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I would be interested to see the paper (if one was published). Here is an article from the university department itself about the study: sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/04/23/atars-to-blame-for-fall-in-language-study.html

Ah okay. I should have done a bit of research: 'The ATAR scaling system is leading to lower scores for some high-level language subjects and has contributed to the decline of HSC languages more often studied by students in low socio-economic schools, new research shows.' 'Languages were...

I was perusing hscscalinggraphs.au. Why is it that that Arabic Continuers and Extension courses consistently scale demonstrably less favourably than their counterparts of other languages? For example, below is the comparison between French and German courses against the Arabic. The band...