There are serious concerns about standards-based assessment, which is one of the main models being suggested for a possible national examination of Year 12 students in Australia.
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Experienced teachers who mentor pre-service colleagues should be encouraged to take up postgraduate studies and receive academic credits for their work – Education Review.
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In general, government schools do not 'value add' as well as Catholic and Independent schools. The main body of government schools should learn from the practices of their state sector counterparts who do demonstrate superior student outcomes – Making Schools Better conference.
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The marketing of education has become increasingly sophisticated. In this article Rebecca English considers some of the marketing techniques used by non-government schools – Perspectives on Educational Leadership.View Abstract...
This article considers the plight of beginning teachers, and proposes that school communities revise their expectations of the professional contribution they can expect from these teachers – Practically Primary.View Abstract...