This report explores young people's participation in economic, political and community life around the world.

The latest figures from a report by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on the National Assessment Program in Civics and Citizenship (NAP-CC), released by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) reveal that half of the Year 6 and Year 10 students who participated in the sample assessment meet or exceed the...

The draft shape paper for Civics and Citizenship is now available for national public consultation until Friday, 10 August 2012. ACARA encourages all members of the Australian community to view and comment on this very important curriculum document. The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians calls for the Australian Curriculum to ensure that...

This report highlights significant opportunities to better engage key sections of the population in electoral matters and to improve the quality of civics education. The report follows successive surveys of young people which have shown that Australians between the ages of 15 and 35 typically have limited knowledge of Australia’s political history and political system...

This report analyses and interprets the Australian data collected during the IEA Civic Education Study. It references the international data from the Study and the international report as it was thought illuminative to understanding the Australian picture. The analysis of the full Australian data set was beyond the resources of this project, and much analysis...