Literacy and Numeracy
Submissions from 2014
Adult literacy and numeracy - what’s the story?, Juliette Mendelovits
Reducing mathematics anxiety, Catherine Pearn
Maths + confidence = higher scores for boys, Sue Thomson and Lisa De Bortoli
Buried or not? What’s happened to numeracy?, David Tout
Don't subtract numeracy, David Tout
Lessons from international assessments, David Tout
Described proficiency scales and learning metrics, Ross Turner
The 'literacy' idea, Ross Turner
Learning Metrics Partnership: a capacity support and policy strengthening initiative to develop and use common learning metrics for mathematics and reading, UNESCO Institute for Statistics and ACER
Submissions from 2013
International Developments (No.3) 2013
Indigenous student maths achievement in context, ACER
Influences on children’s numeracy skills, John Ainley
Informing policy and practice, John Ainley
Measure for measure : a review of outcomes of school education in Australia, John Ainley and Eveline Gebhardt
Solomon Islands Standardised Tests of Achievement (SISTA). English and Mathematics. Year 4 and Year 6. Report 1 Main Study 2013, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Learning and fearing mathematics, Sarah Buckley and Kate Reid
Footprints in Time : Who Am I? and Renfrew Word Finding Vocabulary Test : report on wave 2 data, Sarah Buckley, Catherine Underwood, and Nola Purdie
Making a difference : improving outcomes for Indigenous learners, Michele Lonsdale
Literacy and numeracy interventions in the early years of schooling : a literature review : report to the Ministerial Advisory Group on Literacy and Numeracy, Marion Meiers, Kate Reid, Phillip McKenzie, and Suzanne Mellor
Literacy and the most marginalised children, Megan Robinson
Declining PISA outcomes : time to stop the slide, Sue Thomson
PISA 2012 : how Australia measures up : the PISA 2012 assessment of students’ mathematical, scientific and reading literacy, Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, and Sarah Buckley
PISA in brief : highlights from the full Australian report : PISA 2012 : how Australia measures up, Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, and Sarah Buckley
A Teacher's Guide to PISA Mathematical Literacy, Sue Thomson, Kylie Hillman, and Lisa De Bortoli
A Teacher's Guide to PISA Reading Literacy, Sue Thomson, Kylie Hillman, and Lisa De Bortoli
Questioning the standards of literacy and numeracy, David Tout and Juliette Mendelovits
Submissions from 2012
Vocational Update (No. 1) -- July 2012
Digital assessments of early learning, Danielle Anzai
Children’s numeracy skills, Galina Daraganova and John Ainley
The real power of parental reading aloud : exploring the affective and attentional dimensions, Kit Lawson
How well do young people deal with contradictory and unreliable information on line? What the PISA digital reading assessment tells us, Tom Lumley and Juliette Mendelovits
Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF), Philippa Mclean, Kate Perkins, David Tout, Kath Brewer, and Linda Wyse
Print and digital reading in PISA 2009 : comparison and contrast, Juliette Mendelovits, Dara Ramalingam, and Tom Lumley
Compulsory literacy and numeracy exit standards for senior secondary students : the right direction for Australia?, Suzanne Rice, Esther Care, and Patrick Griffin
Preparing Australian students for the digital world : results from the PISA 2009 Digital Reading Literacy Assessment, Sue Thomson and Lisa De Bortoli
Monitoring Australian Year 8 student achievement internationally : TIMSS 2011, Sue Thomson, Kylie Hillman, and Nicole Wernert
Some drivers of test item difficulty in mathematics, Ross Turner
Submissions from 2011
International Schools' Assessment Program
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Final Evaluation Report: Supporting Improved Literacy Achievement (SILA) Project, Robert Hattam, Lyn Kerkham, John Walsh, Jenny Barnett, Dianne Bills, Petra Lietz, and Mollie Tobin
Research-based literacy and numeracy resource for Indigenous students., Margaret James and Cath Pearn
Numeracy, Mathematics and Indigenous Learners: Not the same old thing., Caty Morris and Chris Matthews
Literacy and Numeracy Learning: Lessons from the Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study for Indigenous Students, Nola Purdie, Kate Reid, Tracey Frigo, Alison Stone, and Elizabeth Kleinhenz
Enhancing education, Sheldon Rothman, David Slattery, Sarah Buckley, and John Ainley
Teaching Mathematics: Using research-informed strategies, Peter Sullivan
Performance Comparison between IB School Students and Non-IB School Students on the International Schools’ Assessment (ISA) and on the Social and Emotional Wellbeing Questionnaire, Ling Tan and Yan Bibby
Challenges for Australian education, Sue Thomson
PISA 2009 Plus Results : Performance of 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics and science for 10 additional participants, Maurice Walker
Submissions from 2010
Success against the odds, Kylie Hillman
The Digest edition 2010/2 : Language in the mathematics classroom, Marion Meiers and Jenny Trevitt
