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The Hon Christopher Pyne MP: Minister For Education Leader of The House

The document summarizes the results of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test. It states that Australia's academic performance is declining, with worse results since testing began. Australia scored lower in mathematical, scientific and reading literacy compared to previous PISA tests in 2000 and 2003. It dropped in the international rankings for these subjects. The minister said that despite increased education funding, results continue to decline. PISA found that teacher quality has a direct impact on student outcomes, regardless of school attended. Australia needs to improve classroom pedagogy and give schools more autonomy to lift results.

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The Hon Christopher Pyne MP: Minister For Education Leader of The House

The document summarizes the results of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test. It states that Australia's academic performance is declining, with worse results since testing began. Australia scored lower in mathematical, scientific and reading literacy compared to previous PISA tests in 2000 and 2003. It dropped in the international rankings for these subjects. The minister said that despite increased education funding, results continue to decline. PISA found that teacher quality has a direct impact on student outcomes, regardless of school attended. Australia needs to improve classroom pedagogy and give schools more autonomy to lift results.

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THE HON CHRISTOPHER PYNE MP

Minister for Education Leader of the House

MEDIA RELEASE
3 December, 2013 *STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 9PM AEDT, 3 December 2013*

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Minister for Education, The Hon Christopher Pyne MP, said the atest Pro!ramme for "nternationa #tudent $ssessment %P"#$& resu ts sho' our academic performance is s ippin!( )The P"#$ report sho's that Labor*s Education +e,o ution has been a spectacu ar fai ure,- Mr Pyne said( )These resu ts are the 'orst for $ustra ia since testin! be!an and sho's that 'e are fa in! further behind our re!iona nei!hbours( )Today*s report card sho's that for a the bi ions spent on aptops and schoo ha s there is sti no e,idence of a ift in outcomes for students( )$ustra ia has ost more !round to other participatin! countries since the ast test in P"#$ 200.( /ased on our ra' mean score, 'e ha,e dropped from 10th to 1.th in mathematica iteracy, 10th to 11th in scientific iteracy and .th to 12th in readin! iteracy( )Despite spendin! 223 more on education fundin! o,er the past decade resu ts are sti in dec ine( )This c ear y sho's that more fundin! does not e4uate to better outcomes(The P"#$ report has a so re,ea ed ho' critica teacher 4ua ity is to $ustra ia*s education system and to iftin! student outcomes( The report out ines ho' student outcomes, re!ard ess of 'hich schoo they attend, are direct y impacted by the 4ua ity of teachin! they recei,e( )5e must ta6e note of the dec ine in our internationa performance( P"#$ sho's us that our education system is hi!h7e4uity 'here socio7economic status matters ess 'hen compared to other 8ECD countries, but there is a ar!e ,ariation in indi,idua schoo s bet'een hi!h performin! and o' performin! students,- Mr Pyne said(

)P"#$ has found that in $ustra ia it matters more 'hich teacher you are a ocated as opposed to 'hich schoo you attend()"t is concernin! that our hi!h performin! students are not doin! as 'e as students from other countries and that our o' performin! students are performin! ,ery poor y( The PISA 2012: How Australia Measures Up report has been re eased by the $ustra ian Counci for Educationa +esearch %$CE+& on beha f of a $ustra ian 9o,ernments( There 'ere 10 participatin! countries and economies in P"#$ 2012 'hich compares ho' 107year7o d students perform in mathematica , readin! and scientific iteracy( )$ the e,idence sho's that better outcomes are achie,ed by iftin! the 4ua ity of teachin!, ensurin! 'e ha,e a robust curricu um, e:pandin! principa autonomy and encoura!in! more parenta en!a!ement( )The Coa ition is focused on these core initiati,es,- he said( )5e ha,e to oo6 at impro,ed c assroom peda!o!y and !reater schoo autonomy because these are the thin!s 'e 6no' 'i ift resu ts(The fu P"#$ report is a,ai ab e at '''(acer(edu(au Mr P*)e+ Me(,-. 020; 1.1 000, pynemedia<education(!o,(au De/-r#me)# Me(,-. media<dee'r(!o,(au Graph 1 Trends in Australias performance in PISA since 2000 (based on raw score)

Table 1 Australias performance in PISA 2012!

*Rankings are based on raw mean score and do not take into consideration the effect of standard error.

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