Educational tests and measurements
ALTERNATIVE LABELS
Education assessment
Educational measurements
NARROWER TERMS
Briefing paper
NSW school education: PISA 2018, socioeconomic background and proposals for reform
This Issues Backgrounder discusses Australia’s and NSW’s performance in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). It also discusses recent proposals for reform of NSW school education.
Report
PISA 2018: Insights and interpretations
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines what students know in reading, mathematics and science, and what they can do with what they know. It provides the most comprehensive and rigorous international assessment of student learning outcomes to date.
Commentary
The top ranking education systems in the world aren’t there by accident. Here’s how Australia can climb up
High performing systems invest relentlessly in their teachers. They focus on the same things Australian governments do – recruiting the best, training teachers well and giving them practical support and development.
Report
NAPLAN Reporting Review
The NAPLAN Reporting Review was commissioned by the Education Council of COAG. It was conducted by Emeritus Professor Bill Louden, and endorsed by the Education Council in June 2019.
Report
Communicating student learning progress: a review of student reporting in Australia
This report questions the role of the traditional end of semester school report, after finding most provide little indication of students’ learning growth and are increasingly becoming superseded by newer communication technologies that allow for continuous reporting.
Commentary
Has NAPLAN failed its most important test?
Uncertain goals and doubts about effectiveness have prompted a major reappraisal.
Position paper
Beyond ATAR: a proposal for change
This position paper articulates an ambition for improving the education journeys of 15-19 year olds. It proposes three inter-locking proposals to improve the experience and life outcomes of all young people.
Submission
Submission to the NAPLAN Reporting Review 2019
NAPLAN is a national asset. With 12 years of data, gathered four times during the course of every student’s schooling, it provides vital insight into how schools and students are performing. In this submission to the 2019 NAPLAN Reporting Review, Peter Goss and Julie Sonnemann...
Literature review
Six effective practices in high growth schools
This Learning Curve describes effective practices common to NSW government schools that achieved high growth in NAPLAN between 2010 and 2014.
Commentary
Are we teaching children to be afraid of exams?
Life can stressful, but it is how we see this stress that creates anxiety. Adults could do well helping your people believe they are not passive recipients of stress, but can decide how they view challenges.