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Full-Text Articles in Education
Codebook: The Lsay 1999 School Survey For The Y98 Cohort Technical Report No. 23, Sue Fullarton
Codebook: The Lsay 1999 School Survey For The Y98 Cohort Technical Report No. 23, Sue Fullarton
LSAY Technical Reports
Students participating in this LSAY cohort were originally sampled in 1998 from 296 schools nationally. In 1999, the schools from which the original sample of students was drawn took part in a survey to collect information about the features and programs of schools, as well as features of teachers and teaching, which might influence the progress of students in their school and in their later work careers. The survey involved two questionnaires: (1) a school questionnaire to be completed by the principal (or other school representative) and (2) a questionnaire to a sample of ten Year 10 teachers. The assistance …
Language Implications For Numeracy: A Study Of Language Use Of Disadvantaged Students, Robyn Zevenbergen
Language Implications For Numeracy: A Study Of Language Use Of Disadvantaged Students, Robyn Zevenbergen
2000 - Improving Numeracy Learning
Increasingly language is recognised as causing difficulties for students when they come to learn mathematics. Many different levels and aspects of language can be seen to create such difficulties for students. This paper looks at the implications of language on learning mathematics or developing a sense of numeracy.
Early School Leaving And 'Non-Completion' In Australia., Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Early School Leaving And 'Non-Completion' In Australia., Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
LSAY Briefing Reports
This paper summarises findings from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) project on early school leavers in Australia. It considers who leaves early; attitudes, aspirations and reasons for leaving; what early leavers do after they leave; non- completers of Year 12; and some issues and policy implications.
Constructing Scales For Reporting Growth In Numeracy : The Acer Longitudinal Literacy And Numeracy Study, Andrew Stephanou, Marion Meiers, Margaret Forster
Constructing Scales For Reporting Growth In Numeracy : The Acer Longitudinal Literacy And Numeracy Study, Andrew Stephanou, Marion Meiers, Margaret Forster
Monitoring Learning
The ACER Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study is set within the conceptual framework of developmental assessment. This paper describes work done on the development of a numeracy scale, and demonstrates how the progressive achievement of the LLANS cohort of students can be reported on that scale and subscales.
Non-Completion Of School In Australia : The Changing Patterns Of Participation And Outcomes, Stephen Lamb, Peter Dwyer, Johanna Wyn
Non-Completion Of School In Australia : The Changing Patterns Of Participation And Outcomes, Stephen Lamb, Peter Dwyer, Johanna Wyn
LSAY Research Reports
Non-completion of school in Australia is the concern of this report. Non-completion refers to the numbers of young people who do not complete Year 12. It includes the young people who do not continue at secondary school beyond Year 10 and Year 11 as well as those who leave during Year 12 without obtaining a Year 12 certificate. This is a broader category than the one associated with the term ‘early school leavers’ which is often restricted to young people who leave by the end of Year 10. There have been substantial changes in rates of non-completion over the past …
Codebook: The Lsay 1998 Year 9 Sample Codebook: Wave 2 (1999) Technical Report No. 22, Nicole Fleming
Codebook: The Lsay 1998 Year 9 Sample Codebook: Wave 2 (1999) Technical Report No. 22, Nicole Fleming
LSAY Technical Reports
The 1998 Year 9 Cohort (Y98) In 1998, a nationally representative sample of approximately 14,000 Year 9 students was selected to form the second cohort of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. The sample was constructed by randomly selecting two Year 9 classes from a sample of schools designed to represent state and sector. Reading and numeracy tests were administered to students in their schools to provide information on early school achievement for use in later analyses of educational and labour market participation. Students also completed a background questionnaire about their educational and vocational plans and attitudes to school. The …
Subject Choice By Students In Year 12 In Australian Secondary Schools, Sue Fullarton, John Ainley
Subject Choice By Students In Year 12 In Australian Secondary Schools, Sue Fullarton, John Ainley
LSAY Research Reports
Choices that are in the subjects studied in senior secondary school influence differences in access to higher education, vocational education and training, and to labour market outcomes. Previous studies have shown that students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds, those from private schools, high early school achievers and students from non-English speaking backgrounds are more likely to participate in the courses that are avenues to higher education and the professions. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds tend to participate in courses that lead to vocational education and training or more often to entry into the labour market without any further formal education or training. …
