Key findings: The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS) are driving education policy in Australia. The implication of analyses of international assessments that compare school systems is that Australia could achieve equivalent performance levels if it adopted the policies of more successful countries. This is...

This report presents a comprehensive assessment, by discipline, of the quality of research activity conducted in Australia's higher education institutions. This report provides information on the discipline-specific research activity of each eligible Australian highereducation institution (see Appendix 1: Eligible Institutions), and the contribution of each discipline to the national landscape. The report is divided into...

A national scoping study investigating the nature and roles of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Australia was conducted in 2007. Reports highlighting key findings and a series of datasets designed to provide benchmarking data were made available in 2008. In 2011, DASSH commissioned a follow-up project aimed at updating the datasets. The review of...

The aim of the Australian Communications and Media Authority's Cybersmart Detectives activity is to teach children key Internet safety messages in a safe school environment.

This paper highlights that the quality of teaching has one of the greatest impacts on student outcomes, and that all education systems in the global top tier of school performance have engaged in ambitious workforce reform.