Articles (Refereed)

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A cultural perspective on the structure of student interest in science (with Mary Ainley), International Journal of Science Education (2011)
 
Explaining socioeconomic inequalities in student achievement : the role of home and school factors (with Gary Marks and John Cresswell), Educational Research and Evaluation (2006)
 

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Policy issues for Australia's education systems : evidence from international and Australian research (with Gary Marks and Julie McMillan), Education Policy Analysis Archives (2004)
 

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The influence of IT : perspectives from five Australian schools (with D Banks and M Fleming), Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (2002)
 

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School governance : research on educational and management issues (with Phil McKenzie), International Education Journal (2000)
 

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Generic interests and school subject choice (with Gerald R. Elsworth, Adrian Beavis, and Sergio Fabris), Educational Research and Evaluation (1999)
 

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Student participation in mathematics courses in Australian secondary schools (with Peter Daly), Irish Journal of Education (1999)
 
School effectiveness : where to from here?, Leading and Managing (1995)
 
Beyond the compulsory years : transitions in New South Wales high schools (with M Sheret), Australian Journal of Career Development (1993)
 
Students' views of primary school (with S Bourke), Research Papers in Education (1992)
 
Differences among high schools in their influence on students to stay beyond the minimum leaving age (with J Foreman and Michael Sheret), Journal of Educational Research (1991)
 

Books

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ICCS 2009 Asian report : civic knowledge, attitudes, and engagement among lower secondary students in five Asian countries (with Julian Fraillon and Wolfram Schulz), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2012)
 

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ICCS 2009 Latin American Report : civic knowledge and attitudes among lower-secondary students in six Latin American countries (with Wolfram Schulz, Tim Friedman, and Petra Lietz), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2011)
 

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ICCS 2009 Technical Report (with Wolfram Schulz and Julian Fraillon), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2011)
 

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ICCS 2009 International Report: Civic knowledge, attitudes and engagement among lower secondary school students in thirty-eight countries. (with Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon, David Kerr, and Bruno Losito), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2010)
 
John Keeves and the Australian Council for Educational Research (with Rebecca Leech, Phillip McKenzie, Patricia K. Knight, Jenny A. Barnes, Renee Otmar, and Maureen O'Keefe), Dr. Philip McKenzie (2009)
 

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International Civic and Citizenship Education Study : Assessment Framework (with Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon, Bruno Losito, and David Kerr), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2008)
 

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In the Balance - the future of Australia's primary schools (with Maxwell Angus and Harriet Olney), ERA 2010 (2007)
 
Learning to read in the early years of school (with Marianne Fleming) (2000)
 
Progress through high school: a study of senior secondary schooling in New South Wales (with Michael Sheret and New South Wales. Dept of School Education) (1992)
 

Contributions to Books

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Children’s numeracy skills (with Galina Daraganova), The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Annual Statistical Report 2011 (2012)
 

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Technological issues for computer-based assessment (with Beno Csapó, Randy E. Bennett, Thibaud Latour, and Nancy Law), Assessment and teaching of 21st century skills (2012)
 

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Enhancing education (with Sheldon Rothman, David Slattery, and Sarah Buckley), Northern Territory emergency response : evaluation report 2011 (2011)
 

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Overview of the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (with Wolfram Schulz), ICCS 2009 Technical Report (2011)
 
The Contribution of IEA Research Studies to Australian Education (with John P. Keeves, Jan Lokan, Petra Lietz, Geoff N. Masters, and Sue Thomson), IEA 1958-2008: 50 years of experiences and memories (2011)
 
The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) (with Wolfram Schulz and Julian Fraillon), IEA 1958-2008: 50 years of experiences and memories (2011)
 
National policies and practices on ICT in education : Australia, Cross-national information and communication technology : policies and practices in education (2009)
 
Students in a digital age : some implications of ICT for teaching and learning (with Dara Searle), International handbook on information technology in primary and secondary education (2009)
 
Technology and learning : access in schools around the world (with R Anderson), International Encyclopedia of Education (2009)
 
Explaining Socioeconomic Inequalities in Student Achievement (with Gary Marks and John Cresswell), Quantitative Research in Education (2008)
 
Explaining Socioeconomic Inequalities in Student Achievement (with Gary Marks and John Cresswell), Quantitative Research in Education (2008)
 
Evaluating literacy advance in the early years of school, Research methods in the social sciences (2004)
 
Australian national policies and practices on ICT in education (with A Allan), National policies and practices on ICT in education (2003)
 
Participation in science courses in the final year of high school in Australia : the influences of single-sex and coeducational schools (with Peter Daly), Gender in policy and practice : perspectives on single-sex and coeducational schooling (2002)
 

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Educational Systems: Australia, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (2001)
 
