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Our research into teaching focuses on the quality of the teacher workforce, teacher training and ways to improve student outcomes through better teaching methods.

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Do the maths or we’ll never be a STEM superpower
December 12, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

Calls for Australia to become a STEM superpower will never be answered unless our students...

Submission to the Independent Review of Education in Tasmania
October 4, 2024

Introduction The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) is a leading independent public policy think tank...

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Lifting NAPLAN results: what happens in the classroom matters most
August 16, 2024EDUCATIONHQ

Every year, the national release of NAPLAN results triggers a barrage of commentary and soul-searching...

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Schools are finally getting back to what works best
June 15, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

This week Victoria finally embraced the evidence on how kids learn to read, and the...

Let’s stop the ‘teachers as therapists’ business and get back to basics
May 22, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

New OECD data suggests Australia’s long-declining performance in education has extended beyond academic results to...

Submission to the Inquiry into Literacy and Numeracy in ACT Public Schools
February 27, 2024

This submission does not directly seek to answer the 20 questions posted in the Consultation...

Implementing the Science of Learning: teacher experiences
February 22, 2024RR47

Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Background and policy context A pathway for advancing the...

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What is the Science of Learning?
February 15, 2024AP63

Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Politics, philosophy and education Progressive education versus modern evidence...

Overcoming the Odds: A study of Australia’s top-performing disadvantaged schools
March 18, 2019RR39

Students from disadvantaged social backgrounds perform worse on average academically than more advantaged students. This...

What the Gonski 2 Review got wrong
June 17, 2018PP6

The Gonski 2 Review into Australian schools failed to fulfill its terms of reference to...

Why We Need NAPLAN
May 13, 2018RR36

The National Assessment Plan – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a crucial national assessment, but...

Read about it: Scientific evidence for effective teaching of reading
Kerry HempenstallMarch 7, 2016Research Report 11

Five from Five is now a community education project supported by MultiLit, a reading program...

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