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Bromley, Tamara; Oakley, Grace; Vidovich, Lesley – Literacy, 2019
Since the early 2000s, literacy education has become an area of intense focus in Australian education policy, positioned to have a role in Australia's pursuit of enhanced international competitiveness in the "global knowledge economy". Policy called for improvements in literacy outcomes, monitored by mandated annual assessments, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Educational Policy, Curriculum Development
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Simpson, Alyson – Literacy, 2017
Research reports teachers around the world currently face major challenges to their professional agency. They face numerous pressures from accountability measures operating in the highly politicised field of literacy education and standardised testing. At the same time international research encourages teachers to design rich assessment tasks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Primary Education, Educational Practices