❓ Mr Tubby asks how parents can access their children's literacy and numeracy assessment results. Dr Gallop (answered by Mr Barnett) confirms parents will receive reports comparing their child's performance against national benchmarks before the end of the school year.
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literacy and numeracy assessment
I refer to the recent release of the results of the state-wide literacy and numeracy assessment. How can parents of children who participated in the tests find out more about the performance of their children in these critical areas of learning? Dr Gallop: How are your communication skills with the member for Alfred Cove at the moment? Mr BARNETT
I refer to the recent release of the results of the state-wide literacy and numeracy assessment. How can parents of children who participated in the tests find out more about the performance of their children in these critical areas of learning? Dr Gallop: How are your communication skills with the member for Alfred Cove at the moment? Mr BARNETT
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Pretty good. I thank the member for some notice of this question. I was pleased earlier in the week to visit Victoria Park Primary School, which is an excellent school, and to meet some of the children and staff. I used that as an opportunity to release the summary statistics from the assessment of literacy - being reading, writing and spelling - and numeracy for years 3 and 5 students. Members will recall that around 51 000 students were assessed. This is the third year that the assessments have taken place in Western Australia. In 1998, in broad terms, about 80 per cent of students were measured as having reached the nationally agreed benchmark. In 1999 it was about 85 per cent, this year it was 87 per cent. I would not put my life at stake over the exact accuracy of those figures because there will inevitably be volatility in movements of measurement and the like from year to year. After speaking to those who have administered the tests and assessed them, there is absolutely no doubt that there has been a discernible and significant improvement in literacy standards over the past three years. There is still a way to go, but there is no doubt that, through focusing on literacy throughout all curriculum areas, the literacy standards in our schools are improving. I congratulate the schools and teachers for their efforts. I will continue to strongly support these tests. It is important that the Government, which has responsibility for spending public money, has a responsibility to measure and assess that performance. All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
Dr Gallop: How are your communication skills with the member for Alfred Cove at the moment? Mr BARNETT replied: Pretty good. I thank the member for some notice of this question. I was pleased earlier in the week to visit Victoria Park Primary School, which is an excellent school, and to meet some of the children and staff. I used that as an opportunity to release the summary statistics from the assessment of literacy - being reading, writing and spelling - and numeracy for years 3 and 5 students. Members will recall that around 51 000 students were assessed. This is the third year that the assessments have taken place in Western Australia. In 1998, in broad terms, about 80 per cent of students were measured as having reached the nationally agreed benchmark. In 1999 it was about 85 per cent, this year it was 87 per cent. I would not put my life at stake over the exact accuracy of those figures because there will inevitably be volatility in movements of measurement and the like from year to year. After speaking to those who have administered the tests and assessed them, there is absolutely no doubt that there has been a discernible and significant improvement in literacy standards over the past three years. There is still a way to go, but there is no doubt that, through focusing on literacy throughout all curriculum areas, the literacy standards in our schools are improving. I congratulate the schools and teachers for their efforts. I will continue to strongly support these tests. It is important that the Government, which has responsibility for spending public money, has a responsibility to measure and assess that performance. All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
Mr BARNETT replied: Pretty good. I thank the member for some notice of this question. I was pleased earlier in the week to visit Victoria Park Primary School, which is an excellent school, and to meet some of the children and staff. I used that as an opportunity to release the summary statistics from the assessment of literacy - being reading, writing and spelling - and numeracy for years 3 and 5 students. Members will recall that around 51 000 students were assessed. This is the third year that the assessments have taken place in Western Australia. In 1998, in broad terms, about 80 per cent of students were measured as having reached the nationally agreed benchmark. In 1999 it was about 85 per cent, this year it was 87 per cent. I would not put my life at stake over the exact accuracy of those figures because there will inevitably be volatility in movements of measurement and the like from year to year. After speaking to those who have administered the tests and assessed them, there is absolutely no doubt that there has been a discernible and significant improvement in literacy standards over the past three years. There is still a way to go, but there is no doubt that, through focusing on literacy throughout all curriculum areas, the literacy standards in our schools are improving. I congratulate the schools and teachers for their efforts. I will continue to strongly support these tests. It is important that the Government, which has responsibility for spending public money, has a responsibility to measure and assess that performance. All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
