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51st – 74th

Annual report index

Margaret Findlay

ACER Melbourne 2005

Australian Council for Educational Research

1980

–200

4

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


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



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


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


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 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


PAT Maths - Revision and Renorming, 27, 67:20



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,


Admissions Test (GAMSAT), 67:20, 1993–94




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



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


Educational (Test Publication and Studies Project), 59:35, 60:39, 61:38


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


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



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


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


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




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


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.


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


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,


64:24, 65:18, 66:20, 67:20 Husen, Torsten, 52:13


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


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


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


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


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


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


(ACEP), 60:38, 61:37

Basic Skills Testing Program (NSW), 59:35, 60:38, 61:37, 62:37, 63:43


Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), 60:38, 61:37, 64:23, 67:20




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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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



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),


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


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


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


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

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,


64:28, 65:25 Values and Ethics in School Curricula, 66:26


Mendelovits, Juliette projects

Australian Scaling Test (AST), 67:19 DART Development Project, 64:24 Graduate Australian Medical School




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,




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


Use of Technology in Assessment and Reporting, 66:21


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


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


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


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


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


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


(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


Tasmanian Department of Education, Community and Cultural Development Literacy Testing Program, 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 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


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


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


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


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


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


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,


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.


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


(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


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


(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


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


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 Scaling Test (AST), 65:18 Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program

(CSTP), 65:18



Queensland Core Skills Test, 64:24 Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT),


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


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

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