Non attendance at school (with Michelle Lonsdale), Research reports for the Prime Minister's Youth Pathways Action Plan Taskforce, Appendix B (2001)
 

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Mapping educational research and its impact on Australian schools (with Allyson Holbrook, Sid Bourke, John Owen, Phil McKenzie, Sebastian Misson, and Trevor Johnson), The impact of educational research (2000)
 

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The influence of school factors (with Phil McKenzie), Australia's young adults : the deepening divide (1999)
 
Assessment in primary schools, The primary school in changing times : the Australian experience (1998)
 
Longitudinal research and participation in further education (with Michael Long), The market for vocational education and training (1998)
 
Australia (with Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)), National contexts for mathematics and science education : an encyclopedia of the education systems participating in TIMSS (1997)
 
ACER report 2: curriculum and organisation in Queensland primary schools, Shaping the future : review of the Queensland school curriculum (1994)
 
Participation by disadvantaged young people in postcompulsory education and training (with Phil McKenzie), Young people's participation in post-compulsory education and training (1991)
 
School laboratory work, The science curriculum and the student laboratory (1990)
 

Articles

ICT literacy on target, Teacher (2010)
 

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What can Australian students do with computers?, Research Developments (2010)
 
Improving science learning, Lab Talk (2007)
 

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Improving Science Learning, Research Developments (2006)
 

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Year 12 subjects and further study, LSAY Briefing (2005)
 

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Measuring Australian Students' ICT Literacy, Research Developments (2005)
 
Aussies schools are not so 'undemocratic' (with Adrian Beavis, Gary Marks, and Ken Rowe), Educare News (2003)
 

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Participation in science courses in senior secondary school, Research in Science & Technological Education (1993)
 
Staffing government schools (with Phil McKenzie), Unicorn (1984)
 
Principally for principals: resource allocation and government schools in Australia and New Zealand (with Phil McKenzie), Set: Research Allocation for Teachers (1983)
 

Unpublished Papers

Subject choice in years 11 and 12 (with Lyn Robinson, Adrian Beavis, Gerald Elsworth, and M Fleming), Adrian Beavis (1994)
 

Conference Papers and Presentations

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Session J - Lessons for improvement from international comparative studies, From 2009 - 2012 ACER Research Conference series (2012)
 

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The role of civic participation in national and school curricula (with Tim Friedman), Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2012)
 
The measurement and determinants of growth in receptive vocabulary (with Sheldon Rothman and Kylie Hillman), Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference (2007)
 
Differences in science teaching and learning across Australian states, Second IEA International Research Conference : proceedings of the IRC-2006: volume 1 : Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) (2007)
 
Attitudes to School, Educational Intentions and Participations (with Siek Toon Khoo), Paper presented at the 2006 AERA Annual Meeting (2006)
 

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Individual and School Influences on Interdependence, ACER Research Conference (2004)
 

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Information And Communication Technologies in Classrooms : Perspectives from an International Study (with Diana Banks and Marianne Fleming), ACER Research Conference (2002)
 
Navigating the transition from school to work: Implications for the emotional well-being of young people (with Julie McMillan and Kylie Hillman), Paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Adolescent Health Conference (2002)
 

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Mapping educational research and exploring research impact: a holistic, multi-method approach (with Allyson Holbrook, Sid Bourke, John M. Owen, and Phil McKenzie), American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (2000)
 

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School achievement and labour market outcomes (with Gary Marks), Paper presented to the Centre for Economic Research, ANU Conference, Labour Market Trends and Family Policies : Implications for Children, 14-15 July 1999 (1999)
 

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Changes in mathematics achievement over the high school years, Australian Association for Research in Education Conference (1994)
 

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Combining quantitative and qualitative data in a study of progress through high school (with Michael Sheret), Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)/New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Joint Conference, Deakin University Geelong 22-26 November 1992 (1992)
 

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Favourable attitudes towards school and students' perceptions of curriculum choice (with M Sheret and L Fink), Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference (1990)
 

Reports

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National assessment program : ICT literacy technical report (with Eveline Gebhardt, Julian Fraillon, Wolfram Schulz, Kate O'Malley, Chris Freeman, and Martin Murphy), National Sample Assessment of ICT Literacy (2012)
 

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National Assessment Program : ICT Literacy Years 6 and 10 report 2011 (with Julian Fraillon, Eveline Gebhardt, and Wolfram Schulz), National Sample Assessment of ICT Literacy (2012)
 

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Apprenticeships and Traineeships: Participation, Progress and Completion (with Steve Holden and Sheldon Rothman), LSAY Briefing Reports (2010)
 

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Initial Findings from the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (with Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon, David Kerr, and Bruno Losito), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2010)
 

