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Submissions received for the second National School Reform Agreement study.

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Submissions received before the release of the interim report are listed here.
No. Name Pages Received
1 Qld Advocacy for Inclusion (QAI) (PDF - 155.1 KB) 1 06/06/2022
Attachment: The need for inquiry into school disciplinary absences in Queesnland state schools (PDF - 545.5 KB) 21 06/06/2022
2 Australian Learning Lecture (ALL) (PDF - 428.9 KB) 9 17/06/2022
  Australian Learning Lecture (ALL) (Word - 243.7 KB)    
3 Lyndsay Connors AO and Dr Jim McMorrow (PDF - 212.4 KB) 3 17/06/2022
  Lyndsay Connors AO and Dr Jim McMorrow (Word - 27.0 KB)    
4 Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA) (PDF - 439.6 KB) 12 17/06/2022
5 Grattan Institute (PDF - 229.9 KB) 20 17/06/2022
6 Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) (PDF - 419.5 KB) 22 17/06/2022
7 National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) (PDF - 295.0 KB) 12 17/06/2022
8 Australian Parents Council (APC) (PDF - 284.7 KB) 7 17/06/2022
  Australian Parents Council (APC) (Word - 155.8 KB)    
9 Molly Paterson, Jaai Parasnis and Michelle Rendall (PDF - 134.8 KB) 3 17/06/2022
  Molly Paterson, Jaai Parasnis and Michelle Rendall (Word - 28.7 KB)    
Attachment: Gender, Income, and Numeracy Test Scores (PDF - 487.3 KB) 57 17/06/2022
10 Dr John Halsey (PDF - 295.7 KB) 13 17/06/2022
  Dr John Halsey (Word - 59.2 KB)    
11 Speech Pathology Australia (PDF - 133.8 KB) 7 17/06/2022
Attachment: Speech Pathology in Education (PDF - 304.0 KB) 11 17/06/2022
12 NSW Department of Education (PDF - 259.2 KB) 27 17/06/2022
13 Orygen (PDF - 140.4 KB) 7 17/06/2022
14 Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) (PDF - 199.1 KB) 7 17/06/2022
Attachment: Early years of school: An evidence based review of indicators to assess quality (PDF - 1.5 MB) 19 17/06/2022
15 Independent Education Union of Australia (IEUA) (PDF - 259.8 KB) 13 17/06/2022
16 Teachers’ Work in Schools Research Group (PDF - 356.5 KB) 12 17/06/2022
  Teachers’ Work in Schools Research Group (Word - 67.4 KB)    
17 GERRIC (Gifted Education Research, Resource and Information Centre) University of New South Wales (PDF - 156.5 KB) 2 17/06/2022
  GERRIC (Gifted Education Research, Resource and Information Centre) University of New South Wales (Word - 24.0 KB)    
18 Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations of New South Wales (P&C Federation) (PDF - 209.4 KB) 17 17/06/2022
19 Government of Western Australia (PDF - 280.0 KB) 16 17/06/2022
20 Australian Association of Special Education NSW (AASE NSW) (PDF - 204.4 KB) 5 17/06/2022
  Australian Association of Special Education NSW (AASE NSW) (Word - 104.9 KB)    
21 Prof Pasi Sahlberg and Trevor Cobbold (PDF - 232.7 KB) 5 17/06/2022
Attachment: Leadership for equity and adequacy in education (PDF - 1.5 MB) 24 17/06/2022
22 National School Resourcing Board (PDF - 391.7 KB) 9 17/06/2022
  National School Resourcing Board (Word - 172.9 KB)    
23 Save the Children (PDF - 572.9 KB) 6 17/06/2022
24 Catholic School Parents Australia (CSPA) (PDF - 661.2 KB) 7 17/06/2022
25 Beyond Blue (PDF - 273.1 KB) 4 17/06/2022
26 National Mental Health Commission (PDF - 310.8 KB) 7 17/06/2022
27 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited (AITSL) (PDF - 312.3 KB) 24 17/06/2022
28 Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) (PDF - 601.3 KB) 14 17/06/2022
  Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) (Word - 593.9 KB)    
29 The Smith Family (PDF - 250.1 KB) 10 17/06/2022
30 Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) (PDF - 127.7 KB) 3 17/06/2022
31 Victorian Government (PDF - 439.1 KB) 12 17/06/2022
32 Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) (PDF - 202.4 KB) 4 20/06/2022
  Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) (Word - 980.6 KB)    
33 Pivot Professional Learning (PDF - 254.9 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 9 20/06/2022
Attachment: Learning from the best: what makes an excellent teacher of mathematics? (PDF - 412.5 KB) 25 20/06/2022
34 Dr Marty Ross (PDF - 39.1 KB) 3 17/06/2022
35 Learning Creates Australia (PDF - 196.9 KB) 5 23/06/2022
36 Australian Education Union (PDF - 1.5 MB) 57 22/06/2022
37 Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA) (PDF - 1.1 MB) 12 23/06/2022
Attachment: National Roadmap for English as an Additional Language or Dialect Education in Schools (PDF - 721.4 KB) 28 23/06/2022
38 Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) (PDF - 489.4 KB) 12 24/06/2022
39 ACT Government (PDF - 224.7 KB) 4 24/06/2022
40 Australian Child Rights Taskforce (PDF - 334.3 KB) 8 24/06/2022
41 Restacking the Odds (PDF - 174.8 KB) 3 24/06/2022
  Restacking the Odds (Word - 64.7 KB)    
Attachment: Early years of school: An evidence based review of indicators to assess quality (PDF - 1.5 MB) 19 24/06/2022
42 Northern Territory Government (PDF - 660.7 KB) 6 01/07/2022
43 Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) (PDF - 461.5 KB) 51 01/07/2022
44 Independent Schools Australia (ISA) (PDF - 441.5 KB) 6 04/07/2022
45 Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) (PDF - 940.3 KB) 49 07/07/2022
46 Tasmanian Government (PDF - 215.0 KB) 3 07/07/2022
47 Australian Government Primary Principals Association (AGPPA) (PDF - 232.1 KB) 5 05/07/2022
  Australian Government Primary Principals Association (AGPPA) (Word - 205.2 KB)    
48 Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA) (PDF - 288.5 KB) 8 05/07/2022
49 Ben Blackburn Racing (PDF - 477.0 KB) 17 11/07/2022
  Ben Blackburn Racing (Word - 1.0 MB)    
50 Australian Professional Teachers Association (APTA) (PDF - 242.2 KB) 8 12/07/2022
51 Australian Council of State School Organisations (ACSSO) (PDF - 354.0 KB) 7 26/07/2022
52 Indigenous Education Consultative Meeting (IECM) (PDF - 308.0 KB) 14 12/08/2022
  Indigenous Education Consultative Meeting (IECM) (Word - 74.9 KB)    
53 Queensland Government (PDF - 312.9 KB) 18 16/08/2022

Final submissions (74)

Submissions received after the release of the interim report are listed here.
No. Name Pages Received
DR54 SA Commissioner for Children and Young People (PDF - 2.9 MB) 17 14/09/2022
DR55 Catherine Alice Searson (PDF - 880.0 KB) 24 16/09/2022
  Catherine Alice Searson (Word - 832.7 KB)    
DR56 Anthony Farr (PDF - 129.6 KB) 3 16/09/2022
  Anthony Farr (Word - 39.2 KB)    
DR57 Paul Cahalan (PDF - 179.7 KB) 7 16/09/2022
  Paul Cahalan (Word - 25.1 KB)    
DR58 Name withheld (PDF - 17.7 KB) 2 16/09/2022
DR59 Marcelle Slagter (PDF - 99.6 KB) 5 28/09/2022
DR60 Life Without Barriers (PDF - 163.4 KB) 4 30/09/2022
DR61 Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (AISSA) (PDF - 225.8 KB) 6 05/10/2022
DR62 Prof Emeritus Brian J Caldwell (PDF - 145.5 KB) 9 10/10/2022
  Prof Emeritus Brian J Caldwell (Word - 55.2 KB)    
DR63 Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion | University of South Australia (PDF - 500.5 KB) 18 13/10/2022
