The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) report Mind the Gap: Understanding the Indigenous education gap and how to close it ...
School attendance 'greatest single factor' driving the Indigenous achievement gap
New research has pin-pointed the key drivers wedging the persistent and ongoing educational gap for Australia’s Indigenous students, finding school attendance is the “greatest single factor” fuelling the achievement gap.
Indigenous students in very remote areas "make almost no progress at all from the time they start school," CIS research fellow Glenn Fahey said.