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• Title: Accounting for School-Sector Differences in University Entrance Performance (Report)
• Author : Australian Journal of Education
• Release Date : January 01, 2009
• Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 241 KB

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Introduction In Australia, the distinction between government, Catholic and independent (non-Catholic non-government) schools is an enduring characteristic of the nation's education system. Among developed nations, Australia has one of the largest non-government school sectors with, depending on the year level and jurisdiction, between 25 and 50 per cent of students attending non-government schools. It is one of the most contentious issues in Australian education (Thomson & Reid, 2003). The issue has been on the political agenda since the 1960s with the 'state aid' debate; in recent years it has received greater prominence due to the former Howard (Liberal) government's increase in funding to non-government schools, and the 2004 election campaign during which the Labor party's education policy included a reduction in funding to elite independent schools (since discarded). Critics of Australia's non-government sector argue that independent schools contribute to the reproduction of privilege and social inequality in Australian society and consume resources that could be better directed at government schools. Supporters of non-government schools argue that they deliver better educational outcomes at a cheaper cost, allow parental choice, improve overall student performance through competition and cater for a diversity of social groups.

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