DR64 Save the Children and 54 reasons (PDF - 647.8 KB) 4 14/10/2022
DR65 Equity Economics | Code REaD Dyslexia Network (PDF - 475.9 KB) 15 17/10/2022
DR66 Gabrielle McIntosh and Hugh Worrall (PDF - 148.0 KB) 6 02/10/2022
  Gabrielle McIntosh and Hugh Worrall (Word - 31.3 KB)    
DR67 Greg Ashman (PDF - 161.6 KB) 4 17/10/2022
DR68 Aurora Education Foundation (PDF - 313.8 KB) 5 19/10/2022
DR69 Emeritus Professor John Halsey (PDF - 197.2 KB) 4 19/10/2022
  Emeritus Professor John Halsey (Word - 137.2 KB)    
DR70 Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) (PDF - 256.3 KB) 10 19/10/2022
  Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) (Word - 247.4 KB)    
DR71 Australian Child Rights Taskforce (PDF - 200.4 KB) 4 19/10/2022
DR72 School Library Coalition (PDF - 218.0 KB) 4 20/10/2022
DR73 David D Curtis (PDF - 263.1 KB) 14 20/10/2022
DR74 Orygen (PDF - 125.2 KB) 6 20/10/2022
DR75 Jane Dixon, Don Dixon, Peter Dixon, James Dixon (PDF - 131.4 KB) 3 20/10/2022
  Jane Dixon, Don Dixon, Peter Dixon, James Dixon (Word - 27.2 KB)    
DR76 Cecelia Bradley (PDF - 96.4 KB) 4 20/10/2022
  Cecelia Bradley (Word - 26.1 KB)    
DR77 Dr Sue Creagh (PDF - 256.5 KB) 7 20/10/2022
  Dr Sue Creagh (Word - 40.7 KB)    
DR78 Independent Education Union of Australia (IEUA) (PDF - 193.9 KB) 9 20/10/2022
DR79 Education Services Australia (ESA) (PDF - 291.2 KB) 12 21/10/2022
  Education Services Australia (ESA) (Word - 555.8 KB)    
DR80 Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) (PDF - 88.6 KB) 2 20/10/2022
DR81 Margaret Ware (PDF - 45.4 KB) 2 20/10/2022
DR82 David Collins (PDF - 157.3 KB) 5 20/10/2022
  David Collins (Word - 29.2 KB)    
DR83 Dr Desmond J G Griffin, AM (PDF - 115.0 KB) 6 21/10/2022
  Dr Desmond J G Griffin, AM (Word - 58.3 KB)    
DR84 University of Newcastle Teachers and Teaching Research Centre (PDF - 281.2 KB) 10 21/10/2022
DR85 Queensland Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (QATESOL) (PDF - 210.7 KB) 11 20/10/2022
Attachment 1: An introductory guide to the Bandscales State Schools (Queensland) for English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) learners (PDF - 2.5 MB) 40 21/10/2022
Attachment 2: National roadmap for English as an additional language or dialect education in schools (PDF - 765.3 KB) 29 21/10/2022
Attachment 3: EAL/D overview and advice (PDF - 285.0 KB) 38 21/10/2022
DR86 Name withheld * in confidence content omitted - 20/10/2022
DR87 National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) (PDF - 297.2 KB) 15 21/10/2022
DR88 Beyond Blue (PDF - 284.9 KB) 6 21/10/2022
Attachment: 'Be You' information sheets (PDF - 882.1 KB) 4 21/10/2022
DR89 ACT Principal's Association (ACTPA) (PDF - 246.9 KB) 6 21/10/2022
  ACT Principal's Association (ACTPA) (Word - 104.1 KB)    
DR90 Professor Greg Thompson (QUT), Dr Anna Hogan (QUT), Associate Professor Nicole Mockler (Sydney), Dr Meghan Stacey (UNSW), Dr Sue Creagh (QUT) (PDF - 95.9 KB) 4 21/10/2022
DR91 Jennifer Buckingham (PDF - 316.1 KB) 7 21/10/2022
DR92 NSW Secondary Principals' Council (SPC) (PDF - 257.0 KB) 6 21/10/2022
DR93 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) (PDF - 315.8 KB) 19 21/10/2022
DR94 Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA) (PDF - 258.1 KB) 15 21/10/2022
DR95 ARACY (PDF - 153.9 KB) 2 21/10/2022
  ARACY (Word - 29.0 KB)    
DR96 Christine Usher (PDF - 93.5 KB) 2 21/10/2022
  Christine Usher (Word - 26.7 KB)    
