Policy Issues for Australia's Education Systems: Evidence from International and Australian Research

Creator

Gary N. Marks
Julie McMillan
John Ainley

Files

Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

April 2004

Abstract

Our purpose here is to discuss education policy issues in the context of empirical evidence. We note that many commonly held beliefs about Australian education such as, the relative performance and participation levels of Australian students; the importance of socioeconomic background on educational outcomes both relative to other countries and changes over-time; gender differences in mathematics and science; and the labor market situation of early school leavers; are not supported by empirical research.

Keywords

Education--Australia, Education and state, Socioeconomic status

Extent

26

Geographic Location

Australia

Volume

12

Issue

16

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Marks, G., McMillan, J., Ainley, J., (2004, April 20). Policy issues for Australia’s education systems: Evidence from international and Australian research. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(17). Retrieved [Date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n17.

Identifier

E11-00366

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Marks, Gary N.; McMillan, Julie; and Ainley, John, "Policy Issues for Australia's Education Systems: Evidence from International and Australian Research" (2004). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 471.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/471