Bradley Report

There is widespread news coverage accompanying the release of the Review of Australian Higher Education Report (search subscribed news sources via the Factiva database). The report is available as a download from the DEEWR website and I will have an entry and link added to the catalogue.

Maths, Why not?

As reported in The Australian, a new government report prepared by the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers and the University of New England on why students are not choosing to take higher level maths in senior years. I will arrange for a catalogue entry and link to be created.

Recent reports, surveys, briefs

The last couple of editions of ACER News refer to a range of reports, briefs and so on that might be of interest to people within the School. We can create catalogue entries and links for any of this type of material on request.

• An ACER policy brief on Australia’s School Funding System.

• A study of ICT proficiency of Australian students

• ACER study of Teacher education courses in Victoria: Perceptions of their effectiveness and factors affecting their impact

• A briefing paper on Physical activity and bodyweight among 17 year-olds

• The Australian Country Background Report to the OECD Improving School Leadership Activity

• The Staff in Australian Schools Survey 2007

The Future of Schooling in Australia

As reported in the news, The Council for the Australian Federation has now released its report, The Future of Schooling in Australia. I will arrange an entry and link from the library catalogue.

As they say on the website, the report

includes a new statement on the future of schooling in Australia, and a twelve point action plan to which all states and Territories have agreed. The report proposes a national framework for schooling, based on the principle that the quality and performance of teachers, schools and jurisdictions are central to the life prospects of every student and to national properity.