Educational aspirations of disadvantaged students in decline

Sue Thomson

Educational aspirations of disadvantaged students in decline

Sue Thomson

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

New analysis of data from the 2019 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) reveals the proportion of Australian students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds that aspire to complete tertiary education has fallen over the last six years.

Original language	English
Journal	Discover - Higher education
Publication status	Published - 7 Jun 2021

Keywords

Higher education
Mathematics
School education
Socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds
Surveys
TIMSS
Tertiary

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
Higher Education

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