Professor Geoff Masters

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Geoff Masters AO is an international advisor on curriculum and assessment redesign. He was head of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) from 1998 to 2024.

He has conducted a number of reviews for governments, including a review of the New South Wales school curriculum.

Geoff Masters.jpg He led an international study of five high-performing school systems for the US National Center on Education and the Economy (published as ‘Building a World-Class Learning System’) and is the author of the 2026 book ‘The Children We Leave Behind: How School Could Be Done Differently’.

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of his contributions to education.