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View article: How affordable are independent school fees in Australia?
How affordable are independent school fees in Australia? Open
The independent private school sector in Australia is growing dramatically. While the sector on average enrols a larger share of socially advantaged students compared to the Catholic or public school sector, the extent to which independent…
View article: The structural validity of a new graduate work readiness scale
The structural validity of a new graduate work readiness scale Open
Purpose - Graduate Work Readiness (GWR) is central to graduate employment. Its multidimensional nature is established in the literature; however, it is complex and not well-understood. A recent exploratory study confirms a hierarchical org…
View article: Exploring adolescent wellbeing: A scoping review
Exploring adolescent wellbeing: A scoping review Open
PISA is the only international large-scale assessment to specifically examine adolescent wellbeing alongside academic achievement. Wellbeing in PISA is a multidimensional construct comprising many indicators or factors for each of five mai…
View article: Socioeconomic and indigenous school segregation: The role of institutional differentiation and fees
Socioeconomic and indigenous school segregation: The role of institutional differentiation and fees Open
Secondary school differentiation in Australia is a substantial driver of the segregation of low SES and Indigenous students. Such segregation acts as a mechanism for the intergenerational transfer of social disadvantages. Indigenous studen…
View article: Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia: The role of institutional differentiation and fees
Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia: The role of institutional differentiation and fees Open
School segregation is an international problem undermining the performance and equity of education systems. Australia's secondary schooling system offers international insights into the causes of segregation owing to it being one of the mo…
View article: Instructional Leadership Moderating the Impact of (In)Congruency Between Peer and Individual Student SES on Achievement
Instructional Leadership Moderating the Impact of (In)Congruency Between Peer and Individual Student SES on Achievement Open
View article: Parent Choice in K–12 Online Schooling: Australian and U.S. Perspectives
Parent Choice in K–12 Online Schooling: Australian and U.S. Perspectives Open
View article: The validation study of a new multidimensional work readiness scale and linkages between its constructs
The validation study of a new multidimensional work readiness scale and linkages between its constructs Open
Challenges associated with the transition from graduate to employee are often attributed to a lack of ‘work readiness’. A conceptual understanding of graduate work readiness (GWR) is a step towards addressing these challenges. Using a mixe…
View article: A new multidimensional graduate work readiness scale: An exploratory study of its factor structure and reliability
A new multidimensional graduate work readiness scale: An exploratory study of its factor structure and reliability Open
Graduate work readiness (GWR) has become increasingly important as countries capitalise on skilled workers’ contribution to economic growth. The GWR discourse has matured; however, the literature highlights a need for more conceptual clari…
View article: Tensions undermining equitable school funding: insights from Australia
Tensions undermining equitable school funding: insights from Australia Open
School funding policy in Australia not only promotes educational equity in some ways but also creates substantial between-school resource inequalities due to its embrace of market ideologies. School funding policies are designed to promote…
View article: The impact of marketization on school segregation and educational equity and effectiveness: Evidence from Australia and Canada
The impact of marketization on school segregation and educational equity and effectiveness: Evidence from Australia and Canada Open
While marketization has been promoted as a mechanism for improving educational equity and effectiveness, substantial evidence suggests that it may have the opposite effect. We contribute to this debate by examining educational equity and e…
View article: Educational choice in Australia
Educational choice in Australia Open
Australia provides substantial opportunities to engage in educational choices. These exist primarily in household choice of school, and choice of study pathway in secondary school. These choices are generally not directly restricted, ratio…
View article: Les choix scolaires en Australie
Les choix scolaires en Australie Open
L’Australie offre de nombreuses possibilités d’exercer des choix scolaires. Elles concernent principalement le choix d’une école par les familles et le choix d’une filière d’études dans l’enseignement secondaire. Ces choix ne sont générale…
View article: Factors predicting mathematics achievement in PISA: a systematic review
Factors predicting mathematics achievement in PISA: a systematic review Open
View article: Opportunities and conditions to learn (OCL): A conceptual framework
Opportunities and conditions to learn (OCL): A conceptual framework Open
“Opportunity to learn” has evolved into an umbrella phrase for describing a large range of settings, resources, structures, and processes. The aim of this study is to develop a conceptual framework that can accommodate a wide range of oppo…
View article: The substantiveness of socioeconomic school compositional effects in Australia: measurement error and the relationship with academic composition
The substantiveness of socioeconomic school compositional effects in Australia: measurement error and the relationship with academic composition Open
