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Australian students in rural areas are not 'behind' their city peers because of socioeconomic status. There is something else going on

  • Written by Philip Roberts, Associate professor (Curriculum Inquiry / Rural Education), University of Canberra
Australian students in rural areas are not 'behind' their city peers because of socioeconomic status. There is something else going onShutterstock

Major international and national tests show rural students, on average, do not do as well at school as their city peers.

This includes lower scores on NAPLAN and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).

For example, in the 2018 PISA test, Australian students outside cities performed at lower levels in reading literacy,...

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