Educational evaluation
Report
NAPLAN Review: final report
This independent review of NAPLAN, commissioned by New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the ACT, recommends an overhaul of the national standardised assessment to ensure that it meets the needs of schools, parents and students now and into the future.
Report
The literacy landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand
This paper summarises the evidence for how best to improve children and young persons’ literacy development in Aotearoa New Zealand. There is an urgent need to have acceptable equity and excellence outcomes for all our students. Among 15 year-olds, literacy achievement levels have been dropping and wide disparities remain unchanged.
Report
The bureaucratisation of public education in Australia
This report provides an analysis of the huge increase in the bureaucratisation of public education in Australia since 2002.
Report
Skills for recovery: the vocational education system we need post-COVID-19
The vocational education and training (VET) system will play a key role in supporting Australia’s recovery from the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19. However, the sector has faced a range of enduring challenges, and is not currently equipped to respond effectively to many of the questions and issues posed by the pandemic, according to this report.
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Quality use of research evidence framework
This document presents the Monash University Q Project’s conceptual framework to define and elaborate what ‘quality use of research evidence’ might mean in education.