Understanding and Improving Teacher Quality

澳大利亚教育系统的质量是经济中技能的关键决定因素，影响经济增长、失业和不平等。目前，国内生产总值的3%用于初等和中等教育，提高教育生产力可以带来巨大收益。国际证据表明，改善我们教育体系的一个有希望的方法是提高教师质量，但我们目前对最好和最差教师之间的差异知之甚少。由于未来十年将有大批教师退休，现在正是进一步了解教师素质的理想时机，并实施政策，以确保教师专业的水平尽可能达到最佳水平。

The quality of Australia's schooling system is a key determinant of skills in the economy, affecting economic growth, unemployment and inequality. With 3 percent of GDP currently devoted to primary and secondary education, improving educational productivity could lead to enormous gains. International evidence suggests that a promising approach to improving our education system is to boost teacher quality, yet we currently know little about the differences between the best and worst teachers. With large numbers of teachers due to retire in the next decade, now is an ideal time to learn more about teacher quality, and implement policies to ensure that the calibre of the teaching profession is as good as it can be.