Steve Song|Laura B. Perry|A. McConney
Explaining the achievement gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students: an analysis of PISA 2009 results for Australia and New Zealand
George Fox University|Murdoch University|Murdoch University
abstractthis study investigates relative roles home school variables accounting achievement gaps indigenous nonindigenous students australia new zealand using data programme international student assessment pisa 2009 findings show achievement gaps indigenous nonindigenous students associated home school resources terms unequal allocations also relation differences rates home school affordances converted positive educational outcomes countries home resources accounted achievement gap differences schooling resources however achievement gap indigenous nonindigenous students substantially larger australia new zealand apparently related greater inequity allocation school resources suggest education policymakers australia ensure equitable allocation school resources indigenous students nonindigenous peerskeywords academic performancepisaindigenous students acknowledgementsthis study funded part australian research council discovery project grant dp1097057 awarded laura perrynotes contributorsdr steve song adjunct professor research methods comparativeinternational education george fox university us research interests centred upon immigration ethnicity academic achievement areas sociology educationdr laura b perry senior lecturer education policy comparative education contexts education murdoch university australia research focuses structural systemic factors shape inequalities educational opportunities experiences outcomesdr andrew mcconney associate professor research evaluation school education murdoch university andrews research interests include secondary analysis largescale datasets inform educational policy practice evaluation science maths environmental education programmesnotes1 currency exchange rates december 5 20132 standard errors regression oaxacablinder decomposition test clustered school level3 detailed technical explanation oaxacablinder decomposition refer following articles blinder citation1973 neumark citation1988 oaxaca citation19734 exception proportion certified teachers new zealand proportion qualified teachers australia mean proportional differences indigenous nonindigenous students australia new zealand differed significantly p 05