• 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.

MEDIA RELEASE: Australian government urged to follow England’s lead on Phonics Screening Check
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 28, 2016

Australia should adopt the UK government’s Phonics Screening Check, according to new research published by...

Why Australia must adopt the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 25, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

The only way to determine accurately whether children are learning the fundamental phonics skills —...

Why Australia must adopt the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 24, 2016The Australian

  A simple five-minute process could detect at an early stage all those of Australia’s...

When the rubber hits the road
Trisha JhaNovember 11, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

Think-tankers cop a lot of flack. Australian think tanks don’t loom quite as large in...

Direct Instruction works
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 4, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

Education is high stakes. It’s not good enough to throw ideas about teaching methods at...

Direct and Explicit Teaching Methods
November 3, 2016
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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