Quality & standards

Five years after beginning a reform of its entire education system, the Northern Territory is seeing results and busy training the next generation of leaders to improve student outcomes, supported by the Australian Council for Educational Research. 

New tool enables countries to report the proportion of children and young people reaching the global minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics.

Read our new feature about ground-breaking methods and tools developed by the GEM Centre to enable countries to monitor progress towards SDG 4.

Australian schools have a new national framework for using artificial intelligence (AI).  With the AI 'goldrush' in full swing, we look at what educators need to know before adopting a new program to support teaching.

Results from Bangladesh’s first national learning assessment in primary education since the pandemic suggest there have been no widespread learning losses despite severe disruptions to schooling. Significant proportions of students, however, remain below grade level expectations.

To strengthen our capacity to recruit, develop and retain high quality teachers, Australia needs a more credible, economically affordable, administratively feasible and legally defensible certification system for highly accomplished teachers.