This report outlines the findings from the first three years of the ACER 'Longitudinal literacy and numeracy study', spanning the period in which the students in the study entered school and continued into their second and third years of school.

This NCVER study investigated whether adult literacy and numeracy courses produced social capital outcomes, which are changes in students' connections with networks of people. The study's authors, Jo Balatti, Stephen Black, Ian Falk, found that 80% of the students in the study experienced social capital outcomes and that these, in turn, influenced the socio-economic well-being...

The question of how the skills and knowledge of the adult language, literacy and numeracy workforce can be improved is particularly relevant in view of the ongoing debate on how language, literacy and numeracy skills should be taught. Sandra Mackay, Ursula Burgoyne, Diane Warwick and Jackie Cipollone reflect on the professional development needs of the...

Alternative dispute resolution processes are promoted as a means of increasing access to justice by disadvantaged groups and as an inexpensive way of solving legal or quasi-legal disputes. J. Joy Cumming and Janice M. Wilson investigate the difficulties experienced by users of alternative dispute resolution in Australia, as a result of their levels of literacy...

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...