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New research has proven that the performance of Indigenous students in literacy tests can be significantly lifted by changing the context of questions so that students can see their own lives and culture in test questions. Year 6 and year 8 students in the Dubbo region took part in the study run by the University of New South Wales Economics of Education Knowledge Hub – as part an initiative to reduce inequality in Australian education.
Guests:
Professor Richard Holden, Director, Economics of Education Knowledge Hub, UNSW Business School
Lily Spackman, Project Officer, NSW Aboriginal Consultative group
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