- Report of the panel appointed to review educational standards in lower-secondary schools in Western Australia. The panel were required to review school practices in the first three years of secondary education and to consider the performance of students in the core subjects, with a particular emphasis on poorly performing students studying at 'Basic level'.

- Responds to widespread criticisms of basic standards in Year 10 school students as the result of the implementation of recommendations made in the Dettman Report (1969), which included the discontinuance of the Junior Certificate and the introduction of the Achievement Certificate.

- Offers several short and long term recommendations and suggestions for the performance of students in lower-secondary schools in W.A.