NAPLAN is just one measure of student achievement however, its data adds to the large evidence base about the correlation and compounding relationship between inequality and unacceptable achievement gaps.
Prime Minister Albanese and Federal Education Minister Jason Clare's recent funding ultimatum to state governments fails to close the public school funding gaps, threatening to cement this underfunding for the next decade.
Australia cannot close achievement gaps without closing resourcing gaps. It is long past time for governments to close the resource gaps impacting public schools. This year's results show that the current funding system is leaving the students with the highest levels of need without the support they need to thrive, which is completely unacceptable.
Prime Minister Albanese and Education Minister Jason Clare’s recent funding ultimatum to state governments will not close the public school funding gaps. We need urgent action now with a full
25% from the Commonwealth and 75% from state and territory governments to ensure that all schools are funded at 100% of the Schooling Resource Standard. As a nation, we cannot leave the most vulnerable students without the resources and support they need to fulfil their potential.
It is public schools that educate the most vulnerable students in Australia with 82 percent of students from low socio-educational advantage backgrounds and 83 percent of First Nations students. This makes full funding for public schools a non-negotiable to ensure that all students and teachers are receiving the vital funds needed for high-quality teaching and learning.
There is still time to change their minds - and we all have a part to play in ensuring that this inequity will not continue.
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