Place, Poverty and Student Outcomes: Identifying the New Socio-spatial Dynamics of Schooling Disadvantage in NSW

Title
Place, Poverty and Student Outcomes: Identifying the New Socio-spatial Dynamics of Schooling Disadvantage in NSW
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
McConaghy, Cathryn Elizabeth
Maxwell, Thomas William
Foskey, Ros
Editor
Editor(s): Green, Bill
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Charles Sturt University, Centre for Information Studies
Place of publication
Bathurst, Australia
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:2584
Abstract
This chapter explores the nature of the unevenness of student outcomes in rural regions. We present a comprehensive report of variations in student outcomes and gain scores using State-wide testing data for Years 3, 5, 7 and 8 Literacy and Numeracy and Years 10 and 12 English and Mathematics analysed by three indicators of place (Country Area Programs, 'Regionality', and School Transfer Points) and one indicator of poverty (Priority School Funding Programs. The analysis then drills down to variations in outcomes at regional and local school levels in one rural region. Thus schooling outcomes at three levels of spatial organization are analysed: state, regional and School Education Area.
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Citation
Spaces and Places: The Rural Teacher Education Project, p. 183-221
ISBN
9781876938734
Start page
183
End page
221

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