New Metrics  is a research-practice partnership between The University of Melbourne and selected Australian schools. 
 

Learning ambitions for students are changing to encompass the broader and deeper learning now required for young people to thrive, at school and beyond. These ambitions reflect the social, economic, environmental and technological circumstances of the day. In response, ‘first mover’ schools, with the academic input, support and convening power of The University of Melbourne, are substantially reforming the design and organisation of learning.  

Leaders in the New Metrics partnership also have in mind that reform of this kind requires commonly agreed metrics for learner success used by the community to judge success and provide a better basis for assessing, recognising and improving learning. Appropriate metrics for learner success can then be used to derive more appropriate metrics for school success, and thus for jurisdictional, and National success as well.