 Jeffery commissioned a report on the assessment scheme that was to be used in the controversial system of outcomes based education from Professor David Andrich, the Dean of Education at Murdoch University in 2005.The report was duly completed later the same year and found that "strongly argued case for marks arising from analytic assessments to be used for tertiary selection" and against the levelling system that was currently being used.Consequently, Jeffery was removed from her position and transferred elsewhere in the public service and replaced by Greg Robson.