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National assessment program : ICT literacy years 6 & 10 report 2008 (with Julian Fraillon; Chris Freeman; and Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA)), National Sample Assessment of ICT Literacy (2010)
 

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Reporting and Comparing School Performances (with Geoff N. Masters, Glenn Rowley, and Siek Toon Khoo), Assessment and Reporting Projects (2008)
 

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Participation in Science, Mathematics and Technology in Australian Education (with Julie Kos and Marina Nicholas), ACER Research Monographs (2008)
 

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National Assessment Program : Information Communication and Technology Literacy : year 6 and year 10 : technical report 2005 (with Julian Fraillon, Chris Freeman, and Martin Murphy), National Sample Assessment of ICT Literacy (2008)
 

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International civic and citizenship education study : assessment framework (with Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon, Bruno Losito, and David Kerr) (2008)
 

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Schooling and youth participation in education and society (with Phil McKenzie), Centre for the Economics of Education & Training (CEET) (2007)
 

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In the Balance - the future of Australia's primary schools (with Maxwell Angus and Harriet Olney), ERA 2010 (2007)
 

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National assessment program : ICT literacy years 6 & 10 report 2005 (with Julian Fraillon; Chris Freeman; and Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (Australia) (MCEETYA)), National Sample Assessment of ICT Literacy (2007)
 
Postgraduate research experience 2006 : the report of the postgraduate research experience questionnaire (with Hamish Coates, B Guthrie, and T Friedman), Dr. Hamish Coates (2007)
 

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VET experiences: What the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth tell us (with David D. Curtis, Sheldon Rothman, and Phil McKenzie), Centre for the Economics of Education & Training (CEET) (2006)
 
Graduate course experience 2005 : the report of the course experience questionnaire (with Hamish Coates, T Johnston, and B Guthrie), Dr. Hamish Coates (2006)
 
Graduate course experience 2006 : the report of the course experience questionnaire (with Hamish Coates, T Johnston, and B Guthrie), Dr. Hamish Coates (2006)
 

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National assessment program : civics and citizenship years 6 and 10 report 2004 (with Suzanne Mellor, Julian Fraillon, and Nicole Wernert) (2006)
 

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Participation in and progress through new apprenticeships (with Matthew Corrigan), LSAY Research Reports (2005)
 

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Attitudes, intentions and participation (with Siek Toon Khoo), LSAY Research Reports (2005)
 
Course Experience Questionnaire 2004 (with Gradaute Careers Council of Australia) (2005)
 
Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire 2004 (with Graduate Careers Council of Australia) (2005)
 
Five years on : literacy advance in the primary years (with Marianne Fleming) (2004)
 

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Patterns of participation in year 12 (with Sue Fullarton, Maurice Walker, and Kylie Hillman), LSAY Research Reports (2003)
 

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Lessons from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (with Sue Thomson, Jan Lokan, and Lamb Stephen), TIMSS Australia Monograph Series (2003)
 

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Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (with A Sanson, J Nicholson, J Ungerer, S Zubrick, K Wilson, D Berthelsen, D Broom, L Harrison, B Rodgers, M Sawyer, S Silburn, L Strazdins, G Vimpani, M Wake, and M Bittman) (2002)
 
Postgraduate research experience questionnaire 2000 (with Adrian Beavis, Gerald Elsworth, and B Guthrie), Adrian Beavis (2002)
 
Three years on : literacy advance in the early and middle primary years (with Marianne Fleming, Margaret McGregor, Catholic Education Commission of Victoria (CECV), and University of Melbourne. Centre for Applied Educational Research) (2002)
 

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Subject choice by students in year 12 in Australian secondary schools (with Sue Fullarton), LSAY Research Reports (2000)
 

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The Measurement of Language Background, Culture and Ethnicity for the Reporting of Nationally Comparable Outcomes of Schooling (with Tracey Frigo, Gary Marks, Silvia McCormack, Julie McMillan, Marion Meiers, and Susan Zammit), Dr. Gary Marks (2000)
 

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The Measurement of Socioeconomic Status for the Reporting of Nationally Comparable Outcomes of Schooling (with Gary Marks, Julie McMillan, and Frank L. Jones), Dr. Gary Marks (2000)
 

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Mapping educational research and its impact on Australian schools (with A Holbrook, S Bourke, J Owen, P McKenzie, S Misson, and T Johnson) (2000)
 
Schools and the social development of young Australians (with Margaret Batten, Cherry Collins, and Graeme Withers) (1998)
 

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School-industry programs national survey 1996 (with Marianne Fleming) (1997)
 
Gender and school education (with Cherry Collins; Margaret Batten; John Getty; Australia. Dept of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA); and Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (Australia) (MCEETYA)) (1996)