
News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published December 2007 3134 subscribers Subscribe Now In this issue: A world class education system? Evidence from PISA 2006 Australian students perform well in science but many below OECD baseline PISA shows Indigenous students continue to struggle Australian students cool on science Girls fall behind in maths assessment ACER UPDATE Introduction A world class education system? Evidence from PISA 2006 Does Australia have a world-class education system? If not, what kind of ‘education revolution’ would be required to achieve one? In this opinion article, ACER chief executive Professor Geoff Masters, examines findings from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) released earlier this month and finds that they shed interesting and timely light on these questions. Continue reading » Australian students perform well in science but many below OECD baseline A global study involving more than 400,000 15-year-olds in 57 countries provides the latest report card on Australia’s progress in providing a world-class education system. Results from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 show that, while the scientific literacy levels of Australian 15-year-olds are significantly above the OECD average, and either similar to or higher than most of our trading partners, many students in this country continue to struggle. Continue reading » PISA shows Indigenous students continue to struggle The latest results from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show a continuing wide gap in academic achievement between Australia’s Indigenous and non Indigenous students with very little improvement since PISA was first conducted in 2000. Continue reading » Australian students cool on science Australian 15-year-olds are less interested in science and less concerned about environmental issues than students from other OECD countries according to new research. The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 was released on 4 December by the OECD with an Australian national report released simultaneously by ACER. Continue reading » Girls fall behind in maths assessment Gender is re-emerging as an educational issue in Australia based on the latest findings from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) released on 4 December. Results from the Australian national report prepared by ACER have revealed some worrying trends along gender lines. Continue reading » ACER UPDATE PISA 2006 Fact Sheets ACER has prepared a series of seven fact sheets exploring various issues raised by the Australian results in PISA 2006. The fact sheets address these topics: 1. What is PISA? 2. What does PISA test? 3. International rankings 4. Have standards changed? 5. State/territory performances 6. At risk students 7. High quality/High equity Each of the fact sheets can be downloaded from the PISA news webpage PISA reports The Australian national PISA report, Exploring Scientific Literacy: How Australia measures up by Sue Thomson and Lisa De Bortoli, is currently available as a PDF file via the ACER website. Print copies will be available in January 2008. The full report and a summary report, PISA in brief from Australia's perspective, can be downloaded from the ACER website. The international PISA report, Science competencies for tomorrow's world, was released by the OECD on 4 December. There are two volumes to the study covering analysis and data. The OECD media release and information on how to purchase a copy of the international report, is available on the OECD website PISA 2006 and ACER in the news The release of the Australian PISA results generated much interest in the Australian media. The attached media coverage summary (PDF) includes some of the newspaper articles and radio and television reports that have covered the study. The focus is on media coverage that included commentary from ACER from the release of the report until Friday 14 December. PISA 2009 ACER has again been selected by the OECD to conduct the major international components of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for 2009. This will be the fourth cycle of the PISA study. ACER will also develop a computer-delivered assessment. ACER will lead an international consortium of research and educational institutions and eminent individuals to deliver the International PISA project. The testing will take place during 2009 with publication of the results due in late 2010. ACER will also act as National Project Manager for the Australian component of PISA 2009. Introduction PISA 2006 special edition This final edition of ACER eNews for 2007 focuses on the release of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results for the 2006 cycle of testing, released on 4 December.
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In this issue:

A world class education system? Evidence from PISA 2006

Does Australia have a world-class education system? If not, what kind of ‘education revolution’ would be required to achieve one? In this opinion article, ACER chief executive Professor Geoff Masters, examines findings from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) released earlier this month and finds that they shed interesting and timely light on these questions.

Australian students perform well in science but many below OECD baseline

A global study involving more than 400,000 15-year-olds in 57 countries provides the latest report card on Australia’s progress in providing a world-class education system.
Results from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 show that, while the scientific literacy levels of Australian 15-year-olds are significantly above the OECD average, and either similar to or higher than most of our trading partners, many students in this country continue to struggle.

PISA shows Indigenous students continue to struggle

The latest results from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show a continuing wide gap in academic achievement between Australia’s Indigenous and non Indigenous students with very little improvement since PISA was first conducted in 2000.

Australian students cool on science

Australian 15-year-olds are less interested in science and less concerned about environmental issues than students from other OECD countries according to new research. The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 was released on 4 December by the OECD with an Australian national report released simultaneously by ACER.

Girls fall behind in maths assessment

Gender is re-emerging as an educational issue in Australia based on the latest findings from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) released on 4 December. Results from the Australian national report prepared by ACER have revealed some worrying trends along gender lines.

ACER UPDATE

PISA 2006 Fact Sheets

ACER has prepared a series of seven fact sheets exploring various issues raised by the Australian results in PISA 2006. The fact sheets address these topics:
1. What is PISA?
2. What does PISA test?
3. International rankings
4. Have standards changed?
5. State/territory performances
6. At risk students
7. High quality/High equity

Each of the fact sheets can be downloaded from the PISA news webpage

PISA reports

The Australian national PISA report, Exploring Scientific Literacy: How Australia measures up by Sue Thomson and Lisa De Bortoli, is currently available as a PDF file via the ACER website. Print copies will be available in January 2008. The full report and a summary report, PISA in brief from Australia's perspective, can be downloaded from the ACER website.

The international PISA report, Science competencies for tomorrow's world, was released by the OECD on 4 December. There are two volumes to the study covering analysis and data. The OECD media release and information on how to purchase a copy of the international report, is available on the OECD website

PISA 2006 and ACER in the news

The release of the Australian PISA results generated much interest in the Australian media. The attached media coverage summary (PDF) includes some of the newspaper articles and radio and television reports that have covered the study. The focus is on media coverage that included commentary from ACER from the release of the report until Friday 14 December.

PISA 2009

ACER has again been selected by the OECD to conduct the major international components of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for 2009. This will be the fourth cycle of the PISA study. ACER will also develop a computer-delivered assessment. ACER will lead an international consortium of research and educational institutions and eminent individuals to deliver the International PISA project. The testing will take place during 2009 with publication of the results due in late 2010. ACER will also act as National Project Manager for the Australian component of PISA 2009.

Introduction

PISA 2006 special edition

This final edition of ACER eNews for 2007 focuses on the release of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results for the 2006 cycle of testing, released on 4 December.

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