The ACER Student Perception of Teaching Questionnaire (SPTQ) has been constructed with reference to the Australian Professional Standards for Teaching and the Danielson Framework for Teaching. Students complete the confidential SPTQ online, usually in about 15 minutes, and tailored reports to suit the needs of individual teachers or school leaders are then provided within two weeks.

When carefully constructed, student surveys are valid measures of teaching quality; they can accurately predict student achievement gains. Students are responsible and reliable sources of information about the quality of their teaching. Student surveys can also provide information similar to classroom observations, but at a fraction of the cost and time. The SPTQ has been carefully constructed to ensure that students are asked about what they know from their extensive classroom experience. They are not asked for opinions or to compare teachers.

ACER provides the SPTQ to schools as an online survey that students complete confidentially.