The ‘long tail’ of underachievement

Geoff N Masters

The ‘long tail’ of underachievement

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

One of the biggest challenges educators face is to find better ways to meet the learning needs of the many students who fall behind in our schools, fail to meet year-level expectations (often year after year) and, as a consequence, become increasingly disengaged, writes Professor Geoff Masters AO.

Original language	English
Journal	Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2016

Keywords

data collection
data interpretation
intervention
long reads
measurement
student achievement
student objectives

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Access to Document

https://research.acer.edu.au/columnists/14

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