The mark of a school's success is how effectively it causes growth for students and not just how many students it helps over a particular 'proficiency hurdle,' according to Gage Kingsbury. Professor Kingsbury is critical of the approaches taken by systems such as the US No Child Left Behind, which relies on proficiency tests and...

The education community could benefit from learning to use data about student performance more effectively to support both student and teacher learning, according to Ken Rowe. Successful learning support depends on the extent to which schools are provided with an opportunity to claim 'ownership' and 'control' over their own data.

ACER's Research Conference 2005 brought together key researchers, policy makers and teachers from a broad range of educational contexts from around Australia and overseas.The full conference proceedings containing all papers/abstracts and the conference program can be downloaded.

Tertiary study is a largely positive experience for the vast majority of first year students, according to this report. A large majority of students reported that they liked being a student (94 per cent), tertiary student life suited them (87 per cent), they enjoyed the atmosphere on campus (88 per cent) and they had made...

Each year, a number of university students in Australia leave the courses in which they have enrolled. Some change to other courses while others defer their course or leave the university altogether. What motivates students to change or leave their university course and does the decision result in a positive or negative outcome for the...