Mathematics or Numeracy – what are we actually talking about here? Does it matter?, Will Morony
Challenges for Australian education : results from PISA 2009 : the PISA 2009 assessment of students' reading, mathematical and scientific literacy, Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Marina Nicholas, Kylie Hillman, and Sarah Buckley
PISA in brief : highlights from the full Australian report : challenges for Australian education : results from PISA 2009 : the PISA 2009 assessment of students' reading, mathematical and scientific literacy, Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Marina Nicholas, Kylie Hillman, and Sarah Buckley
Exploring mathematical competencies, Ross Turner
Submissions from 2009
Responsibility for learning, Brian Brennan
An Even Start, J Cook
Supporting improvement in literacy and numeracy skills, Jocelyn Cook
Isaac's story, P D'Angelo
Literacy and numeracy diagnostic tools : an evaluation, Margaret Forster
First national literacy and numeracy tests introduced, Chris Freeman
Lessons from the edge, Alison Handmer
Brain dead? In pursuit of mindful students, Tim Hawkes
Retention : what keeps students in school?, Susannah Ivory
National numeracy tests: A graphic tells a thousand words, Tom Lowrie and Carmel M. Diezmann
Improving Literacy, Numeracy and Science Learning : Preliminary Advice, Geoff Masters
Successful sustainable literacy practice for Indigenous students, Nola Purdie
Young Australian Indigenous students’ engagement with numeracy: Actions that assist to bridge the gap, Elizabeth Warren and Eva de Vries
Health and welfare, and literacy and numeracy : incredible, M Winkler
Submissions from 2008
From inside the shed, Anthony Hockey
A Longitudinal Study of Growth in Literacy and Numeracy in the Primary School Years, Marion Meiers
An Evaluation of the Getting it Right: Literacy and Numeracy Strategy in Western Australian Schools, Marion Meiers, Lawrence Ingvarson, Adrian Beavis, John Hogan, and Elizabeth Kleinhenz
Boys and girls and stereotypes, C Scott
The performance of students in the Australian Capital Territory on PISA: Report to the ACT Department of Education and Training, Sue Thomson and Lisa De Bortoli
Submissions from 2007
Research on the Progressive Achievement Tests and Academic Achievement in Schools, Gerard Fogarty
Literacy Education in School : Research perspectives from the past, for the future, Peter Freebody
Research Digest edition 2007/1 : Writing to learn, Marion Meiers and Pat Knight
Submissions from 2006
Professionally Speaking - November 2006
Pathways to Literacy, Alison Elliott
Growth in Literacy and Numeracy in the First Three Years of School., Marion Meiers, Siek Toon Khoo, Ken Rowe, Andrew Stephanou, Prue Anderson, and Kathy Nolan
BIG Issues In Boys’ Education : Auditory Processing Capacity, Literacy And Behaviour, Ken Rowe and Kathy Rowe
Submissions from 2005
Balancing Approaches : Revisiting the educational psychology research on teaching students with learning difficulties, Louise A. Ellis
PNG Curriculum Reform Implementation Project : implementation project report on the pilot curriculum standards monitoring test, Chris Freeman, Prue Anderson, and George Morgan
Assessment for Learning: Using statewide literacy and numeracy tests as diagnostic tools, Philip Holmes-Smith
Evaluation of the Getting it Right Literacy and Numeracy Strategy in Western Australian Schools, Marion Meiers
Indigenous students and literacy and numeracy: What does the research say?, Nola Purdie and Alison Stone
Teaching reading: literature review: a review of the evidence-based research literature on approaches to the teaching of literacy, particularly those that are effective in assisting students with reading difficulties, Ken Rowe and National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy (Australia)
Teaching Reading: Report and Recommendations, Ken Rowe and National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy (Australia)
Numeracy in the Early Years: Project Good Start, Sue Thomson, Ken Rowe, Catherine Underwood, and Ray Peck
Moving on from Count Me In Too: Evidence-based teaching and learning in numeracy in the early and middle years of schooling, Lynn Tozer and Marilyn Holmes
Submissions from 2004
Evaluation of the Middle Years Reform Program, Gerald Elsworth, Elizabeth Kleinhenz, and Adrian Beavis
Supporting English Literacy and Numeracy Learning for Indigenous Students in the Early Years, Tracey Frigo, Matthew Corrigan, Isabelle Adams, Paul Hughes, Maria Stephens, and Davina Woods
Managing Longitudinal Research : an Account of the First Six Years of The Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study, Marion Meiers
Reading for Pleasure and Literacy Achievement, Marion Meiers
Literacy and numeracy development for Indigenous students : A longitudinal study, Nola Purdie
Facing the Future: A Focus on Mathematical Literacy among Australian 15-year-old Students in PISA 2003, Sue Thomson, John Cresswell, and Lisa De Bortoli
Submissions from 2003
A Good Start to Numeracy : Effective Numeracy Strategies from Research and Practice in Early Childhood, Brian Doig, Barry McRae, and Ken Rowe