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The Costs Of Recurrent Education, Phil Mckenzie Apr 1984

The Costs Of Recurrent Education, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

This paper addresses the subject of the likely costs of a particular form of recurrent education in the context of prospective movements in expenditure on conventional school and tertiary education activities. Data on projected enrolments and likely per student expenditure levels in these sectors lead to the conclusion that expenditure on school and tertiary education is likely to decline as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) over the next decade. The magnitude of this prospective decline is compared with the likely costs of a scheme which would enable significant numbers of workforce members to engage in recurrent periods of …


Staffing Government Schools, John Ainley, Phil Mckenzie Apr 1984

Staffing Government Schools, John Ainley, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

No abstract provided.


Measuring Attitude To School With A Latent Trait Model, Geoff Masters, N Hyde Dec 1983

Measuring Attitude To School With A Latent Trait Model, Geoff Masters, N Hyde

Prof Geoff Masters AO

A latent trait model for rating scales is used to ana lyze responses to an attitude-to-school questionnaire as part of an evaluation of projects operating in 10 West ern Australian schools under the Australian Priority Schools Program. The invariance of item parameter estimates over the 10 schools is examined, and varia tions in item estimates from school to school are stud ied in the light of the different projects operating in these schools. Results show how the investigation of items that do not retain their difficulties from group to group can provide valuable insight into the ways in which calibration …


Dicot: Analysing Classroom Tests With The Rasch Model, Geoff Masters Dec 1983

Dicot: Analysing Classroom Tests With The Rasch Model, Geoff Masters

Prof Geoff Masters AO

A computer program (DICOT) for the Rasch analysis of classroom tests is described. Results are presented in a simple, self-explanatory form, and person ability and item difficulty estimates are expressed in a metric like the one with which teachers and parents are already familiar. Person and item fit statistics provide an opportunity to diagnose strengths and weaknesses of individual children and to identify items which are problematic.


A Short-Run Model Of Regional Housing Demand, Thomas Berry Dec 1983

A Short-Run Model Of Regional Housing Demand, Thomas Berry

Thomas D Berry

No abstract provided.


Constructing An Item Bank Using Partial Credit Scoring, Geoff Masters Dec 1983

Constructing An Item Bank Using Partial Credit Scoring, Geoff Masters

Prof Geoff Masters AO

A method for banking test items scored in several ordered response categories is described. Each item is seen as an ordered sequence of steps, and test forms are equated using the estimated difficulties of the steps in their shared items. Procedures for analyzing the internal consistency of individual links and for analyzing the coherence of an entire linking structure are described. The methodology is used to link six forms of a mathematics problem solving test.


Interdisciplinary Research In Education In Australia, John P Keeves, Phil Mckenzie Dec 1983

Interdisciplinary Research In Education In Australia, John P Keeves, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

No abstract provided.


Consensus Moderation Observed, Lawrence Ingvarson Dec 1983

Consensus Moderation Observed, Lawrence Ingvarson

Dr Lawrence Ingvarson (Consultant)

This paper reports the findings of a three-year evaluation study of consensus moderation procedures as applied to the school-assessed component in H.S.C. Geography in Victoria. Since 1981, Group 1 subjects in the assessment program of the Victorian Institute of Secondary Education (V.I.S.E.) at Year 12 level have included a school-assessed component in addition to an external examination. For most subjects, the method of moderating the school-assessed component is by statistical moderation. Moderation by visitation and consensus moderation are the two other methods currently used in Victoria. As V.I.S.E. is proposing to extend the number of subjects for which consensus moderation …


Fnma Auction Results As A Forecaster Of Residential Mortgage Yields, Thomas Berry, Adam Gehr Jan 1983

Fnma Auction Results As A Forecaster Of Residential Mortgage Yields, Thomas Berry, Adam Gehr

Thomas D Berry

No abstract provided.


An Alternative Methodology For Developing Certainty Equivalents, Thomas Berry, Bill Poppie Dec 1982

An Alternative Methodology For Developing Certainty Equivalents, Thomas Berry, Bill Poppie

Thomas D Berry

No abstract provided.


The Gifted Child Movement In New South Wales: Public Schools And The New Class, Sheldon Rothman Dec 1982

The Gifted Child Movement In New South Wales: Public Schools And The New Class, Sheldon Rothman

Dr Sheldon Rothman

This study examines the hypothesis that opportunity classes, special classes for gifted children in fifth and sixth grades in New South Wales schools, are available to the new class of intellectuals and technological intelligentsia. It is argued that the establishment of special classes was inextricably intertwined with the psychoeducational testing movement which held that intellectual ability can be quantified and that educational performance can be predicted with IQ test scores. This combination of identification and special educational preparation, the gifted child movement, has received renewed support in an era of attacks on public education, since it is seen by its …


Principally For Principals: Resource Allocation And Government Schools In Australia And New Zealand, John Ainley, Phil Mckenzie Dec 1982

Principally For Principals: Resource Allocation And Government Schools In Australia And New Zealand, John Ainley, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

No abstract provided.


