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.
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Indigenous students in very remote areas "make almost no progress at all from the time they start school," CIS research fellow Glenn Fahey said.
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