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What has LSAY found?

What has LSAY found?. Sheldon Rothman Principal Research Fellow. What has LSAY found?. Education and labour market outcomes for Indigenous young people. Indigenous Australians in the LSAY samples. Oversampled in LSAY 3% of LSAY samples, compared to Year 9 student population

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What has LSAY found?

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  1. What has LSAY found? Sheldon Rothman Principal Research Fellow

  2. What has LSAY found? • Education and labour market outcomes for Indigenous young people

  3. Indigenous Australians in the LSAY samples • Oversampled in LSAY • 3% of LSAY samples, compared to Year 9 student population • Greater attrition over time • Y95: 27% retained in 2004 (35% non-Indigenous) • Y98: 31% retained in 2004 (50% non-Indigenous)

  4. Attitudes to school • Positive attitudes • Enjoy being at school • Acquiring useful skills • Teachers are supportive • Less satisfied with their sense of success

  5. Engagement at school • Less engaged in activities overall, but highly engaged at schools with high levels of engagement

  6. Literacy and numeracy • Year 9 achievement test scores lower • Influenced somewhat by SES and language • Location is a major issue for Indigenous students’ achievement

  7. Year 12 participation • Most disadvantaged in terms of participation and completion • Three times as likely to leave early • Influenced somewhat by SES and achievement • Also influenced by expectations and engagement / attitudes

  8. Year 12 subject choice • Same in English, maths, arts, technical studies • More in Biological sciences, HSIE, computer studies, physical education • Fewer in Physical sciences, economics, LOTE • Females more likely to study physical sciences

  9. Transition from school • Tendency to leave before Year 12 • Lower movement into university • Higher movement into VET

  10. Post-secondary study • At age 21: • 8% completed qualification • 25% still studying • Early leavers less likely to enter VET

  11. Employment

  12. Employment • Part-time employment issues • Among non-Indigenous 50% in study • Not so for Indigenous young people

  13. Life and career satisfaction

  14. Family formation • At age 21: • 18% living with a partner • 12% living with children • Rates of family formation lower among non-Indigenous

  15. General findings • Differences in achievement in Year 9, SES and geographic location do not fully explain lower rates of participation in Year 12 among Indigenous students • Need to build engagement with school, lift confidence and aspirations, and target literacy and numeracy • Particular need in remote locations

  16. General findings • Greater encouragement to study subjects with broader range of pathways and opportunities • Continued need to build participation in tertiary study • Need to establish good start in the labour market

  17. The latest briefing papers Leaving school in Australia: Early career and labour market outcomes (LSAY Briefing Paper no 9) Education and labour market outcomes for Indigenous young people (LSAY Briefing Paper no 10) Scheduled for release 29 September 2005 Year 12 subjects and further study (LSAY Briefing Paper no 11)

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