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Geoff Masters
CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research
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Abstract
The Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and
Training on May 2005 commissioned the Australian Council for
Educational Research to investigate and report on models and
implementation arrangements for an Australian Certificate of
Education. There are ten different certificates currently
available across the six states and two territories of
Australia that provide a senior secondary school
qualification. The first recommendation made by the Review is
for national agreement on what should be taught in each school
system. The second recommendation is for students across
Australia to be assessed against the same standards. This
requires the development of natural so-called 'achievement
achievement standards' in each subject assessed. A third
recommendation is that students are required to demonstrate
acceptable levels of achievement of a few key capabilities. A
final recommendation is that further work needs to be done to
explore how employability skills may be assessed in a
consistent way as part of the Australian Certificate of
Education. In conclusion, it is emphasised that there is need
for a 'common currency' or common language for reporting all
senior secondary subject results. There is also a need for
national debate on what Australia senior secondary school
students should be learning during their final years of
secondary schooling, regardless of where they live.
Australian Certificate of Education,
achievement standards, key capabilities, employability skills,
senior secondary schooling
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