Abstract:
This paper reports on one aspect of a larger DEET-funded project, administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research, into curriculum provision in rural schools. The paper uses the 1990 Victorian SCOPE data to describe and compare the participation at Year 12 in different curriculum areas and in different subjects of students studying in schools defined as metropolitan, rural or remote. The paper also examines to what extent participation is affected by the personal and social background characteristics of students studying in different locations.