"Australia's 'long tail of underachievement' must go from the 'too-hard' basket" by Sue Thomson

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Australia's 'long tail of underachievement' must go from the 'too-hard' basket

EducationHQ News (2021)

Sue Thomson, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

The latest findings from PISA show that in Australia, roughly one in five 15-year-olds are failing to achieve the international baseline proficiency level in reading literacy, and about the same proportion in mathematical literacy and scientific literacy.

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Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research and
Education Economics

Publication Date

June 2, 2021

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Sue Thomson. "Australia's 'long tail of underachievement' must go from the 'too-hard' basket" EducationHQ News (2021)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sue_thomson/184/