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Each year when Year 12 results come out, there is a huge focus on students who achieve top marks and high ATARs. Is this healthy?
The ATAR does not determine where students end up as much as it shapes where they start and the way they get there.
Each year, the same narrow narrative about ‘top students’ appears in the media after year 12 results. New research talks to students who are the first in their families to go to university
Year 12 students around Australia are beginning to receive their exam results. It’s a time of intense pressure for many young people.
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Associate Professor of Education Policy, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Lecturer, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle
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Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Australian Catholic University
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Senior lecturer, School of Education, Australian Catholic University