Overcoming the Odds: A study of Australia’s top-performing ...

Overcoming the Odds: A study of Australia's top-performing disadvantaged schools

Blaise Joseph

Research Report | March 2019

Overcoming the Odds: A study of Australia's top-performing

disadvantaged schools Blaise Joseph

This research project was possible thanks to the generous support of the

Susan McKinnon Foundation.

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Contents

Executive Summary................................................................................................1 Introduction...........................................................................................................3 Can disadvantaged schools be high-achievers?...........................................................4

The international context.................................................................................4 Is Australia's school system inequitable compared to other countries?....................4 Policy responses to educational disadvantage.....................................................5 Finding Australia's top-performing disadvantaged schools.....................................6 Six common themes across nine high-achieving disadvantaged schools.........................7 1. School discipline.........................................................................................7 2. Direct and explicit instruction........................................................................8 3. Experienced and autonomous school leadership..............................................9 4. Data-informed practice.............................................................................. 10 5. Teacher collaboration and professional learning............................................. 11 6. Comprehensive early reading instruction...................................................... 12 Conclusions and policy implications......................................................................... 13 Appendix 1: Study methodology and limitations....................................................... 14 Appendix 2: School principal interview questions...................................................... 17 Appendix 3: Class lesson observation form.............................................................. 19 Endnotes............................................................................................................. 21

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