Research Projects
Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Project Director: Dr John Ainley
The Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children involves following the progress over seven years of two samples more than 5,000 children. One sample consists of children initially sampled in their first year of life and the other consists of children initially sampled at the age of four years. Surveys have been conducted in 2004 and 2006 with the next survey planned for 2008. ACER is responsible for the educational outcome measures and contributes to other aspects of design and development as a member of the Consortium Advisory group. Several reports have been produced from the analyses of the Wave 1 data and reports on the combined Wave 2 (2006) and Wave 1 (2004) data are in preparation.
Staff: Dr John Ainley
Expected Completion Date: Ongoing Study through to 2011
Funding: Australian Institute of Family Studies, for the Department of Family, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Deliverables: Reports are prepared by the Consortium Advisory Group for each wave of data collection, a data file is provided for access to researchers on application to FACSIA and occasional papers are published based on analysis of the data