'Viciously unequal': PISA confirms Oz education failing on excellence and equity

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published December 6, 2023

The latest PISA results have laid bare the scale of educational inequity within Australia’s school system, with 15-year olds from poorer families trailing, on average, around five years of schooling behind their more advantaged peers across all tested domains.

One expert has suggested the latest PISA results confirm Australia's school system “remains viciously unequal”.

Released yesterday, the 2022 OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) measured the mathematical, reading and scientific literacy of more ...

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