Dr. Barry McGaw
Professorial Fellow

Research Interest

Educational quality and equity, particularly as revealed in the international comparisons provided by the data from the OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

Educational measurement, in particular at present, the measurement of the so-called 21st Century Skills (www.atc21s.org)

Positions

• Chair, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2009;
• Member, Executive Committee, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

PhD

University of Illinois, 1972

Publications

McGaw, B. (2008). The role of the OECD in international comparative studies of achievement. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 15, 223-243.

McGaw, B. (2008) How good is Australian school education? In S. Marginson & R. James (Eds.) Education, science and public policy: ideas for an education revolution. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, pp.53-77.

McGaw, B. (2008). The role of quality and equity in education. In R.L. DeHaan & K.M.V. Narayan (Eds.) Education for innovation: implications for India, China and America. Rotterdam & Taipei: Sense Publishers, pp. 249-264.

Contact Information

Melbourne Graduate School of Education
The University of Melbourne VIC 3010
Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 8793
Email: bmcgaw@unimelb.edu.au
Website: www.atc21s.org