The Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (CESE) is Australia’s first dedicated hub for in-depth analysis of education practices and their effectiveness using reliable data and knowledge. CESE plays a critical role in guiding New South Wales through a period of reform; introducing skills reform and improvements to early childhood education and care, and plans to improve teaching quality and school decision making. CESE provides sound evidence upon which policy makers and educators can focus teaching and learning priorities and target investment to meet current and emerging needs for New South Wales teachers, students, parents and families, industry, and learning institutions in an increasingly sophisticated and competitive global framework. CESE commissions, conducts and manages projects to assess education program effectiveness and efficiency; from early learning, through schooling, and vocational training and higher education.

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Statistics and Evaluation
an overview

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DEC 5 Year Strategic Plan 2012-2017
Quality teaching and leadership
Priorities
High expectations, closing the gaps
New and better ways of doing business
Using data, evidence and evaluation to
inform planning and practice

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The NSW Commission of Audit has pointed to the need for
change…
“NSW lacks a rigorous framework for evaluating
the effectiveness of government spending and
whether it offers value for money.
Consequently, there is little or no transparency on
what agencies achieve with their expenditure.
The Commission is of the opinion that effective and
sustainable expenditure in large part hinges on
greater transparency of government expenditure,
including robust and systematic program
evaluations for both existing and future programs.
The importance and value of better program
transparency should not be underestimated.”

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Education is 22% of the NSW Budget
“…there is a severe budget
constraint and government
must prioritise its activities.
Government should not do
things that others can do
more effectively, and what
government does must be
done efficiently.”
NSW Commission of Audit
General Government current expenditure 2010-2011 (excluding stimulus)

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NSW has established the Centre for Education Statistics and
Evaluation, as an investment in data analysis and evaluation

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The Centre will support the DEC strategic priorities and
aligns with the Commission of Audit’s recommendations
• Greater transparency of government expenditure
• Evaluation of program effectiveness
• Improved collaboration
• Evidence-based decisions
• Reduced duplication
• Improved information management
- Integrated data management
- Improved data linkages for a comprehensive picture
- Better data quality
- Better data analysis to inform policy and planning

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Informed
policy
and planning
Evidence base
More people gaining
higher level
qualifications
Improved early
childhood education
and care
Improved student
outcomes
Highly skilled
workforce
What will the Centre for Education Statistics and
Evaluation do?
CESE will:
 Provide data analysis, information
and evaluation
 Create a one-stop shop for
information needs
 Build capacity across the whole
education sector
 Provide access to information that is
easy to use and understand

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Our main responsibilities
 To provide data analysis, information and evaluation that improve effectiveness,
efficiency and accountability of education in NSW
 Create a one-stop shop for information needs
 Build capacity across the whole education sector by developing intelligent tools to make
complex data easy to understand, and providing accessible reports so that everyone can
make better use of data

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Our initial priorities
CESE
initial priorities
2012-13
Making the
evidence
base available
and easy to
understand
Developing
business
intelligence
tools
Creating one
stop shop for
education
data
Continuing
core business
Building the
Centre
Producing
new
in-depth
analysis and
evaluation

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Stakeholder needs
•Where can I find the
information I need?
•What works?
•What is most cost effective?
•How can I turn numbers into
information?
•What is the evidence-base for
our decisions?
CESE stakeholders
•Minister
•DEC Executive
•NSW Government departments
•Other jurisdictions
•Educators
•Education providers
•Researchers
CESE
One-stop shop
• Business information
tools
• In-depth analysis
and evaluation
• Easy to use and
understand reports
• Answers to queries
Data inputs
How will CESE provide its services?
Student outcomes
and performance
data e.g. NAPLAN,
Best Start, PISA,
TIMSS, OECD
Other government
data e.g. ABS,
Census, Health
Other student data
e.g. enrolment,
attendance,
retention, school
completion
Surveys e.g.
Longitudinal
surveys LSAY, LSIC,
AEDI, HILDA
Research findings
e.g. Grattan
Institute
Evaluation
outcomes e.g.
Smarter Schools
National
Partnerships
Quality checking
Analysis
Data linkage
Security

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Advisory Council Members
Dr John Ainley (Chair)
Principal Research Fellow,
and former Deputy CEO
(Research) ACER
Emeritus Professor
Denise Bradley AC
Professor Deborah Brennan
Professor, Social Policy
Research Centre, The
University of NSW
Professor Shane Houston
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Indigenous Strategy and
Services), The University of
Sydney
Dr Caralee McLiesh
Deputy Secretary, Human
and Social Services, NSW
Treasury
Leslie Loble
Chief Executive, Office of
Education, NSW Department
of Education and
Communities
Dr Lisa O’Brien
CEO
The Smith Family
Dr Andreas Schleicher
(France)
Special Advisory on
Education Policy to the
Secretary General
Robert Schwartz (USA)
Francis Keppel Professor of
Practice of Educational
Policy and Administration,
Harvard
Professor Peter Shergold AC
Chancellor, University of
Western Sydney
Dr Brian Stecher (USA)
Associate Director, RAND
Education, Senior Social
Scientist, RAND Corporation
Professor Magdalena
Mo Ching Mok (Hong Kong)
Chair Professor of
Assessment and Evaluation,
Department of Psychological
Studies

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CESE Advisory Council
Independent advice from National and International experts
 identifying strategic priorities for the Centre
 ensuring the integrity and relevance of the Centre’s operations to stakeholders in
Government and in the wider education community.
 advising the Minister on the findings of major strategic evaluations and other
analyses undertaken by the Centre
 developing clear governance and quality assurance processes that will apply to
evaluation and research activity undertaken by the Centre
 ensuring adequate safeguards are in place to protect the integrity and
confidentiality of the data made available to the Centre
 providing input into the progress of the Centre’s projects, to ensure they meet high
standards of rigour, independence and integrity

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CESE Advisory Council members bring a range of perspectives
Social and economic
impact analysts
Leading
educators
Policy expertsData experts
Academics

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Learning Curve

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CESE Bulletin

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Statistical Bulletin