Steve Bradley|Mirko Draca|Colin P. Green|Gareth Leeves
The magnitude of educational disadvantage of indigenous minority groups in Australia
Lancaster University|London School of Economics and Political Science|University of Queensland|University of Queensland
indigenous groups amongst disadvantaged minority groups developed world paper examines educational disadvantage indigenous australians assessing academic performance relatively early age find age 10 indigenous australians substantially behind nonindigenous australians academic achievement relative performance deteriorates next 2 years school locality appear important determinants indigenous nonindigenous achievement gap however geographic remoteness indigenous ethnicity language use home marked influence educational achievement current focus australian indigenous policy increase school resources results suggest eliminate indigenous educational disadvantage