Opponents of non-government schools often claim Australia’s school system is grossly inequitable. But this is not true.
Multiple international OECD reports have concluded the same thing: Australia has lower inequity than the OECD average. That is, student socioeconomic status has less of an impact on student achievement in Australia than it does on average in the OECD.
A recent OECD report attributed 11.7
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