Person
John Polesel
Report
The experience of education: the impacts of high stakes testing on school students and their families
This study lays bare Australian educator’s perspectives of NAPLAN testing and its unintended effects on schooling and student well-being.
Literature review
The experience of education: the impacts of high stakes testing on school students and their families
This literature review was commissioned to provide context for the research project The Experience of Education: The impacts of high stakes testing on school students and their families. The project is a collaboration between the Whitlam Institute, the University of Melbourne and the Foundation for Young Australians. The project seeks to examine whether the regime...
Report
VET in schools: a post-compulsory education perspective
This report investigates the views of TAFE teachers, school teachers and school students on vocational education and training (VET) in Schools programs. They discovered most schools agree that offering vocational education and training VET programs as part of the higher school certificate is a useful means of improving students' learning and success at school. VET...