2015 National Assessment Program Literacy and …

1 2015 National Assessment ProgramLiteracy and NumeracyAchievement in Reading, Persuasive Writing, Language Conventions and NumeracyNational Report for 20152015 National Assessment Program Literacy and NumeracyAchievement in Reading, Persuasive Writing,Language Conventions and numeracy : National Report for 2015 Copyright Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority ( acara ) 2015, unless otherwise indicated. Subject to the exceptions listed below, copyright in this document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International (CC BY) licence ( ). This means that you can use these materials for any purpose, including commercial use, provided that you attribute acara as the source of the copyright material.

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4 2 Year 3 Persuasive Writing .. 13 Year 3 Spelling .. 24 Year 3 Grammar and Punctuation .. 35 Year 3 numeracy .. 46 Year 3 Participation .. 57 Year 3 Comparative Achievement .. 61 Commentary .. 632015 Results Year 5 .. 65 Year 5 Reading .. 66 Year 5 Persuasive Writing .. 77 Year 5 Spelling .. 88 Year 5 Grammar and Punctuation .. 99 Year 5 numeracy .. 110 Year 5 Participation .. 121 Year 5 Comparative Achievement .. 125 Commentary .. 1272015 Results Year 7 .. 129 Year 7 Reading .. 130 Year 7 Persuasive Writing .. 141 Year 7 Spelling .. 152 Year 7 Grammar and Punctuation .. 163 Year 7 numeracy .. 174 Year 7 Participation .. 185 Year 7 Comparative Achievement .. 189 Commentary .. 1912015 Results Year 9.

5 193 Year 9 Reading .. 194 Year 9 Persuasive Writing .. 205 Year 9 Spelling .. 216 Year 9 Grammar and Punctuation .. 227 Year 9 numeracy .. 238 Year 9 Participation .. 249 Year 9 Comparative Achievement .. 253 Commentary .. 2552008, 2010 2015 Time series .. 257 Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 Reading .. 258 Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 numeracy .. 279 Commentary ..300 Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 Participation .. 303 Commentary ..3242011 2013, 2012 2014 and 2013 2015 Cohort gain .. 326 Year 3 Year 5 Reading ..327 Year 5 Year 7 Reading ..331 Year 7 Year 9 Reading ..335 Achievement of Students in Reading ..339 Year 3 Year 5 numeracy .. 341 Year 5 Year 7 numeracy .. 345 Year 7 Year 9 numeracy .. 349 Achievement of Students in numeracy .

6 353 Commentary ..355ivIntroductionAbout acara The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority ( acara ) is an independent authority focused on improving the learning of all young Australians through a National curriculum, the National Assessment Program and a National data collection and reporting collaborates with teachers, principals, governments, state and territory education authorities, professional education associations, community groups and the general public to develop National education standards for use in every school in Australia. About NAPLANThe National Assessment Program Literacy and numeracy (NAPLAN) tests are conducted in May for all students across Australia in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Each year, over one million students nationally sit the NAPLAN tests.

7 All students in the same year level are assessed on the same test items in the Assessment domains of reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and data provide parents, schools, governments and the non-government school sectors with important information about whether young Australians are reaching important educational goals. NAPLAN tests are the only Australian assessments that provide nationally comparable data on the performance of students in the vital areas of Literacy and numeracy . This gives NAPLAN a unique role in providing robust data to inform and support improvements to teaching and learning practices in Australian schools. The NAPLAN Assessment and reporting processNAPLAN tests are developed collaboratively by acara , the state and territory governments, the non-government school sectors and the Australian Government.

8 The test administration authority in each jurisdiction is responsible for test administration, data capture and delivery of tests broadly reflect aspects of Literacy and numeracy within the curriculum in all jurisdictions. The types of test questions and test formats are chosen so that they are familiar to students and teachers across National Protocols for Test Administration ensure consistency in the administration of NAPLAN tests by all test administration authorities and schools across Australia. The test administration authority in each jurisdiction manages the marking of the tests. Tests for reading, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy are marked using optical mark recognition software to score multiple-choice items.

9 Writing tasks are marked using well established procedures for maintaining marker consistency across all administration authorities submit de-identified student data from all tests to a contractor appointed to undertake analysis of the test data on behalf of acara . This analysis determines individual student scores across the National achievement scale and enables comparisons over time. Comparative data showing the performance of each jurisdiction and the nation are provided to each test administration authority. Student reports are produced by the test administration authorities, using a common National reporting over timeNAPLAN tests are equated so that the 2015 results can be compared with those for previous years.

10 Equating enables the results from NAPLAN tests in different years to be reported on the same achievement scale. As with all statistical calculations, the NAPLAN statistics provided in this report include some degree of uncertainty and this should be considered when interpreting differences in jurisdictional and National average scores, and percentages at or above National minimum standards. To help interpret differences in results, an additional effect size measure has been included in the 2015 comparison calculations. Where comparisons of results are shown, a representation of the effect size and statistical significance of the comparison is also provided. This representation is referred to as nature of the difference.