PISA
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Health and Wellbeing
Absence, access to learning, and tests
When reading and maths results fall, the national response turns to curriculum, teaching methods, classroom behaviour, teacher shortages, funding and,…
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Policy & Reform
What major tests get wrong about Indigenous students
This Indigenous rights-based framework describe what an education system must do, not how far a student falls short. But as…
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In The Classroom
What’s PISA saying about behaviour?
According to the report, student engagement is falling across the wealthy world and falling fastest among disadvantaged students. The report…
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School Management
“A lot of catastrophising:” Standardised tests don’t show decline
A University of New England researcher has collated 25 years' worth of Australian students' test results and found there has…
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In the News
‘Designed to be provocative’: Stuart Robert defends controversial ‘dud teachers’ remarks
Education Minister Stuart Robert has defended blaming “dud” public school teachers for dragging down academic results, saying his comments were “designed…
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In the News
Acting minister under fire following ‘dud teachers’ comment
Teaching experts have criticised acting federal Education Minister Stuart Robert for making a "shameful" statement claiming "dud teachers" are to…
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In The Classroom
Australian teenagers are ‘highly respectful’ of other cultures, but there’s ‘room for improvement’: ACER report
A recent report released by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has concluded that Australian teenagers’ respect for people…
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In The Classroom
Tackling the misalignment between evidence-based research and literacy approaches in schools: opinion
On the first day of the school year as a graduate teacher I encountered a slap in the face. My…
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In The Classroom
The future of the Aus maths curriculum – too ambitious or relying on the wrong approaches?
The ability of Australian students to problem-solve in maths classes has been identified as integral in improving the ability levels…
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In The Classroom
20 years of PISA: Should Australia keep the test?
In a webinar marking 20 years of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) testing in Australia, the editor of…
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