This report (new window) 330k 
analyses statewide data about the grades received in Rich Tasks in 2005, and makes comparisons with the data from 2003 and 2004.
Are you new to the New Basics and looking for the essential information that will get you up to speed? The Information Kit lists the resources that you will need (and provides links to most of them on-line).
PS Old hands might like to use the kit as a refresher!
Download the 2006 Official collection of Rich Tasks (new window) 37k 
. For the purposes of the 2006 reporting cycle, the term "official collection of Rich Tasks" refers to the Rich Tasks. The collection is made up of 24 tasks: a basic set of 20 tasks, two of which have an alternative task, and one of which has two alternative tasks.
This report (new window) 165k provides statewide data about the grades students received in Rich Tasks in 2004. It points to some notable features of these data, and discusses some possible interpretations of them.
The New Basics Research Report includes the story of the New Basics from 1999 to 2004, brings together the findings of 25 separate research activities conducted over the course of the Trial (2000-2003), and presents key messages drawn from the research. Synthesis of the Research gives the results of the research in terms of whether the New Basics is likely to lead to the changes that are wanted, likely to be accepted, and feasible on an extended basis. New Basics Research Papers: In Essence supports the Synthesis with a summary of each research activity's purpose, key evidence and conclusions.
The Report can be downloaded in seven parts.
Key Elements of the History (new window) 189k
Synthesis of the Research (new window) 120k
Research Papers: In Essence(A) (new window) 279k
Research Papers: In Essence(B) (new window) 405k
Narrative and Commentary (A) (new window) 350k
Narrative and Commentary (B) (new window) 378k
End Matter (new window) 203k
From the Research Symposium (October 18).
..A number of occasional papers commissioned during the trial of the New Basics but not part of the official research program will be released into the public domain. First paper in the series is:
An expert analysis of the Rich Tasks in relation to teaching Mathematics Years 1-9 (new window) 701k
Tom Cooper, Ahn Nuyen and Annette Baturo, Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, Faculty of Education, QUT, April 2003Research question:
Does the problem-based nature of Rich Tasks and the transdisciplinary approach required for their successful completion compromise the acquisition of knowledge and skills in Mathematics?
The paper concludes with a plan for integrating Rich Tasks with Mathematics teaching and learning in the form of a "summary syllabus".
This booklet presents a series of interviews with teachers from New Basics Trial schools across Queensland who report their experiences, thoughts and feelings about this educational reform initiative. Compiled by Ray Land. In their very candid comments they discuss their experiences and answer questions such as:
The selection of teachers covers the spectrum of Queensland school and student population types (Indigenous, P-10, primary, rural, secondary, small, special, and urban. Anyone interested in the New Basics will find much of interest, and a great deal that is important, in these teachers' stories from the classroom. The work has been divided into six sections for ease of downloading.
Check list (new window) 36k
This list will allow teachers in New Basics schools, and other interested persons, to check that they are keeping up with what to read.
The Technical Paper (new window) 393k
The New Basics Project Technical Paper provides a detailed analysis of the current Queensland educational context, to highlight the major issues facing teachers, students and community members, and to provide a way forward that acknowledges the full complexity of preparing students for 2010 and beyond. It is a substantial document that defines the New Basics Project, and how participating teachers and schools will focus on their core business of teaching and learning in a way that takes up directly the challenges of New Times.
New Basics - Theory into practice (selection) (new window) 578k
This is the first in the series of booklets written for teachers in trial schools. It gives an overview of the context for the New Basics Framework, the New Basics curriculum organisers, Productive Pedagogies and Rich Tasks, and the way the trial is working.
New Basics - Curriculum organisers (selection) (new window) 591k
The second booklet for teachers in trial schools elaborates the four curriculum organisers, which are a futures-oriented way of managing the enormous increase in information that is now available as a result of globalisation and the rapid rate of change in the economic, social and cultural dimensions of our existence.
New Basics - The why, what, how and when of Rich Tasks (selection) (new window) 921k
The third booklet for teachers in trial schools covers:
The fourth booklet in the series might be of particular interest to policy-makers and researchers who are following the New Basics trial and its outcomes.
On 4-5 November 2000, over 250 teachers, administrators and parents attended the New Basics Colloquium: Conversations and Celebrations. The colloquium was held to bring together the 38 trial schools then involved in the New Basics Project and to enable sharing of progress and achievements by these schools as well as to prepare for the implementation year of 2001 and beyond.
Director-General's opening speech (new window) 49k
The Director-General of Education, Mr Jim Varghese, opened the colloquium with a speech of strong support for the New Basics Project.
Connectedness beyond Year 9 (new window) 44k
Mr John Pitman, the then Director of the Office of the Board of Senior Secondary School Studies, explored the connectedness of the New Basics agenda with existing and proposed arrangements beyond Year 9.
Rich Tasks launch (new window) 34k
The then Minister for Education, the Honourable Dean Wells, MP, launched the first two Rich Tasks on Sunday 5 November 2000.
Allan Luke's on-line paper (new window) 69k
Education 2010 and new times: Why equity and social justice still matter, but differently.
(Prepared for the Education Queensland online conference, 20 October 1999)
The New Basics summary (new window) 134k 
This short Powerpoint presentation shows the highlights of the New Basics Framework. It is a summary of the New Basics, Rich Tasks, and Productive Pedagogies. It also contains information on the implementation of the New Basics in trial schools.
Key Learning Areas and New Basics (new window) 86k
In the first edition of Education Views for 2001, a paper was published that sought to clarify the relationship between the eight Key Learning Areas (KLAs) and the four New Basics categories. The aim of the paper was not to argue that one or other of these two different approaches to organising curriculum is superior but to merely state what is - by referring to history, definitions, implications for student learning outcomes, and curriculum planning, assessment and reporting.
If I only knew then what I know now (new window) 69k
In July 2001, New Basics Phase I schools were invited to submit a piece of advice for new Phase II schools on the theme of If I only knew then what I know now. The collected, unedited and uncensored replies were distributed to Phase II school principals at their forum in August 2001. The present version has been slightly edited to maintain the anonymity of the respondents.
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