:20,
53:37, 54:40 Junior Secondary Review, 62:31 Literacy Curricula and Key Competencies,
64:26, 65:22 Malaysia (development and training project),
64:31, 65:28 National Guide to Literacy, 61:27 National Sample Study on Social Objectives of
Schooling, 67:24 New Directions in Assessment and Evaluation,
58:20 Programs for At Risk Students (Overseas),
65:25 Reconceptualising the Basics, 58:20, 59:23,
60:21 Senior Secondary Curriculum Design, 56:16,
57:15 Teachers' Work, 62:28, 63:33, 64:28, 65:25 Technical Assistance for the Preparation of
Primary Teacher Training Project for the Vietnamese Government, 70:8
Woff, Ian projects
Personnel Selection Testing Program, 58:32 Personnel (Test Publication and Studies
Project), 59:35, 60:39, 61:38 Test Development Services, 59:35, 60:39,
61:38 Word Knowledge Test, 51:50, 53:27 Work and Employability Skills Program
Australian adaption, 55:17 Work and Employability Skills Program, 56:24 Work Aspect Preference Scale, 56:24, 57:22, 58:31 Work Importance Study (WIS), 52:35, 53:18, 54:21,
57:22
Work Readiness Profile / Employment Attribute Scale (project) 1993-94, 64:24
Work Readiness Profile (project) 1994-95, 65:19 Workshops
Advisory Services, 52:32 World Bank Institute (WBI) Africa Training (project)
2003-04, 74:2 Wright, Alayne
projects Graduate Australian Medical School
Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 66:20, 67:20
Graduate Medical Admissions Centre (GMAC), 66:20, 67:20
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), 66:21, 67:20
writing achievement, 73:4 writing tests, 51:23–24 Written commentary on the national School
Curriculum (project) 2001-02, 72:24 written composition, 51:27, 52:20
testing, 53:37, 54:40 written language tests, 51:43, 52:36, 53:19, 54:22 Wu, Margaret
projects A Computerised Music Test, 64:24 AEC Profile Validation Project, 62:37, 63:43 Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 62:37,
63:43 Building an Item Bank, 67:20 Calibration of Western Australian Student
Outcome Statements, 66:21 Computer Based Testing, 67:19 First Steps Evaluation, 63:44 Key Competencies Assessment and Reporting,
67:19 Malaysia (development and training project),
65:28 National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition
(NOOSR) Item Bank Project, 66:21, 67:19
National Science Foundation, 67:19 New South Wales Basic Skills Testing
Reporting, 64:23 Quest, Maintenance, 67:20 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) Consultancy, 65:19 Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) International Consultancy, 66:21, 67:19
Western Australian Outcome Calibrations, 65:19
Y year 13, 63:32 Year 12 completion, 70:20 year 12 completion rates, 62:5 year 12 curriculum, 54:18–19, 55:8, 56:8, 57:9,
58:21, 59:24 year 12 students, 72:9 Year Eleven Entry Test (project) 1984-85, 55:21 Years 3, 5 and 7 Literacy and Numeracy Testing
Program, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 70:30, 71:25 Youth Allowance Survey (project) 1999-2000 to
2001-02, 70:29, 71:25, 72:24 youth employment, 55:32
career guidance, 54:54 skills assessment, 51:41, 52:32
Youth Employment and Career Guidance (project) 1983-84 to 1985-86, 54:54, 55:32, 56:11
Youth in Transition (project) 1982-83 to 2000-01, 53:12, 54:15, 55:6, 56:9, 57:10, 58:23, 59:25, 60:24, 61:18, 62:19, 63:23, 64:26, 65:22, 70:27, 71:22
youth studies 51:35, 52:28, 53:12-13, 54:15-16, 55:6, 56:9-10,
57:10, 58:22, 59:25, 65:12, 65:21-2, 67:21, 70:27, 71:22
youth transition to adult life, 51:35, 52:28, 53:12–13, 54:15–16, 55:6, 56:9–10, 57:10, 58:22, 59:25, 65:12
youth unemployment, 51:36, 59:25 Youth Unemployment and Career Guidance (project)
1986-87, 57:24 Z Zammit, Susan
ACER Council Staff Representative, Apr 1995 to Apr 1999, 65:60, 66:65, 67:62, 69:54
projects Attitude to Languages, 64:28, 65:24 Australian Language Certificates (ALC),
60:38, 61:38, 62:37, 63:43, 64:23, 65:18, 66.19
Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 59:35 Bilingual Interface Program, 66:20 Bilingual Interface Project, 67:24 Choosing the Study a Language other than
English, 63:45 Equity and Validity in ACER Tests, 67:19 Equity in ACER's Selection Tests, 65:19,
66:21 Equity Issues, 64:24 National Australia Bank Language Certificates
(NABLC), 66:19, 67:19, 68:18–19
New South Wales Selective High Schools Test, 63:44, 64:28
Participation in LOTE Study, 62:38–39 Selective and Agricultural High Schools
Entrance Testing Program, NSW, 62:39
Third International Mathematics and Science Study - Repeat (TIMSS-R), 68:7