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ATARs, Zombie Ideas & Sir Robert Menzies
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- المؤلفون: Lewis, Robert
- اللغة:
English
- المصدر:
Australian Universities' Review. 2021 63(1):57-64.
- الموضوع:
2021
- نوع التسجيلة:
Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Opinion Papers
- معلومة اضافية
- Peer Reviewed:
Y
- المصدر:
8
- Education Level:
High Schools
Secondary Education
Grade 12
- الموضوع:
- الموضوع:
- ISSN:
0818-8068
- نبذة مختصرة :
Launched in 2010 by the Gillard Labor Government, the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rankings (ATAR) system is the first national unified system for reporting the educational attainment of successive cohorts of Year 12 school leavers. The system is widely regarded as fit for purpose, being both predictive of academic success and rates of completion (Higher Education Standards Panel, 2017; Marks, 2007; Wilson, 2020; Shulruf et al., 2018). The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) infer the minimum entry standards for initial teacher education be set at ATAR 80 and above, drawing prospective teachers from among the best and the brightest. However, this is not the trend, and neither side of politics has a serious national plan to redeem falling standards. Moreover, since its inception, the ATAR system has become increasingly politicised and dragged into 'culture wars' over access, funding, standards and social justice. The aim of this commentary is to highlight the profound systemic problems of falling standards in school student outcomes; in part due to lowered ATARs as well as problematic standards in teacher education.
- نبذة مختصرة :
ERIC
- الموضوع:
2021
- الرقم المعرف:
EJ1304970
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