❓ Hon Adele Farina questions the focus on minimum standards in education budget papers, requesting data on students achieving national average or above in NAPLAN. The answer provides data showing improvement in WA student performance since 2008.
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I refer to Budget Paper No. 2, Volume 1 at page 276 "Outcomes and Key Effectiveness Indicators" and note the Budget papers provide percentage of students achieving minimum standards in reading, writing and numeracy. I am concerned that the Budget papers make reference to minimum standards only and that this sets the bar too low (not that we are doing all that well in achieving that minimum bar), and ask for each of the years stated and each of the skills stated, what percentage of students are attaining the national average and above?
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5 December 2013
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Minister for Education
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Percentages of students in Western Australian public schools attaining the NAPLAN national mean score or above for 2008 and 2012.
2008
2012
Year 3 Reading 43.6% 45.3%
Year 3 Writing 44.8%
Year 3 Numeracy 40.6% 43.6%
Year 5 Reading 44.0% 42.8%
Year 5 Writing 49.1%
Year 5 Numeracy 35.3% 41.4%
Year 7 Reading 41.4% 43.3%
Year 7 Writing 47.8%
Year 7 Numeracy 38.5% 42.6%
Year 9 Reading 38.8% 44.2%
Year 9 Writing 46.9%
Year 9 Numeracy 34.8% 39.8%
Western Australian students have continued their trend of improvement in the five years since national literacy and numeracy tests began.
Western Australian students have since 2008 recorded the most statistically significant increases of any jurisdiction in Australia
.
2008
2012
Year 3 Reading 43.6% 45.3%
Year 3 Writing 44.8%
Year 3 Numeracy 40.6% 43.6%
Year 5 Reading 44.0% 42.8%
Year 5 Writing 49.1%
Year 5 Numeracy 35.3% 41.4%
Year 7 Reading 41.4% 43.3%
Year 7 Writing 47.8%
Year 7 Numeracy 38.5% 42.6%
Year 9 Reading 38.8% 44.2%
Year 9 Writing 46.9%
Year 9 Numeracy 34.8% 39.8%
Western Australian students have continued their trend of improvement in the five years since national literacy and numeracy tests began.
Western Australian students have since 2008 recorded the most statistically significant increases of any jurisdiction in Australia
.
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