ATAR Concessions Not the Answer to Help Students: Study

ATAR Concessions Not the Answer to Help Students: Study
Australian Swimmer Ariarne Titmus talks to students at St Patricks College in Launceston, Australia, on Sept. 15, 2021. Steve Bell/Getty Images for TLA
Rebecca Zhu
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As students in Australia’s two biggest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, return to school, a new study is arguing that  ATAR concessions and large sums of funding for school tutoring are unnecessary.

In his latest research, Glenn Fahey from the Centre of Independent Studies found an estimated 6 to 14 percent of students likely progressed slower at home, but catch up tutoring was not the answer.