Educational Leadership

A recent report recommended all students leave school with a learner profile. This will capture their academic results, as well as other achievements like extracurricular activities.

There will be no timetabled classes, no exams and no ATAR at the end of year 12 for students at a new independent high school in Sydney's west.

Every year a parent phones to ask if their child has achieved a high 99.95 or a low 99.95. "My advice ... is to go and give your child a hug,” a VTAC director says.

Simon Birmingham says unis should only admit students likely to pass government’s literacy and numeracy test

"We did not come across anybody who was capable of explaining it to us."

The president of Trinity Grammar's alumni association has accused the prestigious private school of being too preoccupied with high ATARS, fundraisin

A new paper argues the ATAR should be replaced by a more nuanced 'learner profile', but there are concerns the proposal would create new ways to game the system

Australia's chief scientist has attacked the national scoring system for university entry, arguing it discourages VCE students from taking on tougher subjects.

Students who leave high school with the lowest scores — some close to zero — are being offered places in teaching degrees at universities, a secret report finds.

Selective-entry schools only marginally improve students' ATARs according to new research that questions whether elite state schools boost academic performance.

Students at selective-entry high schools achieve ATARs that are at most two points higher, on average, than similar students elsewhere.

The University of Melbourne research suggests that high-achieving students will do well at any school.

Plummeting university admission standards have been confirmed by new government data and one degree stands out as most concerning.