In August 2014, the Australian government commissioned KPMG to undertake an independent review of the 27 research infrastructure projects funded under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) 2013. The NCRIS projects were assessed and rated across their governance, effectiveness, efficiency, integration, financial management and compliance and strategic policy alignment to NCRIS. The review findings...

Provides a profile of mothers' and children's educational expectations and whether these change over time. Summary The research shows that the educational expectations of parents and children are important factors in predicting children's educational achievements and occupational outcomes. This chapter provides a profile of mothers' and children's educational expectations and whether these change over time...

Abstract Whenever the results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) are announced, media headlines are full of reports about rankings, about how many countries Australia is outperformed by and outperforms. In early rounds of PISA, Australia ranked among the top 10 countries across all three education domains assessed. However, over time Australia’s position...

The NQF Snapshot Q2 2015 is ACECQA’s 10th national report on children’s education and care services operating under the National Quality Framework. Snapshot highlights include: ·14,910 children’s education and care services operating under the NQF across Australia ·9347 or 63% of services have received a quality rating ·66% of assessed services are Exceeding or Meeting...

A huge spread of achievement levels in Australian classrooms is making it hard for teachers to implement best education practice and target their teaching to the needs of every individual student. A range of studies show that at any given year level there is a five to six year difference between the most advanced and...