Laura Perry

Experience

• 2021–present
  Professor, Murdoch University
• 2015–2020
  Associate professor, Murdoch University
• 2010–2014
  Senior lecturer, Murdoch University
• 2005–2009
  Lecturer, Murdoch University

Education

• 2003 
  Loyola University Chicago, PhD
• 2001 
  University of Michigan, B.A.

Publications

• 2016
  How do learning environments vary by school sector and socioeconomic composition? Evidence from Australian students. , Australian Journal of Education
• 2014
  Access to academic curriculum in Australian secondary schools: A case study of a highly marketised education system, Journal of Education Policy
• 2014
  Explaining the achievement gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students: An analysis of PISA 2009 results for Australia and New Zealand, Educational Research and Evaluation
• 2014
  How do school learning environments differ across Australia’s rural, regional and metropolitan communities?, Australian Educational Researcher
• 2013
  School socioeconomic status and student outcomes in reading and mathematics: A comparison of Australia and Canada, Australian Journal of Education
• 2013
  Democratic aspects of communist and post-communist schooling, in Griffiths, Tom G. & Millei, Zsuzsa (Eds). , Logistics of Socialist: Engaging with Crisis, Insecurity and Uncertainty
• 2013
  How do school resources and academic performance differ across Australia’s rural, regional and metropolitan communities? , Australian Educational Researcher
• 2012
  What do we know about the causes and effects of school socio-economic composition? A review of the literature. , Education and Society
• 2011
  Developing intercultural understanding and skills: Models and approaches, Intercultural Education
• 2010
  Does the SES of the school matter?, Teachers College Record
• 2010
  Socio-economic status, self-efficacy and mathematics achievement in Australia, Educational Research for Policy and Practice
• 2010
  School socio-economic composition and student outcomes in Australia, Australian Journal of Education
• 2010
  Science and mathematics achievement in Australia, International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
• 2009
  Conceptualizing education policy in democratic societies, Educational Policy
• 2009
  Characteristics of equitable systems of education, European Education
• 2008
  Using PISA to examine educational inequality, Orbis Scholae

Grants and Contracts

• 2010
  How is school socio-economic composition associated with student outcomes?

  Role:

  Lead Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Australian Research Council, Discovery Grant

Research Areas

• Comparative And Cross Cultural Education (130302)
• Education Assessment And Evaluation (130303)
• Education Policy (160506)