Researchers are calling on governments to focus more on the learning progress of Australian students after test results suggesting it varies from state to state and between comparative segments of their student populations.
A new study by the Grattan Institute suggests students' success at school can hinge significantly on which state or territory they call home.
Researchers have studied consecutive years of NAPLAN test data and compared student progress between the various states and territories.
Report author Julie Sonnemann says the results provide previously unexplored insights into how location may impact student progress.
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(("The advantage of NAPLAN is that you can actually see how students progress over time. And that means that you can, therefore, start to isolate out the contribution of the school to students learning much better. And that means you can actually start to look at differences between states and territories with a much sharper lens."))
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