SREAMS provides services related to the conduct of social research in both the quantitative and qualitative paradigms. These may include:<\/p>\n
SREAMS provides services related to the conduct of program evaluation. These may include:<\/p>\n
SREAMS provides psychometric services related to large-scale student achievement testing programs. These may include:<\/p>\n
SREAMS provides services to Government bodies concerned with the distribution of resources. These may include:<\/p>\n
Research, evaluation, and\/or psychometric analysis clients of SREAMS have included the Victorian Department of Education, the Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Authority, the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO), the New South Wales Department of Education, the South Australian Department of Education, the Queensland Studies Authority, the Tasmanian Department of Education, the Victorian Department of Human Services, the Commonwealth Department of Family Services, the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), and the Educational Testing Centre at The University of New South Wales.<\/p>\n\t\t\tEXAMPLE PROJECT 1<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t The <\/b>Equity in Australian Student Achievement<\/i><\/b> study<\/b><\/p>\n In 2021, the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) engaged SREAMS to analyse National Assessment Program – Literacy And Numeracy (NAPLAN) data to determine if student characteristics (such as socio-economic background, gender, language background, and indigenous status) and school characteristics (such as school location and type) influenced results; and if so, by how much. The data was provided by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment, and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and included the deidentified NAPLAN scores from every Yr3, 5, 7, and 9 student in Australia who undertook the tests between 2013 and 2019. Each year’s data comprised approximately 1.25 million students, for a total sample size of approximately 8.5 million students. Because students are “nested” within schools and the student characteristics related to individual students whereas factors such as school location and type related to the school, multilevel modeling (MLM) was used to analyse the data.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\t\t\tEXAMPLE PROJECT 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t The <\/b>Primary Teacher Workload Study<\/i><\/b> and the <\/b>Secondary Teacher Workload Study<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n For nearly twenty years, SREAMS has conducted the Victorian Department of Education’s annual Primary & Secondary Teacher Workload studies. Each year, SREAMS has collected workload data from approximately 2,000 primary teachers located in about 100 schools and approximately 2,000 secondary teachers located in about 30 schools. For each study, the raw data is compiled into a Primary or Secondary workload database. which is then used to compute average face-to-face teaching times and the average time spent on other, non face-to-face duties.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\t\t\tEXAMPLE PROJECT 3<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t LAP, AIM, and NAPLAN Professional Development<\/b><\/p>\n Since 1995, Victoria has had either a State-wide student assessment program (LAP then AIM) or has participated in the Australia-wide National Assessment Program (NAPLAN). In addition, since 1998, the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) has annually engaged a research company to teach school principals and teachers how to analyse, interpret, and use their school’s data for school improvement purposes. SREAMS has been asked to run these programs for the majority of those years, including the previous four contracts. Each year differs, but these data literacy workshops are typically held at different regional locations across the state. For example:<\/p>\n If you would like SREAMS to engage in your next research project, please contact as we will get back to you as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCONTACT US\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RESEARCH SERVICES WHAT WE OFFER 1. RESEARCH SERVICES SREAMS provides services related to the conduct of social research in both the quantitative and qualitative paradigms. These may include: Performing statistical analysis of data including:\u00a0Simple descriptive analysis of data, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using AMOS and\/or Mplus, Multi-level Analysis\/Modeling (MLA\/MLM) using Mplus. Conducting case studies. 3. …<\/p>\n\n
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