• Education

Quality school education is vital for individual potential and a healthy society. All children should have access to an education that is responsive to their needs as well as upholding high academic standards. CIS’s research focus is on policies that improve the quality of teaching and student outcomes.

Keeping PISA in Perspective: Why Australian Education Policy Should Not Be Driven by International Test Results
Jennifer Buckingham OAMDecember 18, 2012IA136

The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International Maths and Science...

Far-reaching literacy strategy called for
Jennifer Buckingham OAMDecember 18, 2012Australian Financial Review

The publication of new data from international student tests can be relied upon to cause...

International rankings hold little value for Australia’s education future
Jennifer Buckingham OAMDecember 18, 2012

Australia’s unique education system must not be sacrificed in the pursuit of an unattainable goal...

Overrated PISA envy
Jennifer Buckingham OAMDecember 14, 2012

Australia’s comparative performance in the recently released Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS)...

Adoption: Proof think tanks CAN DO
Jeremy SammutNovember 2, 2012

The Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry has endorsed adoption ‘as one response’ to the...

The dangerous idea of abolishing private schools
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 12, 2012

A few weeks ago I was a panellist at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. The...

Submission to NAPLAN Reporting Review 2019
Blaise Joseph, Jennifer Buckingham OAMMarch 18, 2019

NAPLAN is a key element of government transparency and accountability There is very little evidence...

Submission to the Senate Education and Employment Committee Inquiry into The Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017
Blaise JosephMay 24, 2017CIS Submission
Productivity Commission Inquiry Into Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice into Human Services: Submission in response to issues paper
Trisha JhaJuly 1, 2016CIS Submission

The Human Services Inquiry is ‘examining policy options in the human services sector that incorporate...

Productivity Commission Inquiry into the National Education Evidence Base: Submission in response to the draft report
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMay 1, 2016CIS Submission

The Review of Education Evidence (Draft Report)—the ‘Draft Report’—provides a useful, up-to-date overview of the...

Submission to the Parliament of NSW Standing Committee on State Development: Inquiry into economic development in Aboriginal communities
Sara HudsonFebruary 12, 2016CIS Submission

In seeking to improve Indigenous economic development outcomes it is important to recognise that high...

Submission to the National Commission of Audit
Alexander Philipatos, Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Jeremy Sammut, Robert Carling, Simon Cowan, Stephen Kirchner, Trisha JhaApril 1, 2014T30.08

The federal government’s Commission of Audit (CoA) was established in 2013 to review the performance...

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