We explore responses of Australian school principals to the introduction of test score reporting via the My School … administered to principals before (2009) and after (2012) the My School website launch. We find scarce evidence of meaningful … adjustments over time, but we do find evidence of significantly different policies and practices across school groups …

employ Queensland Department of Education school administration panel data for the population of state school students for … discontinuity design (RDD) based on administrative rules on age of school enrolment. The class assigning mechanism operates via a … postponed the school starting age by 6 months and produced a large increase in the compliance rate. This enables one to gauge …

Australian Schools -- Output-Oriented Efficiency Measures in Australian School -- Productivity Measurement. … to school systems worldwide, the authors use data on Australian elementary and high schools to develop nonparametric … measures that will help inform current policy debate in Australia. The purpose of the book is to provide a comprehensive …

All Australian children are required by law to attend school, including children with disabilities and other special … not provided with the educational services they require. This sets Australia apart from other jurisdictions, such as the …

school than bilingual indigenous children who speak Spanish as a second language …

What is the effect of COVID-19 related school closures on student achievement? We provide causal evidence using … variation in the duration of school closures across and within Australian states. School closures ranged from 4 to 112 days. We … find no evidence of large declines on standardised test scores. The variation in test scores we observe post school …