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NAPLAN. DATA 2013. ACARA Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority. R esponsible National Curriculum National Assessment Program (NAPLAN) N ational data collection and reporting program . National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN ).
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NAPLAN DATA 2013
ACARAAustralian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority • Responsible National Curriculum • National Assessment Program (NAPLAN) • National data collection and reporting program
National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy(NAPLAN) • In May – All Australian students participate in testing under the National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN).
NAPLAN assesses skills of students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in: • Reading, • Writing • Language conventions • spelling • grammar and punctuation • Numeracy • numeracy • data, measurement, space and geometry • number, patterns and algebra
REPORTING • Parent report • School Report - SMART DATA • National Report - gender, Indigenous status, language background other than English status, parental occupation, parental education, and geolocation (metropolitan, provincial, remote and very remote) at each year level and for each domain of the test.
PARENT REPORT • Column Graphs on reading, writing, language conventions and numeracy • Individual result • School average / National average • Questions answered correctly • Questions answered incorrectly or not attempted • Criteria achieved / not achieved in writing
SCHOOL REPORT - SMART DATA includes: • State averages / grouped school averages • Boys' averages • Individualresults: • Each question attempted • Achievement scores = numbers e.g. 521 • Bands e.g. 5 – 10 • Growth
Science of NAPLAN • 1000 • 900 • 800 • 700 • 600 • 500 • 400 • 300 • 200 • 100 • 0 10 Bands Test Aspects Same questions in various yearsQuestions negotiated • National benchmarks replaced by national minimum standard • The bottom band includes the exempted children • Expected Growth 3-5 1.5 Bands 78 Points • Expected Growth 5-7 1 Band 52 Points • Expected Growth 7-9 .75 Band 39 points
SOME LIMITATIONS OF NAPLAN • Assesses only some aspects of what schools value • NAPLAN over-emphasis leads to narrowing/ distortion of the school curriculum • Provides only point-in-time snapshots of student performance • Provides limited diagnostic information about individual students especially very high and very low achieving students
PREPARATION YRS 7 & 8 • Teach curriculum • Specific teaching / preparatione.g. English Persuasive Writing • Skills period / Tuesday Period 2 • Years 7 and 8 • Reading 20 minutes • Skills Booklet Literacy and Numeracy (all year) • Apps - Schools A to Z; Vocab /Spelling; Numeracy
PREPARATION YR 9 • Term 1 and part of Term 2 up to NAPLAN Tests: • reading 20 minutes • NaplanSkills Booklet • Online NaplanActivities
PREPARATION YRS 7 & 9 • Term 2 Years 7 and 9 - Naplan Practice under test conditions - marked, returned and reviewed • Practice tests for Years 7 and 9 placed on Moodle - Easter holidays
WHERE TO NOW? • Analysis of data e.g. explanation of negative or no growth • Remediation - whole school e.g. Maths Online • Writing skills • Learning Support – groups and individuals e.g. Multilit
Investigate specific programs such as Grammatikus • Skills Classes – Tuesday (Period 2) • Parental Support e.g. programs such as Maths online, IXL Maths, Vocab apps
WEB SITES • http://www.nap.edu.au/ • http://www.acara.edu.au/home_page.html • www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/ • Apps