Organisation

Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (NSW)

Literature review

Capturing and measuring student voice


This Learning Curve focuses on capturing and measuring student voice as a way to gain insights into, and improvements in, student engagement.
Report

How schools can improve literacy and numeracy performance and why it (still) matters


This paper examines evidence-based practices that can be implemented by schools to enhance literacy and numeracy performance. Educating students in literacy and numeracy is a key responsibility of schools as literacy and numeracy are ‘foundational skills’ that underpin the subsequent development of more complex skills.
Guide

5 essentials for effective evaluation


All education programs are well-intentioned and many of them are highly effective. However, there are usually more ways than one to achieve good educational outcomes for students. When faced with this scenario, how do educators and education policymakers decide which alternative is likely to provide most ‘bang for buck’? There’s also an uncomfortable truth that...
Briefing paper

Does changing school matter?


This paper explores student mobility in NSW government schools and the impact mobility has on student outcomes.
Literature review

Income mobility in Australia


In recent years, the divide between the richest and the poorest has been growing in many Western countries, and it may now be harder for someone born to low income parents to become economically successful later in life.

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