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05 March 2018
Realistic expectations
Raising the bar for all students may work for high fliers, but different students need different achievement goals if we are to raise the attainment of all students.
Can Australia meet United Nations goals for education?
19 April 2018
A recent UNICEF report on Australia’s performance against UN Sustainable Development Goals asked questions about our failure to meet interim education targets. Dan Cloney’s presentation at the Future Schools conference proposed answers.
Gathering student feedback on teaching quality
10 April 2018
Great teachers are always looking for ways to improve their practice, and the best source of feedback – their students – is right there in the classroom, says ACER Principal Research Fellow Dr Lawrence Ingvarson in Teacher.
The future of school reports
04 April 2018
School reports are an important but imperfect means of communicating progress. Recent efforts to make reports more meaningful appear to have helped but more could be done, write Hilary Hollingsworth and Jonathan Heard in Teacher.
Breaking the link between disadvantage and development
29 March 2018
A wealth of research on teaching quality exists but it remains largely unused by those who could benefit most from its findings – teachers. Are there ways to better translate the findings from research? Dan Cloney explains.
Supporting school improvement at the system level
29 March 2018
Lawrence Ingvarson and Kate Reid explore the benefits of a system-wide approach to creating strong professional learning communities.
Recognising the positive impact of early education
20 March 2018
As a study on early years learning in the Philippines draws to a close, its preliminary findings have been commended. Rachel Parker explains.
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Can Australia meet United Nations goals for education?
19 April 2018
Gathering student feedback on teaching quality
10 April 2018
The future of school reports
04 April 2018
Breaking the link between disadvantage and development
29 March 2018
Supporting school improvement at the system level
29 March 2018
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