Reports
Highlights from TIMSS & PIRLS 2011 from Australia’s perspective (with Sue Thomson, Nicole Wernert, Marina Schmid, Sarah Buckley, and Ann Munene), TIMSS and PIRLS 2011 (2012)
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading...
Monitoring Australian year 4 student achievement internationally : TIMSS and PIRLS 2011 (with Sue Thomson, Nicole Wernert, Marina Schmid, Sarah Buckley, and Ann Munene), TIMSS and PIRLS 2011 (2012)
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading...
Monitoring Australian year 8 student achievement internationally : TIMSS 2011 (with Sue Thomson and Nicole Wernert), TIMSS and PIRLS 2011 (2012)
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2011) is an international study directed...
Food, Fibre and the Future : Report on surveys of students’ and teachers’ knowledge and understanding of primary industries (with Sarah Buckley), National Surveys (2011)
Primary Industry plays a vital role in Australian’s economy and society, but the gap between...
Gambling and young people in Australia (with Nola Purdie, Gabrielle Matters, Martin Murphy, Clare Ozolins, and Pam Millwood), Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation (2011)
This study was undertaken by the Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd (ACER) and presents...
Articles
Success against the odds, Research Developments (2010)
Kylie Hillman presents a research project that found low performance in mathematics did not hinder...
School careers advice well received by students, Research Developments (2009)
An ACER study of young Australians’ perceptions of the career advice received in secondary school...
The Migration of Non-Metropolitan Youth Towards the Cities, Research Developments (2007)
Rural communities in Australia have long felt concern about the rate at which young people...
Transition to further education: the first-year experience (with Julie McMillan), Professional Educator (2005)
Look at tertiary study in terms of academic failure and attrition, and research clearly identifies...
Gender differences in education and labour market outcomes (with Sheldon Rothman), Learning Matters (2004)
Despite numerous changes in policy and legislation, issues of gender equity in the Australian education...
Conference Papers and Presentations
Growth in receptive vocabulary among 4 to 8 year-olds: Using growth modelling with the LSAC K cohort (with Siek Toon Khoo and Clare Ozolins), Paper presented at the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Conference (2009)
Success despite the odds? Outcomes for low-performing students in Australia (with Sue Thomson), PISA Research Conference (2009)
X, Y and Z: Three Decades of Education, Employment and Social Outcomes of Australian Youth (with Sheldon Rothman), 2008 – Touching the Future: Building Skills for Life and Work (2008)
This paper focuses on three decades of findings from Australian longitudinal studies of adolescents and...
Career advice and career plans: Sources, satisfaction, and realisation (with Sheldon Rothman, Julie McMillan, and David D. Curtis), Paper presented at VET in Context, the 2008 conference of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA) (2008)
The literature on career decision-making suggests that students make their decisions based on the degree...