The Systemic Inefficiency of Australian Schools
A Policy and Measurement Review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11637381 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Sciffer (0000-0003-2552-8840, School of Education Murdoch University Murdoch Western Australia Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 661-671 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajs4.70004 |
| OpenAlex | W4408751961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 42 |
Entrenched social inequalities mean that Australia's schooling system is far from achieving the Alice Spring's (Mparntwe) Education Declaration's equity goal. This is associated with Australian schools being among the most socially segregated within the OECD. The Federal government's Productivity Commission has identified that the concentration of disadvantaged students into disadvantaged schools is a systemic inefficiency impeding student learning. In response to the Productivity Commission's findings, the O'Brien Review recommended the tracking and reporting of the socioeconomic diversity of schools and systems. This would require major school accountability reforms to the National Report on Schooling in Australia as it does not report on the associations between school segregation, school composition, and student outcomes. This is due to the Measurement Framework for Schooling in Australia not specifying how to measure school segregation, school socioeconomic context, nor how they relate to schooling outcomes. The next National School Reform Agreement could improve the accountability of governments and schools for student equity groups through the measurement and reporting of systemic barriers to student learning. This article suggests a rage of measures and reporting mechanisms to enable such reforms
Business · Economics · Inefficiency · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Education Systems and Policy · Law · School Choice and Performance
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Pisa 2015 Results (Volume I)
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Social segregation in secondary schools
The effect of peer socioeconomic status on student achievement
School Composition and Contextual Effects on Student Outcomes
Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement in Primary and Secondary Education
Long-run Impacts of School Desegregation & School Quality on Adult Attainments
Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement
Equality of educational opportunity
Racial Segregation and the Black/White Achievement Gap, 1992 to 2009
Does school socioeconomic composition matter more in some countries than others, and if so, why
Alleviating or exacerbating disadvantage
The difficulties of judging what difference the Pupil Premium has made to school intakes and outcomes in England
Do peer effects mediate the association between family socio‐economic status and educational achievement
School processes mediate school compositional effects
Individual differences make a difference
The impact of marketization on school segregation and educational equity and effectiveness
The Role of Residential Segregation in Contemporary School Segregation
Income Segregation Between Schools and School Districts
High School Socioeconomic Segregation and Student Attainment
Effects of Resources, Inequality, and Privilege Bias on Achievement
A Methodological Analysis of Segregation Indexes
Meta-analytical insights on school SES effects
Pisa 2018 Results (Volume V)
Mapping Educational Inequality
The Dimensions of Residential Segregation
Private Choices, Public Consequences
Occupational Segregation in a Metropolitan School System
Unequal Opportunity
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |