This working paper provides an overview of a proposed national linked dataset on the educational activity and outcomes of children while in child protection services, to allow ongoing and longitudinal monitoring of the academic progress, and to better inform policy, practice and planning of activities to support these children. Summary Background Improving the educational outcomes...

Five years of reporting on Australia’s education outcomes has shown signs of improvement in the early years and in Year 12 attainment. About this report All Australian governments signed the National Education Agreement in January 2009. The objective of the agreement is that all Australian school students acquire the knowledge and skills to participate effectively...

This report presents the results of two projects examining Indigenous Children's language development. Abstract This report presents the results of administration of the Who Am I? and the Renfrew Word Finding Vocabulary Test for the LSIC Wave 2 data collection in 2009. Who am I? is a developmental assessment that requires the child to write...

This study estimates trajectories of receptive vocabulary development in relation to a wide range of candidate child, maternal and family level influences on receptive vocabulary development from 4–8 years.

The NQF Snapshot Q2 2013 is the second national report providing analysis on children’s education and care services assessed and rated against the National Quality Standard (NQS) in Australia as at 30 June 2013. Snapshot highlights include: