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Quality of school education

13 September 2007

View the report as a single document - (PDF 1431KB)

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Members of the Committee	(PDF 75KB)

Acronyms	(PDF 36KB)

Terms of Reference	(PDF 32KB)

Recommendations	(PDF 32KB)

Preface	(PDF 39KB)

Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 181KB)
The quality of education debate Quality teaching Investment in teacher quality The curriculum debate A national curriculum: how far do we go? Measuring the quality of learning and certifying the outcomes The long tail of underachievement Education is local - A final note

Chapter 2 - Standards, Assessment and Reporting	(PDF 218KB)
International assessment programs Benchmark testing 'League tables' Reporting progress Conclusion Recommendation 1

Chapter 3 - Quality Teaching	(PDF 167KB)
The importance of quality teachers The training of teachers Literacy and the 'reading wars' Mathematics Conclusion Recommendation 2 Recommendation 3 Recommendation 4 Recommendation 5

Chapter 4 - Curriculum	(PDF 178KB)
The curriculum challenge Course content and teaching issues The curriculum for social sciences and the humanities The mathematics curriculum Conclusion

Chapter 5 - Matriculation standards and an Australian Certificate of Education	(PDF 237KB)
Variations in standards Assessment Curriculum An Australian Certificate of Education Conclusion Recommendation 6

Chapter 6 - The teaching profession	(PDF 175KB)
The school milieu Attraction and retention Quality of entrants to the profession Overcoming teacher shortages Conclusion Recommendation 7

Opposition Senators' Report	(PDF 101KB)
The conduct of the inquiry Past inquiries The current inquiry Recommendation 1 Recommendation 2 Recommendation 3 Recommendation 4

Appendix 1 - List of submissions	(PDF 106KB)

Appendix 2 - Hearings and Witnesses	(PDF 76KB)

Appendix 3 - Additional information and tabled documents	(PDF 33KB)

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Committee Secretary
Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3521

Fax: +61 2 6277 5706

Email: eet.sen@aph.gov.au