A report analysing NAPLAN results suggests learning gaps between Australian students of different backgrounds are alarmingly wide and grow wider as students go through school.
A Grattan Institute report says learning gaps between students of different backgrounds are alarmingly wide.
A co-author of the report, Dr Pete Goss, says some Year 9 students are up to seven years behind their peers.
The analysis also shows bright students in disadvantaged schools make two-and-a-half years less progress than students with similar capabilities in more advantaged schools.
Students in rural and remote areas are disadvantaged compared with inner-city students, with city students up to two years in front of those in the country.
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