Asians top high school entrance test in Australia

Updated on: Saturday, July 10, 2010

'Children of Asian migrants outperform their English-speaking counterparts in the entrance test of selective top high schools in Australia.

Analysis shows that 42 percent of children from non-English speaking backgrounds who sat for the annual selective high school entrance test in 2009 won a place in the elite system, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

The percentage of successful students from English-speaking families was less than 23 percent.

The success rate of students from migrant families in the selective system has risen dramatically from 29 percent in 1995 to 62 percent in 2008. The figure is sharply skewed towards children from Asian-origin families.

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