1. Background to in-depth review of education statistics, CES June 2011 Trevor Sutton, ABS

2. International organisations and activities relating to education statistics Developments in education statistics in Australia Issues and challenges Directions for future development Outline of paper

3. Eurostat OECD UNESCO World Bank Nordic Social-Statistical Committee International organisations

4. Support (cost-effective) investment in skills and human capital Enhance the quality of teaching Improve the quality of early childhood education Achieve ambitious educational attainment targets Australian education policy context: Productivity Agenda

5. Australian Longitudinal Learning Database My School public access web site of student performance Early childhood education and care statistics Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) Developments education statistics in Australia

6. Australian Longitudinal Learning Database (ALLD): Compartmentalisation of current education data collections

7. Australian Longitudinal Learning Database (ALLD): Enduring research base

8. My Schools web site Transparency and accountability

9. Measurement of human capital Social inclusion Longitudinal data/data linkage Greater use of administrative data Statistics on educational facilities (including skills of teaching staff) Measurement of e-learning Responding to changes in early childhood education Consistency and comparability in international statistics Challenges for measurement

10. What is the value of human capital stock? What is the relative contribution of different factors to changes in human capital stock over time? What is the economic return to investment in education? To what extent does human capital contribute to economic growth? How is human capital allocated across different occupation categories/industries? Measuring human capital Key questions

11. Human capital Input and output variables to measurement Key Variables: Educational attainment Single Year of Age Sex Earnings Hours Worked Unemployment rate Labour Force Participation Rate Education Enrolment Rate Life Expectancy Rate Industry Occupation Analytical Outputs Lifetime Labour Income Human Capital Stock Investment in Education Investment in Working Experience Depreciation of Human Capital Output of Education Rates of Return to Education Labour Inputs Quality Growth of Labour Force

12. International collaboration Continued conceptual development and international comparability Increased use of administrative data Data integration Local level data to balance international data Directions for future development