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Snapshots Issue 3: Equity And Effectiveness, Sue Thomson, Kylie Hillman
Snapshots Issue 3: Equity And Effectiveness, Sue Thomson, Kylie Hillman
Kylie Hillman
A key message from the most recent OECD PISA report released by ACER in December 2013 is that high-performing countries tend to allocate resources more equitably across socioeconomically advantaged and disadvantaged schools. This issue of Snapshots looks to the data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), to examine whether this is the case for Australia.
Location, Location: Student Achievement And Regionality, Petra Lietz
Location, Location: Student Achievement And Regionality, Petra Lietz
Dr Petra Lietz
The further schools are from larger cities, the more challenging it is for their students to excel, but some buck the trend. Petra Lietz explains.