Pretty good. I thank the member for some notice of this question. I was pleased earlier in the week to visit Victoria Park Primary School, which is an excellent school, and to meet some of the children and staff. I used that as an opportunity to release the summary statistics from the assessment of literacy - being reading, writing and spelling - and numeracy for years 3 and 5 students. Members will recall that around 51 000 students were assessed. This is the third year that the assessments have taken place in Western Australia. In 1998, in broad terms, about 80 per cent of students were measured as having reached the nationally agreed benchmark. In 1999 it was about 85 per cent, this year it was 87 per cent. I would not put my life at stake over the exact accuracy of those figures because there will inevitably be volatility in movements of measurement and the like from year to year. After speaking to those who have administered the tests and assessed them, there is absolutely no doubt that there has been a discernible and significant improvement in literacy standards over the past three years. There is still a way to go, but there is no doubt that, through focusing on literacy throughout all curriculum areas, the literacy standards in our schools are improving. I congratulate the schools and teachers for their efforts. I will continue to strongly support these tests. It is important that the Government, which has responsibility for spending public money, has a responsibility to measure and assess that performance. All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I was pleased earlier in the week to visit Victoria Park Primary School, which is an excellent school, and to meet some of the children and staff. I used that as an opportunity to release the summary statistics from the assessment of literacy - being reading, writing and spelling - and numeracy for years 3 and 5 students. Members will recall that around 51 000 students were assessed. This is the third year that the assessments have taken place in Western Australia. In 1998, in broad terms, about 80 per cent of students were measured as having reached the nationally agreed benchmark. In 1999 it was about 85 per cent, this year it was 87 per cent. I would not put my life at stake over the exact accuracy of those figures because there will inevitably be volatility in movements of measurement and the like from year to year. After speaking to those who have administered the tests and assessed them, there is absolutely no doubt that there has been a discernible and significant improvement in literacy standards over the past three years. There is still a way to go, but there is no doubt that, through focusing on literacy throughout all curriculum areas, the literacy standards in our schools are improving. I congratulate the schools and teachers for their efforts. I will continue to strongly support these tests. It is important that the Government, which has responsibility for spending public money, has a responsibility to measure and assess that performance. All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
Members will recall that around 51 000 students were assessed. This is the third year that the assessments have taken place in Western Australia. In 1998, in broad terms, about 80 per cent of students were measured as having reached the nationally agreed benchmark. In 1999 it was about 85 per cent, this year it was 87 per cent. I would not put my life at stake over the exact accuracy of those figures because there will inevitably be volatility in movements of measurement and the like from year to year. After speaking to those who have administered the tests and assessed them, there is absolutely no doubt that there has been a discernible and significant improvement in literacy standards over the past three years. There is still a way to go, but there is no doubt that, through focusing on literacy throughout all curriculum areas, the literacy standards in our schools are improving. I congratulate the schools and teachers for their efforts. I will continue to strongly support these tests. It is important that the Government, which has responsibility for spending public money, has a responsibility to measure and assess that performance. All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
Dr Gallop: How are your communication skills with the member for Alfred Cove at the moment? Mr BARNETT replied: Pretty good. I thank the member for some notice of this question. I was pleased earlier in the week to visit Victoria Park Primary School, which is an excellent school, and to meet some of the children and staff. I used that as an opportunity to release the summary statistics from the assessment of literacy - being reading, writing and spelling - and numeracy for years 3 and 5 students. Members will recall that around 51 000 students were assessed. This is the third year that the assessments have taken place in Western Australia. In 1998, in broad terms, about 80 per cent of students were measured as having reached the nationally agreed benchmark. In 1999 it was about 85 per cent, this year it was 87 per cent. I would not put my life at stake over the exact accuracy of those figures because there will inevitably be volatility in movements of measurement and the like from year to year. After speaking to those who have administered the tests and assessed them, there is absolutely no doubt that there has been a discernible and significant improvement in literacy standards over the past three years. There is still a way to go, but there is no doubt that, through focusing on literacy throughout all curriculum areas, the literacy standards in our schools are improving. I congratulate the schools and teachers for their efforts. I will continue to strongly support these tests. It is important that the Government, which has responsibility for spending public money, has a responsibility to measure and assess that performance. All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
