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Direct linkGuenther, John; Bat, Melodie; Osborne, Sam – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2014
The discourse of remote education is often characterised by a rhetoric of disadvantage. This is reflected in statistics that on the surface seem unambiguous in their demonstration of poor outcomes for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. A range of data support this view, including National Assessment Program-Literacy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Outcomes of Education, Disadvantaged
Guenther, John – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2013
For quite some time the achievements of students in remote Australian schools have been lamented. There is not necessarily anything new about the relative difference between the results of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in remote communities and their counterparts in urban, regional and rural schools across Australia. However, in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Pacific Islanders, Rural Schools
Shopen, Glenda – English in Australia, 2009
The most reported outcome of programs for teaching English in Indigenous schools in Australia is that there continues to be a significant gap in the level of attainment of English language and literacy between Indigenous students as a group and other Australian students (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), 2008a,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, National Standards, National Surveys, Foreign Countries
Panizzon, Debra; Pegg, John – Education in Rural Australia, 2007
Australia's education system has attracted much recognition over the last few years due to the above average achievement of our students when compared to other OECD countries in large-scale international tests in science, numeracy and literacy. However, when these results are analysed more closely, large gaps emerge in student achievement between…
Descriptors: Rural Urban Differences, Recognition (Achievement), Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals)
