About ACER

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The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) creates and promotes research-based knowledge, products and services to improve learning. ACER is an independent, not-for-profit research organisation established in 1930, with offices in six countries.

ACER’s global education research spans early childhood, school education, higher education, vocational and adult education, indigenous education and the development sector, drawing on decades of national and international expertise.

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