Post-school choices: additional short analyses
These four fact sheets are intended to supplement the report Post-school choices by building on the statistical model used in that report but narrowing the focus to look at the post-school choices of these three groups of students
- High achieving students.
- Māori students.
- Students from low decile schools.
Author: Scott Ussher
Date Published: June 2008
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Key Findings
- Students who undertook a higher proportion of level 1 unit standards while at secondary school were more likely to participate in industry training, but less likely to participate in bachelors-level study.
- Māori male students were less likely than Māori female students to participate in bachelors-level study, holding all other known factors constant. This was not the case for European and Asian students.
- High achieving Māori students were more likely than high achieving European and Asian students to participate in industry training rather than bachelors-level study.
- Participation in bachelors-level study for Māori males was more sensitive to gaining good results in level 1 NCEA standards than it was for Māori females.
- Attaining NCEA level 2 did not increase the likelihood of participating in industry training for students from low decile schools. This was not the case for students from higher decile schools.
- The influence of peers was more strongly associated with the post-school choice of students from low decile schools than it was for schools from high decile schools.
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How does achievement at school affect achievement in tertiary education?
Students' Transition between School and Tertiary Education: 2nd Edition