We must move on: the ATAR is an outdated means of collecting human data

Jen Buchanan

By Jen Buchanan
Community contribution / August 25, 2020

The ATAR is a rank. It is a number that indicates a student’s academic achievement in relation to other students.

Australia is the only country in the world that ranks its students against each other for university entrance. Other countries ...

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