PISA
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PISA releases latest education comparison of countries
Australian students are some of the worldâs best collaborative problem-solvers, according to a report released yesterday. The PISA report included…
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In The Classroom
Why PISA is moving towards creativity
Along with a relatively small number of countries such as New Zealand, Singapore and Finland and Scotland, Australia is unusual…
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Policy & Reform
Expert suggests school STEM push has failed
Is there a crisis in Australian science and mathematics education? UNE and QUT academics posed this question in 2014, in…
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Policy & Reform
Aussie author slams Singaporeâs education system
Each time international PISA and TIMSS results are released, the word Singapore is breathlessly mentioned. Although the city state continuously tops…
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Boosting poor PISA results starts in preschool: ACER
The Program for International Student Assessment⯠(PISA) is a standardised literacy, numeracy and science test of 15-year-olds across 72 countries, conducted by the OECD. Yet it doesnât measure rote learning.…
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In The Classroom
From urgency to calm, PISA results trigger broad cross-section of responses
Australia's 15-year-old students have progressively declined in reading, mathematics and science over the past 12 years, according to results of…
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Study links PISA scores, classroom discipline
While a new study suggests the strict classroom discipline found in many East Asian countries contributes to higher Programme for…
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Opinion: Educating for high performance
It could be said that school educationâs equivalent to the Olympics is the OECDâs Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).…
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PISA scores leaning
Local teensâ literacy assessments dip in worldwide rankings. Australian students are slipping in mathematics and reading literacy, the latest Programme…
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Staying in the top class
The PM's call to raise education standards faces an uphill battle over funding and debate over teaching standards. Australia's educational…
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