The numbers that show Indigenous students ‘behind’ their non-Indigenous peers are accurate. But they only tell part of the story.
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has distributed 318 million books worldwide. Nearly 50,000 Australian children are receiving a free book every month.
This gap was already a problem before the latest data. But the most recent results show how things are getting worse.
Yes, there appears to be a downward trend in Year 3 numeracy. But the decline is small and not statistically significant.
National NAPLAN results are released today, putting the spotlight on students’ numeracy and literacy skills.
For some families, NAPLAN results will confirm what they already know. For others, they may contain surprises or raise concerns.
NAPLAN’s boss says it’s ‘horrendous’ some schools are using the test to determine school entry.
Whenever a major test suffers a glitch, questions are immediately asked about a return to pens and paper.
On Wednesday, we got the results of how individual schools performed in this year’s NAPLAN tests.
If the results are disappointing, try not to catastrophise them. For one thing, NAPLAN was done about four months ago – students will have made progress since then.
Parents can now search how their child’s school has performed in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy.
This week, the national 2024 NAPLAN results were released. This comes after families have been receiving individual student results since the beginning of Term 3.
My study clearly shows no long-term decline in NAPLAN results from 2008 to 2022. In 2023, they changed the way the test was organised.
Schools have been releasing individual results to families since the start of term 3. Today, we have the overall results.
As part of a new study, Year 7 students got $20 vouchers if they reached personalised goals in their NAPLAN tests.
Unlike the traditional method of comparing Indigenous students with non-Indigenous students, a new approach compares Indigenous students with their Indigenous peers.
Next week, Australian schools will begin NAPLAN tests for students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9.
The new government needs to tread carefully as it looks to reintroduce standardised testing. A one size fits all approach to testing students can have negative consequences for everyone involved.
Two researchers independently studied Australian students’ results. These papers both reached the same conclusions: scores on the vast majority of standardised assessments are not in decline.
According to this year’s NAPLAN results, one third of Australian students do not meet minimum achievement levels in literacy and numeracy.
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