PISA

Why are our students’ literacy skills diminishing over time?

2017 NAPLAN results indicated 16.5% of year nine students across Australia were below benchmark in writing. When those same students…

7 years ago

Review to achieve educational excellence: government

The federal government has named the panel of experts that will lead an inquiry into ensuring that levels of investment…

7 years ago

Why is financial literacy declining in Australian 15-year-olds?

Around a fifth of 15-year-olds in Australia do not have basic financial literacy, according to a new OECD Programme for…

7 years ago

Teachers still leaving the job: here’s how to make them stay

More than a year on, Australia as a nation is still failing to retain the best people in the teaching…

7 years ago

Experts agree: schools not preparing students for twenty-first century

The latest report by Mitchell Institute at Victoria University finds school leavers are not graduating with the skills they need…

7 years ago

Australian PISA results indicative of educational inequity

The latest reports from two major international assessments of student learning – PISA and TIMSS - show that educational disadvantage…

7 years ago

Birmingham: misbehaviour infectious, more control for teachers

New reports released overnight have confirmed Australia risks falling behind the world unless educators and policymakers take action to target…

7 years ago

Is there a crisis in public education?

It is widely claimed that there is a crisis in public schooling, or at the very least, that there is…

7 years ago

Is teacher PD our only way forward?

If, as John Hattie says, teachers are the single biggest in-school determinant of student outcomes, why don't we support our…

7 years ago

Australia’s students are failing: I blame the politicians

The results of PISA 2015 were released late last year and Australia has slipped down the rankings, again. Misty Adoniou…

7 years ago

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