Weighting The 1995 Year 9 Cohort Sample For Differential Response Rates And Sample Attrition Technical Paper No. 15, Gary Marks, Michael Long
Weighting The 1995 Year 9 Cohort Sample For Differential Response Rates And Sample Attrition Technical Paper No. 15, Gary Marks, Michael Long
LSAY Technical Reports
This technical paper describes the weighting procedure developed for analysis of the first five (1995-1999) waves of the 1995 Year 9 sample (Y95) of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) study. The weighting procedure addresses three issues: (a) The original sample used a disproportionate stratified design. Students from States and Territories with smaller numbers of Year 9 students were oversampled and students from States with larger numbers of Year 9 students were under-sampled. Students from government, Catholic and independent schools were to be proportionately selected within States. In order for the sample to more accurately represent the population of …
Codebook: The Lsay 1995 Year 9 Sample Wave 5 (1999) Technical Paper No. 21, Nicole Fleming
Codebook: The Lsay 1995 Year 9 Sample Wave 5 (1999) Technical Paper No. 21, Nicole Fleming
LSAY Technical Reports
In 1995, a nationally representative sample of approximately 13,000 Year 9 students was selected to form the first cohort of the new Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth program. The sample was constructed by randomly selecting two Year 9 classes from a national sample of 300 schools designed to represent state and sector. Reading and numeracy tests were administered to students in their schools to provide information on early school achievement for use in later analyses of educational and labour market participation. Students also completed a background questionnaire about their educational and vocational plans and attitudes to school. In 1996 these …
Labour Market Experiences Of Australian Youth., Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Labour Market Experiences Of Australian Youth., Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
LSAY Briefing Reports
What happens to our young people when they leave school? This paper draws on research from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) which investigates the long term outcomes of four groups of young people, born in 196, 1965, 1970 and 1975, as well as a sample of young people aged 19 years in 1994 and 1995.
Technical Assistance For Preparation Of The Primary Teacher Training Project., Graeme Withers
Technical Assistance For Preparation Of The Primary Teacher Training Project., Graeme Withers
Early Childhood Education
Since early 1999 the World Bank has funded a series of projects that seek to improve the Vietnamese primary education system. On Saturday 8 May 1999 the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) contracted the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to provide professional advice as part of the Preparation of Primary Teacher Training Project. Technical assistance was sought in two areas: (i) drawing a representative sample of primary school teachers, and (ii) undertaking a census of primary schools. Three ACER personnel worked on the project, Professor John Izard (project director), Mr Graeme Withers (project manager from 23/7/99) and Dr …
Codebook: The Lsay 1999 Teacher Survey For The Y98 Cohort Technical Paper No. 20, Sue Fullarton
Codebook: The Lsay 1999 Teacher Survey For The Y98 Cohort Technical Paper No. 20, Sue Fullarton
LSAY Technical Reports
Students participating in this LSAY cohort were originally sampled in 1998 from 296 schools nationally. In 1999 the schools from which the original sample of students was drawn took part in a survey to collect information about the features and programs of schools, as well as features of teachers and teaching, which might influence the progress of students in their school and in their later work careers. The survey involved two questionnaires: (1) a school questionnaire to be completed by the principal (or other school representative) and (2) a questionnaire to a sample of ten Year 10 teachers. The assistance …
Patterns Of Participation In Year 12 And Higher Education In Australia : Trends And Issues, Gary Marks, Nicole Fleming, Michael Long, Julie Mcmillan
Patterns Of Participation In Year 12 And Higher Education In Australia : Trends And Issues, Gary Marks, Nicole Fleming, Michael Long, Julie Mcmillan
LSAY Research Reports
The report examines participation in education in Australia. It addresses several policy and conceptual issues relevant to educational participation. These include rurality, ethnicity, Indigenous status, socioeconomic background, part-time work, individual schools, and psychological factors.
