Trevor Cobbold Written by: Trevor Cobbold The Gonski Report adopted far reaching equity objectives. It proposed a goal of a minimum level of education for all students. The Gonski Report on School Funding was published 10 years ago this month.
The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is seen as the gold standard for assessing the performance of education systems — but new research shows that its results are highly influenced by students’ lack of motivation to achieve high scores. The same may be true of Australian NAPLAN results.
The Morrison Government’s funding model for private schools is littered with flaws and will result in massive over-funding of schools. We need a new approach.
Governments overfund private schools, underfund public schools, leaving disadvantaged students even more unsupported.
