Learning from Overseas - Australian Fabian Society

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Tertiary education attainment 60 50 1 st 12 th 2 nd 3 rd 40 8 th 30 mcgaw group pty ltd ABN 34 117 491 228 20 10 0 1 st 2 nd 8 th 14 th 25 th United States Canada Denmark Sweden Finland Netherlands Norway Australia Germany Switzerland United Kingdom Belgium New Zealand Japan Iceland Luxembourg 55-64 extra for 45-54 extra for 35-44 extra for 25-34 Source: OECD (2006) Education at Glance 2006, Table A1.3, p.39. Ireland Austria Hungary France Spain Poland Greece Czech Republic Korea Slovak Republic Mexico Italy Portugal Turkey 24
Storyline on <strong>Australian</strong> schooling <strong>Australian</strong> school education is high-quality. There are equity problems: • our weaker students do somewhat worse than those in other high-quality countries, • social background differences matter more than in other high-quality countries, • social background differences account for 70% of differences in school performances. There are too many students who drop out before completing the equivalent of upper secondary education. mcgaw group pty ltd ABN 34 117 491 228 What might we do to improve the situation In a half-hour presentation I did not have time for that. 25
Page 1 and 2: Learning from Overseas Barry McGaw
Page 3 and 4: Mean reading results (PISA 2000) 60
Page 5 and 6: Mean science results (PISA 2003) 60
Page 7 and 8: Behind Rank Australian performance
Page 9 and 10: Judging fairness by spread of perfo
Page 11 and 12: mcgaw group pty ltd ABN 34 117 491
Page 13 and 14: Judging fairness by impact of stude
Page 15 and 16: Social background & reading literac
Page 17 and 18: Social equity & mathematics (PISA 2
Page 19 and 20: Variation in reading performance (P
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