Wellbeing

Australian teenagers with higher levels of curiosity than others performed better in mathematics in the world’s largest assessment of 15-year-old students, a new report has shown.  

Teenagers in every Australian state and territory experienced disruptive maths classrooms and bullying at greater levels than the OECD average, a new report on student experiences shows.

International studies show that girls are more politically informed and active at school than boys, and more concerned about issues like the environment and equal rights.  Despite this, girls show a lack of political ambition. This should concern all of us.

An international survey has found 37% of year 4 students in Australia who participated were experiencing multiple challenges in their school life that affected their reading performance.

ACER is trusted by educators around the world to provide evidence-based tools for school improvement. Here's how our most widely used framework was developed and what it offers in 2024.

ACER continues to gather evidence to support new and effective approaches to meet the urgent global challenge of transforming learning.