Building Leadership Capacity In Schools, Linda Lambert
Building Leadership Capacity In Schools, Linda Lambert
APC Monographs
The author discusses a broad concept of leadership that is distinguished from person, role and a discrete set of individual behaviours, and that needs to be embedded in the school community as a whole, which suggests a shared responsibility for a shared purpose of community.
Improving Numeracy Learning (Conference Proceedings), Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Improving Numeracy Learning (Conference Proceedings), Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
2000 - Improving Numeracy Learning
ACER’s annual national Research Conferences review current research-based knowledge in key areas of educational policy and practice. The Research Conference 2000 brings together leading numeracy researchers to examine and discuss research evidence relating to the improvement of numeracy learning in schools. The objective of the Conference is to identify major research findings and to study the implications of those findings for improved numeracy teaching and learning.
Pisa 2000 Australia Student, Achievement And School Data [Sas] [Data Set], Jan Lokan, Lisa Greenwood, John Cresswell
Pisa 2000 Australia Student, Achievement And School Data [Sas] [Data Set], Jan Lokan, Lisa Greenwood, John Cresswell
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Australia
No abstract provided.
Annotated Bibliography On Indigenous Education Issues, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Annotated Bibliography On Indigenous Education Issues, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Indigenous Education Research
No abstract provided.
Improving Literacy Learning : What Does The Research Tell Us? (Conference Proceedings), Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Improving Literacy Learning : What Does The Research Tell Us? (Conference Proceedings), Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
1999 - Improving Literacy Learning: What does the research tell us?
No abstract provided.
Pisa 2000 Australia Student, Achievement And School Data [Spss] [Data Set], Jan Lokan, Lisa Greenwood, John Cresswell
Pisa 2000 Australia Student, Achievement And School Data [Spss] [Data Set], Jan Lokan, Lisa Greenwood, John Cresswell
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Australia
No abstract provided.
The Acer Longitudinal Literacy And Numeracy Study (Llans), Marion Meiers, Margaret Forster
The Acer Longitudinal Literacy And Numeracy Study (Llans), Marion Meiers, Margaret Forster
Monitoring Learning
This paper outlines the background to the ACER Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study (LLANS), the general methodology, and the scope and nature of the data to be collected. A description is then given of the process by which achievement data will be reported. The study has been designed to follow the literacy and numeracy development of a national sample of students throughout the years of primary schooling. The study commenced in 1999 with children at the beginning of their school lives and runs for seven years.
A Policy Makers Guide To International Achievement Studies, Margaret Forster
A Policy Makers Guide To International Achievement Studies, Margaret Forster
Policy Maker's Guides
This guide provides policy makers with research-based information about international achievement studies. Good decision making at all levels of an education system is facilitated by easily accessible, relevant, and reliable information. Many indicators provide useful input to educational decision making; but the most important indicators are those which address the central concern of education: the promotion of student learning. Education systems monitor student learning—with the fundamental intention of promoting learning—by collecting, analysing and reporting student achievement data. Given that state, national and international achievement studies are both time consuming and expensive, it seems prudent to reflect on this effort: What …
International Perspectives On Numeracy Learning : Pisa And Timss, Jan Lokan
International Perspectives On Numeracy Learning : Pisa And Timss, Jan Lokan
2000 - Improving Numeracy Learning
This paper examines implications for numeracy education in Australia arising from three international studies. The approach and focus of the studies are described.
The Assessments We Need, Geoff N. Masters, Margaret Forster
The Assessments We Need, Geoff N. Masters, Margaret Forster
Assessment and Reporting
Large-scale assessment programs have an important role to play in providing dependable information for educational decision making by policy makers, system managers, school leaders, teachers and parents. But these programs - which include international achievement studies, national surveys and system-wide tests - also convey powerful messages about the kinds of learning valued by educational authorities and can have a profound impact on teaching and learning, particularly if results are reported and compared publicly. For this reason it is essential that large-scale programs are designed to reflect and reinforce learning priorities. This paper argues that large- scale programs are most likely …
Acer 1999-2000 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Acer 1999-2000 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ACER Annual Reports
No abstract provided.