The magnitude of educational disadvantage of indigenous minority groups in Australia

Bradley, Steve; Draca, Mirko; Green, Colin P.; Leeves, Gareth

doi:10.1007/s00148-006-0076-9

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“…In grades 5 and 7, the test score gap between Indigenous students and non-Indigenous students in Queensland is approximately three-quarters of a standard deviation (Bradley, Draca, Green, & Leeves, 2007; see also Leigh & Gong, 2009). This implies that Indigenous students perform approximately 1 1/2 grades below their non-Indigenous counterparts.…”

Section: Estimating Teacher Fixed Effects With Biennial Testsmentioning

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Estimating teacher effectiveness from two-year changes in students’ test scores

Leigh

2010

Economics of Education Review

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a b s t r a c tUsing a dataset covering over 10,000 Australian school teachers and over 90,000 pupils, I estimate how effective teachers are in raising students' test scores. Since the exams are biennial, it is necessary to take account of the teacher's work in the intervening year. Even adjusting for measurement error, the teacher fixed effects are widely dispersed, and there is a strong positive correlation between a teacher's gains in literacy and numeracy. Teacher fixed effects show a significant association with some, though not all, observable teacher characteristics. Experience has the strongest impact, particularly in the early years of a teacher's career. Female teachers do better at teaching literacy. Teachers with a master's degree or some other form of further qualification do not appear to achieve significantly larger test score gains. Overall, teacher characteristics found in the departmental payroll database explain only a small fraction of the variance in teacher performance.

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Section: Estimating Teacher Fixed Effects With Biennial Testsmentioning

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Estimating teacher effectiveness from two-year changes in students’ test scores

Leigh

2010

Economics of Education Review

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“…Collectively Indigenous peoples experience deprivation, unemployment, poverty, crowding, welfaredependency, incarceration, suicide, ill health and premature mortality at rates far higher than the dominant Caucasian population [19]. Research has established a close and causal connection between education, employment, health and other measures of wellbeing, suggesting that schooling is a vital point of intervention [14], [44].…”

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Indigenous Education in Comparative Perspective: Global Opportunities for Reimagining Schools

Cottrell¹

2010

IJCDSE

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“…In fact, Queensland primary school literacy performance is below this benchmark. This is partly a re ‡ection of the higher proportion of indigenous Australians in the state (Bradley et al 2006). For secondary schools, year 12 test scores will not necessarily be an accurate representation of overall student quality or performance at the school.…”

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The Role of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Factors in Teacher Turnover and Mobility Decisions.

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Leeves

2006

SSRN Journal

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We investigate the determinants of teacher exits from and mobility within the Queensland state school system. In common with previous research we …nd that non-pecuniary factors, such as class size and location, a¤ect movement decisions but our results suggest a signi…cant role for pecuniary factors. In particular, higher wages reduce exits from the public sector, especially in the case of more experienced female teachers.Locality allowances paid to teachers in rural and remote schools, where non-pecuniary factors are less attractive, appear to have some success in attracting and retaining sta¤ in these locations.

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The magnitude of educational disadvantage of indigenous minority groups in Australia

Abstract: Educational attainment, Indigenous minorities, I21, J15,

Cited by 57 publications

References 18 publications

Estimating teacher effectiveness from two-year changes in students’ test scores

Estimating teacher effectiveness from two-year changes in students’ test scores

Indigenous Education in Comparative Perspective: Global Opportunities for Reimagining Schools

The Role of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Factors in Teacher Turnover and Mobility Decisions.

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