Closing the school completion gap for Indigenous students

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Release Date: 28 Jan 2011

Author: Sue Helme and Stephen Lamb

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Sue Helme and Stephen Lamb 2011. Closing the school completion gap for Indigenous students. Cat. no. IHW 38. Canberra: AIHW.

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School completion rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are well below the rates for non-Indigenous students. The target of halving the gap by 2020 in Year 12 (or equivalent) attainment rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students is a major national challenge.

ISSN: 2201-845X
ISBN: 978-1-74249-117-2
Cat. no: IHW 38
Pages: 15

Summary
- What we know
- What we don’t know
Introduction
Rates of completion among Indigenous Australians
- Causes of low completion
Improving retention of Indigenous students
- School culture and leadership
- School-wide strategies
- Student-focused strategies
- Facilitators and barriers
Conclusion
References
- Acknowledgments
- Terminology
- Funding
- Suggested citation
- Copyright

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