DR97 Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations of NSW (PDF - 161.3 KB) 6 21/10/2022
DR98 Institute of Special Educators (InSpEd) (PDF - 219.0 KB) 7 21/09/2022
DR99 Centre for Inclusive Education (C4IE) (PDF - 269.5 KB) 16 21/10/2022
DR100 Patrick A Todhunter (PDF - 302.8 KB) 9 24/10/2022
  Patrick A Todhunter (Word - 66.0 KB)    
DR101 Australian Education Union (AEU) (PDF - 559.1 KB) 30 24/10/2022
DR102 Australian Professional Teachers Association (APTA) (PDF - 234.5 KB) 5 24/10/2022
DR103 National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) (PDF - 333.4 KB) 8 24/10/2022
DR104 Australian Alliance of Associations in Education (AAAE) (PDF - 345.6 KB) 21 24/10/2022
DR105 Independent Schools Australia (ISA) (PDF - 172.2 KB) 10 26/10/2022
  Independent Schools Australia (ISA) (Word - 361.1 KB)    
DR106 National Children's Commissioner (PDF - 115.1 KB) 5 21/10/2022
  National Children's Commissioner (Word - 101.6 KB)    
DR107 Australian Association of Special Education, NSW Chapter (AASE NSW) (PDF - 204.4 KB) 5 21/10/2022
  Australian Association of Special Education, NSW Chapter (AASE NSW) (Word - 105.0 KB)    
DR108 Noel David Holmes (PDF - 140.9 KB) 1 21/10/2022
  Noel David Holmes (Word - 27.0 KB)    
Attachment A: Margin annotated excerpt of Recommendations and finding (PDF - 266.9 KB) 12 21/10/2022
  Attachment A: Margin annotated excerpt of Recommendations and finding (Word - 95.8 KB)    
Attachment B: Opinions on Format and Content of the Interim Report (PDF - 99.9 KB) 1 21/10/2022
  Attachment B: Opinions on Format and Content of the Interim Report (Word - 25.2 KB)    
DR109 Paul Ramsay Foundation (PRF) (PDF - 205.8 KB) 7 27/10/2022
DR110 Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA) (PDF - 259.4 KB) 6 27/10/2022
DR111 Name withheld (PDF - 69.9 KB) 3 27/10/2022
  Name withheld (Word - 24.8 KB)    
DR112 The Smith Family (PDF - 169.7 KB) 4 28/10/2022
DR113 Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) (PDF - 212.5 KB) 14 28/10/2022
DR114 Stronger Smarter Institute (SSI) (PDF - 507.6 KB) 8 20/10/2022
DR115 Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ) (PDF - 275.6 KB) 13 31/10/2022
  Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ) (Word - 56.9 KB)    
DR116 Vincent Blackburn (PDF - 300.6 KB) 7 01/11/2022
  Vincent Blackburn (Word - 48.8 KB)    
DR117 NSW Department of Education (PDF - 104.8 KB) 3 01/11/2022
DR118 Social Ventures Australia (SVA) (PDF - 152.7 KB) 4 31/10/2022
  Social Ventures Australia (SVA) (Word - 98.2 KB)    
DR119 Ochre Education (PDF - 319.9 KB) 9 01/11/2022
DR120 Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) (PDF - 278.7 KB) 10 04/11/2022
DR121 Square Peg Round Whole (SPRW) (PDF - 244.2 KB) 10 01/11/2022
  Square Peg Round Whole (SPRW) (Word - 70.5 KB)    
DR122 Reconciliation Australia (PDF - 830.0 KB) 7 10/11/2022
DR123 Queensland Government (PDF - 200.6 KB) 10 11/11/2022
DR124 Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA) (PDF - 1.3 MB) 88 10/11/2022
DR125 Indigenous Education Consultative Meeting (IECM) (PDF - 223.3 KB) 7 10/11/2022
  Indigenous Education Consultative Meeting (IECM) (Word - 65.5 KB)    
DR126 Monash Q Project - Monash University (PDF - 586.7 KB) 10 16/11/2022
DR127 Tasmanian Government (PDF - 253.1 KB) 4 24/11/2022
C1 Comments made to the National School Reform Agreement study (PDF - 183 Kb) - 15/09/2022
  Comments made to the National School Reform Agreement study (Word - 78 Kb) - -

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