QCPCA

The next phase of the school funding review is underway.  Today saw the release of four independent research reports:

• An Allen Consulting Group report which considered the feasibility of a schooling resource standard - the baseline amount of money per student needed to achieve good educational results including loadings for disadvantaged students. The report found a schooling resource standard was feasible.
• An Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) report on the existing processes for targeting funding to disadvantaged students. The report highlighted the current disjointed and complex nature of these arrangements.
• A Deloitte Access Economics report into existing funding models for schooling in Australia. The report says that teacher quality, school autonomy and targeted funding for disadvantaged students are the most significant influences on results.
• A Nous Group consortium report into schooling challenges and opportunities in Australia, which confirmed that while Australian schools perform well by international standards, there is variable performance between schools and within schooling sectors.

The reports are intended to help the Review of School Funding panel to develop its final recommendations to Government by the end of 2011.

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31 August 2011