❓ Dr. Constable questions the Education and Training portfolio regarding the academic performance of children in remote schools covered by the Aboriginal Literacy Strategy, specifically focusing on literacy and numeracy benchmarks and student participation rates. The Minister provides data on student performance and participation, while also highlighting factors affecting data interpretation.
AnsweredQoN 3362Legislative Assembly
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(a) what percentage of children were above the national benchmark in;
(i) reading;
(ii) writing;
(iii) spelling; and
(iv) numeracy;
(b) what was the total Year 7 enrolment across all 43 remote schools covered by the Aboriginal Literacy Strategy;
(c) in 2007, how many Year 7 students in the 43 remote schools covered by the Aboriginal Literacy Strategy sat for the tests in;
(i) reading;
(ii) writing;
(iii) spelling; and
(iv) numeracy?
(i) reading;
(ii) writing;
(iii) spelling; and
(iv) numeracy;
(b) what was the total Year 7 enrolment across all 43 remote schools covered by the Aboriginal Literacy Strategy;
(c) in 2007, how many Year 7 students in the 43 remote schools covered by the Aboriginal Literacy Strategy sat for the tests in;
(i) reading;
(ii) writing;
(iii) spelling; and
(iv) numeracy?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 June 2008
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
30 days
The centrepiece of the Aboriginal Literacy Strategy is focused English language and literacy instruction through a daily two hour Literacy Session. The strategy is currently in its fourth year of operation, initially servicing 43 but now servicing 52 school sites involving approximately 340 teaching staff.
Over the past four years there have been minor improvements in the rates of student participation. The Year 3 participation rates have increased from 53 per cent in 2003 to 67 per cent in 2007. The Year 5 participation rates have increased from 62 per cent in 2003 to 65 per cent in 2007. The Year 7 participation rates have increased 65 per cent in 2003 to 67 per cent in 2007.
Care should be taken when interpreting student performance information for the remote schools. Relatively small numbers of students affect the volatility of the data and increase the impact of small changes from year to year. It should also be noted that the home language of nearly all of these students is not standard Australian English and they are the students most affected by poor health and nutrition.
(a)
(i) 15.6%
(ii) 31.5%
(iii) 21.6%
(iv) 21.4%
(b) 236
(c)
(i) 154
(ii) 149
(iii) 162
(iv) 168
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Over the past four years there have been minor improvements in the rates of student participation. The Year 3 participation rates have increased from 53 per cent in 2003 to 67 per cent in 2007. The Year 5 participation rates have increased from 62 per cent in 2003 to 65 per cent in 2007. The Year 7 participation rates have increased 65 per cent in 2003 to 67 per cent in 2007.
Care should be taken when interpreting student performance information for the remote schools. Relatively small numbers of students affect the volatility of the data and increase the impact of small changes from year to year. It should also be noted that the home language of nearly all of these students is not standard Australian English and they are the students most affected by poor health and nutrition.
(a)
(i) 15.6%
(ii) 31.5%
(iii) 21.6%
(iv) 21.4%
(b) 236
(c)
(i) 154
(ii) 149
(iii) 162
(iv) 168
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