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The Lost Decile Point

Published on Nov 18, 2015

School deciles have had a measurable impact on Auckland's social landscape. Here is a brief argument about why school deciles have had their day...and how we might invest differently in student success.

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The Lost Decile Point

Auckland and school decile ratings
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Decile set out to compensate for social disadvantage

Getting a fair go:
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School decile marks the social divide in Auckland...

Photo by Francesca Gallo (Gipsy)
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...and show up the ethnic divide

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Pasifika students in Auckland, July 2014

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Did decile cause this divide?

(or does it just illustrate it?)
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MYTH 1: Decile measures school performance

No, It measures neighbourhood deprivation
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MYTH 2: DECILE marks ethnicity

there is no calculation about ethnicity
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myth 3: a school can improve decile

decile doesn't measure student success
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Measurable impacts:

real estate values
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suburban segregation

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traffic congestion

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LOW DECILE IS A negative label

DEFICIT THINKING
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high decile adds social capital

(“It’s not what you know, but who you know” - Bourdieu)
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UNCLEAR, untargeted

how much does dECILE money improve student learning?
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sharpen INVESTMENT

(decile funding has lost its point)
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recalibrate

use three investment markers only: high, mid, low
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pool

link investment to communities and clusters
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target

  • New entrants - intense investment to bring up to National Standards
  • Government priority groups
  • High-risk
  • bilingual
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invest

in circuit-breaking governance and leadership
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look for collective impact

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Bernardine Vester, educationplus auckland limited.  january, 2015

www.eduplus.co.nz

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