Mr BARNETT replied: Pretty good. I thank the member for some notice of this question. I was pleased earlier in the week to visit Victoria Park Primary School, which is an excellent school, and to meet some of the children and staff. I used that as an opportunity to release the summary statistics from the assessment of literacy - being reading, writing and spelling - and numeracy for years 3 and 5 students. Members will recall that around 51 000 students were assessed. This is the third year that the assessments have taken place in Western Australia. In 1998, in broad terms, about 80 per cent of students were measured as having reached the nationally agreed benchmark. In 1999 it was about 85 per cent, this year it was 87 per cent. I would not put my life at stake over the exact accuracy of those figures because there will inevitably be volatility in movements of measurement and the like from year to year. After speaking to those who have administered the tests and assessed them, there is absolutely no doubt that there has been a discernible and significant improvement in literacy standards over the past three years. There is still a way to go, but there is no doubt that, through focusing on literacy throughout all curriculum areas, the literacy standards in our schools are improving. I congratulate the schools and teachers for their efforts. I will continue to strongly support these tests. It is important that the Government, which has responsibility for spending public money, has a responsibility to measure and assess that performance. All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
Pretty good. I thank the member for some notice of this question. I was pleased earlier in the week to visit Victoria Park Primary School, which is an excellent school, and to meet some of the children and staff. I used that as an opportunity to release the summary statistics from the assessment of literacy - being reading, writing and spelling - and numeracy for years 3 and 5 students. Members will recall that around 51 000 students were assessed. This is the third year that the assessments have taken place in Western Australia. In 1998, in broad terms, about 80 per cent of students were measured as having reached the nationally agreed benchmark. In 1999 it was about 85 per cent, this year it was 87 per cent. I would not put my life at stake over the exact accuracy of those figures because there will inevitably be volatility in movements of measurement and the like from year to year. After speaking to those who have administered the tests and assessed them, there is absolutely no doubt that there has been a discernible and significant improvement in literacy standards over the past three years. There is still a way to go, but there is no doubt that, through focusing on literacy throughout all curriculum areas, the literacy standards in our schools are improving. I congratulate the schools and teachers for their efforts. I will continue to strongly support these tests. It is important that the Government, which has responsibility for spending public money, has a responsibility to measure and assess that performance. All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I was pleased earlier in the week to visit Victoria Park Primary School, which is an excellent school, and to meet some of the children and staff. I used that as an opportunity to release the summary statistics from the assessment of literacy - being reading, writing and spelling - and numeracy for years 3 and 5 students. Members will recall that around 51 000 students were assessed. This is the third year that the assessments have taken place in Western Australia. In 1998, in broad terms, about 80 per cent of students were measured as having reached the nationally agreed benchmark. In 1999 it was about 85 per cent, this year it was 87 per cent. I would not put my life at stake over the exact accuracy of those figures because there will inevitably be volatility in movements of measurement and the like from year to year. After speaking to those who have administered the tests and assessed them, there is absolutely no doubt that there has been a discernible and significant improvement in literacy standards over the past three years. There is still a way to go, but there is no doubt that, through focusing on literacy throughout all curriculum areas, the literacy standards in our schools are improving. I congratulate the schools and teachers for their efforts. I will continue to strongly support these tests. It is important that the Government, which has responsibility for spending public money, has a responsibility to measure and assess that performance. All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
Members will recall that around 51 000 students were assessed. This is the third year that the assessments have taken place in Western Australia. In 1998, in broad terms, about 80 per cent of students were measured as having reached the nationally agreed benchmark. In 1999 it was about 85 per cent, this year it was 87 per cent. I would not put my life at stake over the exact accuracy of those figures because there will inevitably be volatility in movements of measurement and the like from year to year. After speaking to those who have administered the tests and assessed them, there is absolutely no doubt that there has been a discernible and significant improvement in literacy standards over the past three years. There is still a way to go, but there is no doubt that, through focusing on literacy throughout all curriculum areas, the literacy standards in our schools are improving. I congratulate the schools and teachers for their efforts. I will continue to strongly support these tests. It is important that the Government, which has responsibility for spending public money, has a responsibility to measure and assess that performance. All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
All of the parents of those 51 000 students will receive a report before the end of the school year showing how their sons or daughters compared on those criteria against the national benchmark. That will apply to all students in Government, Catholic and 93 independent schools that took part in the tests. The parents appreciate the direct information on their children’s performance.
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