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Year 12 in the 1980s
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Year 12 in the 1980s

Trevor Williams, Michael Long, Peter Carpenter and Martin Hayden
AGPS
1993

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Education Academic persistence enrolment influences enrolment rate school holding power secondary school students student characteristics Year 12 academic achievement catholic schools comparative analysis differences employment opportunities equal education ethnic groups government schools independent schools parent background regional characteristics rural urban differences school systems sex differences socioeconomic background student attitudes student attrition student financial aid upper secondary years completion rate (courses) ethnic differences

The report focuses on graduation from Year 12. Data from the Youth in Transition Project (ACER) national samples of persons completing Year 12 during the 1980s is analysed to trace the sources of the growth in Year 12 graduation rates through various sectors of the population. Comments are made on the importance of several aspects of families and schooling in contributing to this growth, and issues of equity and talent wastage in this context.

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