OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Australia

Publication Date

2021

Subjects

International programs, Tests, Academic achievement, School systems, School funds, Educational equity (Finance), Socioeconomic status, Disadvantaged, Educational policy, Achievement level

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Abstract

Australia’s education system reflects its history of federalism. State and territory governments are responsible for administering education within their jurisdiction and across the sector comprising government (public), Catholic systemic and other independent schooling systems. They collaborate on education policy with the federal government. Over the past two decades the federal government has taken a greater role in funding across the education sector, and as a result of this involvement and the priorities of federal governments of the day, Australia now has one of the highest rates of non-government schooling in the OECD. Funding equity across the sectors has become a prominent issue. Concerns have been compounded by evidence of declining student performance since Australia’s initial participation in PISA in 2000, and the increasing gap between our high achievers and low achievers. This chapter explores Australia’s PISA 2018 results and what they reveal about the impact of socioeconomic level on student achievement. It also considers the role of school funding and the need to direct support to those schools that are attempting to educate the greater proportion of an increasingly diverse student population including students facing multiple layers of disadvantage.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer

ISBN

978-3-030-59031-4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59031-4

Geographic Subject

Australia

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