Benchmarking Australia’s student achievement, professional autonomy and system adaptivity
ISBN13 : 9781742864976
Author(s) : Brian J Caldwell
Publisher : ACER, 2018
SKU : A5362BK
It is time for a new narrative on schools in Australia. Lifting Australia’s performance on international assessments depends on top-class teaching and learning that meets the needs of all students in all settings. The Alignment Premium focuses on how high-performing countries achieve strategic policy alignment, and how school leaders are professionally prepared to play their part.
Analysis of approaches used in 13 countries, including most of the world’s top-performers, provides 15 benchmarks against which Australia’s performance is assessed. Findings include:
Programs for professional learning of teachers and school leaders are impressive when assessed against international benchmarks. These should be the top priority. Building on findings in The Autonomy Premium, the focus should be on professional autonomy. The challenge is to design a system in which all those who work in or for schools are fully professional.
The Alignment Premium is essential reading for policy-makers, school leaders and researchers who wish to write the new narrative.