Title: Total school funding over time — current and projected
Alt Text: Chart of Commonwealth spending on schooling from 2007-08 to 2022-23, showing spending at a higher level and increasing more rapidly as a result of school funding reforms in this Budget.
take me back to page 2 of Gonski glossyTitle: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) year 4 mathematics mean score for Australia, USA and England over time
Alt Text: In 1995, Australia's average score was greater than England and less than the USA. Between 1995 and 2011, the scores for all three countries improve, but at different rates. By 2011, both the US and England have mean scores above Australia's.
take me back to page 4 of Gonski glossyTitle: Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2011 Year 4 reading score
Alt Text: This chart shows Year Four students reading performance, at the international benchmark levels, for Australia, the International Median and Hong Kong, the top performing region. It shows that Australia has a higher per cent of students performing at an Advanced reading level (10 per cent) than the International Median (8 per cent). However, Australia has a slightly smaller per cent of students performing at high (32 per cent) and intermediate (34 per cent) reading levels than the International Median (both 36 per cent) resulting in a higher per cent of students in Australia with low and below level reading skills. For Hong Kong, there were 18 per cent of students performing at an Advanced reading level; 49 per cent performing at a high reading level; and only 7 per cent performing at a below reading level.
take me back to page 5 of Gonski glossyTitle: Example of needs-based funding for a rural independent primary school with 220 students of different needs and backgrounds
Alt Text: The hypothetical school receives $1,824,032 base SRS, $215,588 in anticipated private contribution and $171,990 from the low SES loading. Other (smaller amounts) of funding are received for loadings associated with students with a disability, size, location, Indigenous and language background other than English.
take me back to page 6 of Gonski glossyTitle: Australian Government and State Government net recurrent funding as a proportion of all government recurrent funding, 2009
Alt Text: For Catholic and Independent schools, Australian Government funding forms a significant portion of total government recurrent funding. On the other hand, for Government schools, State government funding makes up the majority of total government recurrent funding.
take me back to page 7 of Gonski glossyTitle: The five areas of reform
Alt Text: The National Plan for School Improvement is based on five core areas: quality teaching, quality learning, empowered school leadership, meeting student need and greater transparency and accountability.
take me back to page 8 of Gonski glossyTitle: National Partnerships — 2008-09 to 2013-14
Alt Text: The National Partnership (or NP) for low SES is the largest NP (at $1,241.6 million), followed by the literacy and numeracy NP at $706.3 million and the Improving Teacher Quality NP at $477 million. Other NPs included are rewards for great teachers, and empowering local schools.
take me back to page 14 of Gonski glossyTitle: Enduring saves and school funding reform
Alt Text: Chart showing new Australian Government funding for school funding reform increasing between 2012-13 to 2023-24. The chart also shows that room has been made in the budget for new Australian Government funding for school funding reform through education reforms, business tax integrity measures, family payments reforms and other long-term savings.
take me back to page 15 of Gonski glossyTitle: Higher Education Funding
Alt Text: This shows higher education funding from 2003-04 to 2016-17, including the efficiency dividend saving from this Budget. Also shown is a comparison of what higher education funding would have been from 2013-14 to 2016-17 without the efficiency dividend saving.
take me back to page 16 of Gonski glossyTitle: Number of students participating in Vocational Education and Training, by highest level of qualification
Alt Text: This chart shows the number of students participating in Vocational Education and Training (VET), by qualification (Certificate I and II; Certificate III; Certificate IV and Diploma and above), over time from 2004. The chart shows that from 2002 to 2007 the number of students participating in VET remained relatively stable, with growth only occurring for students completing a Certificate III qualification. Since 2007, the number of students participating at the Cert III, Cert IV and Diploma and above level have all increased. Numbers of students studying at the Cert III level increased from around 480,000 in 2007 to 600,000 in 2011; students studying at the Cert IV level increased from around 190,000 in 2007 to 305,000 in 2011; and student studying at the Diploma and Above level have increased from 160,000 in 2007 to 250,000 in 2011.
take me back to page 17 of Gonski glossy