This study examines the effect of school socioeconomic composition on student achievement growth in Australian schooling, and its relationship with academic composition utilising the National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLA…
View article: Does school SES matter less for high-performing students than for their lower-performing peers? A quantile regression analysis of PISA 2018 Australia
Does school SES matter less for high-performing students than for their lower-performing peers? A quantile regression analysis of PISA 2018 Australia Open
View article: Between-school inequalities in access to STEM curricula in a marketized education system: The case of Australia
Between-school inequalities in access to STEM curricula in a marketized education system: The case of Australia Open
We used descriptive statistics and a logistic regression to examine between-school inequalities in science and math curricular offerings in Year 12 (final year) in all schools in one Australian state (Victoria). Dataset contains variables …
View article: Between-school inequalities in access to STEM curricula in a marketized education system: The case of Australia
Between-school inequalities in access to STEM curricula in a marketized education system: The case of Australia Open
We used descriptive statistics and a logistic regression to examine between-school inequalities in science and math curricular offerings in Year 12 (final year) in all schools in one Australian state (Victoria). Dataset contains variables …
View article: Challenges of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme: Insights for school leaders and policy makers
Challenges of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme: Insights for school leaders and policy makers Open
Policy makers in the US and several other countries are recommending that more schools offer an International Baccalaureate (IB) programme. However, little is known about the challenges that IB programmes present for teaching and learning …
View article: The Role of the Socio-economic Compositional Effect in Systemic School Effectiveness and Equity
The Role of the Socio-economic Compositional Effect in Systemic School Effectiveness and Equity Open
This study examines the role of the socio-economic compositional effect in predicting the systemic performance and equity of schools. We build on prior research by comparing the size and linearity of compositional effects in primary and se…
View article: Letting Go of the Middle Years Programme: Three Schools’ Rationales for Discontinuing an International Baccalaureate Program
Letting Go of the Middle Years Programme: Three Schools’ Rationales for Discontinuing an International Baccalaureate Program Open
International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) is recognized for its rigor, inquiry-based learning, and development of academic skills. While it is growing in popularity worldwide, some schools have discontinued the program. Lite…
View article: The third sector and innovation: competitive strategies, incentives, and impediments to change
The third sector and innovation: competitive strategies, incentives, and impediments to change Open
Purpose Much justification for third sector involvement in education advances from the notion that attributes from business and non-profit fields could benefit state-run public schools. The purpose of this paper is to explore this issue by…
View article: A Comparison of Rural Educational Disadvantage in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand Using OECD’s PISA
A Comparison of Rural Educational Disadvantage in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand Using OECD’s PISA Open
This study compares rural educational disadvantage across Australia, Canada, and New Zealand using data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Across the thr…
View article: Missing Author Initial in Byline
Missing Author Initial in Byline Open
To the Editor One week after the publication of an article by Orkaby and Schwartz 1 on toenails as the functional hemoglobin A 1c , I saw a clinic patient who had been doing well at our previous visits.She was in her 80s but had only a few…
View article: Using PISA to examine educational inequality
Using PISA to examine educational inequality Open
Educational equity can be measured by the degree to which student academic outcomes are patterned by group differences. In more equitable national education systems, the influence of gender, ethnicity, race, immigrant status or social clas…
View article: What are the benefits of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme for teaching and learning? Perspectives from stakeholders in Australia
What are the benefits of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme for teaching and learning? Perspectives from stakeholders in Australia Open
The report was commissioned by the IB and builds on existing studies on the Middle Years Program. It is the first study to comprehensively examine key ‘insider’ stakeholder perspectives of the benefits of the MYP for teaching and learning …
View article: Educational inequality in Australia
Educational inequality in Australia Open
This chapter explores different forms of educational
\ninequality, how Australia compares to other countries
\nand policy options for reducing inequality.
View article: Curricular Differentiation and Stratification in Australia
Curricular Differentiation and Stratification in Australia Open
This paper examines curricular differentiation and stratification in the Australian education system. Our aim is to contribute to the development of a comparative framework about curricular differentiation and stratification in national sy…
View article: Using self-management to control seizures
Using self-management to control seizures Open
The aim of this study was to develop, deliver and evaluate the impact of an education intervention regarding lifestyle self-management in the control of seizures, health related quality of life (HRQoL), satisfaction with life and resilienc…