Recurrent Education: Economic And Equity Issues In Australia, Phil Mckenzie Dec 1982

Recurrent Education: Economic And Equity Issues In Australia, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

The review examines the relevance of the recurrent education concept in the Australian context. It traces the evolution of the concept and distils the features which distinguish it from other models of educational provision. Using an economic perspective the review assesses the major arguments advanced for recurrent education in terms of its implications for the internal operations of the education sector, the relationships between education and the labour market and the distribution of educational opportunities between and within generations. Consideration is also given to the likely costs of recurrent education programs and the need to develop appropriate financing mechanisms. The …


The Choice Of Money Market Fund, Thomas Berry Apr 1982

The Choice Of Money Market Fund, Thomas Berry

Thomas D Berry

No abstract provided.


Defining A 'Fear-Of-Crime' Variable: A Comparison Of Two Rasch Models, Geoff Masters Dec 1981

Defining A 'Fear-Of-Crime' Variable: A Comparison Of Two Rasch Models, Geoff Masters

Prof Geoff Masters AO

No abstract provided.


Rating Scale Analysis, Benjamin Wright, Geoff Masters Dec 1981

Rating Scale Analysis, Benjamin Wright, Geoff Masters

Prof Geoff Masters AO

No abstract provided.


Resource Allocation In The Government Schools Of Australia And New Zealand: A Summary Of The Reports Of The Staffing And Resources Study, John Ainley, John P Keeves, Phil Mckenzie, Andrew Sturman Dec 1981

Resource Allocation In The Government Schools Of Australia And New Zealand: A Summary Of The Reports Of The Staffing And Resources Study, John Ainley, John P Keeves, Phil Mckenzie, Andrew Sturman

Dr Phillip McKenzie

Issues of resource allocation to schools extend beyond the question of class size. Patterns of resource allocation are likely to be influenced by three continuing debates. One involves balancing equity in school staffing with encouraging diversity in school programs. Another involves the encouragement of devolution of authority to schools against a tradition of centralized political responsibility. A third centres on the debate about priorities among the many purposes of schooling. Schools now fill an expanded role which matches widening community expectations. Support for that role has implications for the level and type of resources allocated to schools. This book is …


Inservice Education And Educational Research, Lawrence Ingvarson Dec 1981

Inservice Education And Educational Research, Lawrence Ingvarson

Dr Lawrence Ingvarson (Consultant)

No abstract provided.


The Poor Reader In The High School: Toward A Philosophy Of Remedial Reading., Sheldon Rothman Jul 1981

The Poor Reader In The High School: Toward A Philosophy Of Remedial Reading., Sheldon Rothman

Dr Sheldon Rothman

No abstract provided.


The Recurrent Education Debate An Economic Perspective, Phil Mckenzie Dec 1980

The Recurrent Education Debate An Economic Perspective, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

The thesis led to the publication of the book Recurrent education: Economic and equity issues in Australia (Australian Education Review No. 20). In a review of the book, Dr George Psacharopoulos of the World Bank wrote “the author’s taxonomic framework of issues provides a model to be adhered to … I strongly recommend the book as “must” reading to anyone attempting to write a review of education sector issues in any country in the world” (International Review of Education, vol 30, 1984, p. 500).


Unemployment And Recurrent Education: An Economic Perspective, Phil Mckenzie Oct 1980

Unemployment And Recurrent Education: An Economic Perspective, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

No abstract provided.


Acer And University Of Melbourne Music Evaluation Kit: Handbook And Report, Jennifer Bryce Dec 1978

Acer And University Of Melbourne Music Evaluation Kit: Handbook And Report, Jennifer Bryce

Dr Jennifer Bryce

This publication has been designed to accompany the ACER and University of Melbourne Music Evaluation Kit, a series of criterion referenced tests for use at the beginning of secondary school. Contents include a description of the design and development of the tests, a discussion focussing on the uses of criterion referenced tests comparing these with the uses of norm referenced tests. Technical data on the tests is presented, including item facility and discrimination, reliability, validity, and a discussion of test homogeneity. There is a final section on the evaluation of the tests which opens up further areas for research in …


Academic Accountability - Resources, Gerald Burke, Phil Mckenzie Dec 1978

Academic Accountability - Resources, Gerald Burke, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

No abstract provided.