Publications & resources
The NAPLAN fine print we missed: the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students is growing
Last week’s NAPLAN results landed with their usual media splash. There were headlines worrying about the significant proportions of students below certain benchmarks and specific questions about maths results for…
Quantifying inequality, qualifying experiences: socioeconomic status and employment outcomes among Australian doctoral graduates
Despite expanded access to higher education in Australia, questions remain regarding whether socioeconomic background continues to influence post-graduation outcomes at the doctoral level.
New research shows gap between advantaged & disadvantaged students is growing
Drawing on 17 years of NAPLAN data, new research from the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows clear, consistent and growing gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students in Australia.
Years apart: Australia’s growing educational inequality
How is Australia tracking in meeting its educational goals of excellence and equity? How well are our school systems supporting schools to meet the needs of disadvantaged students?
Calls for full-service schools to tackle Australia’s growing education divide
Researchers from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute are calling for the implementation of full-service schools to tackle Australia’s widening education divide.
Research Spotlight: Australian Early Development Census 2024
The latest Mitchell Institute Research Spotlight analyses the 2024 AEDC results, showing increased levels of developmental vulnerability in Australian kids.
Unequal from the start: The achievement gap & the early years
Disadvantaged children who perform well at a very young age are overtaken by their peers from more advantaged backgrounds as they move towards school age.
New research shows the disadvantage ‘achievement gap’ starts before preschool
Disadvantaged children who perform well at a very young age are overtaken by their peers from more advantaged backgrounds as they move towards school age.
Universities Accord: ‘Gonski-style’ funding is on the table for higher ed
This will see some universities gain more than others.
Champions of the needs-based funding model, VU welcomes the Australian Universities Accord recommendations
VU welcomes Universities Accord focus on equity and access.
How the early childhood learning & care system works (& doesn’t work)
Recent Victorian and New South Wales government announcements may signal the first steps in a profound change to Australia’s early childhood sector.