A report by the OECD suggests Australian school students from disadvantaged backgrounds are less academically resilient than disadvantaged students in other countries.
Just 28.6 percent of disadvantaged Australian students are reaching the threshold for ‘success skills’ needed later in life, as measured by Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests, compared to Finland and Canada, where almost 40 percent of underprivileged students achieved these success skills.
According to the report, factors including socioeconomic status, disruptive classrooms, increased truancy and high staff turnover at schools can contribute to lower levels of academic resilience.