Effect of national partnerships on NAPLAN
The annual National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) measures the literacy and numeracy skills of primary and secondary students in Australia. Under the three Smarter Schools National Partnership, additional funding is provided to the independent schools with the expectation of impr...
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| description | The annual National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) measures the literacy and numeracy skills of primary and secondary students in Australia. Under the three Smarter Schools National Partnership, additional funding is provided to the independent schools with the expectation of improving student performance. Using multilevel modelling to account for within-school variables and demographics, we analyse NAPLAN data from the 2008–2011 tests for a sample of independent schools to estimate the effect of the National Partnerships on student performance. The results indicated that on average male students performed higher in the numeracy test but scored lower in each of the literacy tests. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students scored lower in numeracy, reading, writing, and grammar and punctuation. Students from low socioeconomic status schools performed lower in writing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f87274da4b2a478b9ddf508e65714c122023-09-02T20:33:47ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2017-01-014110.1080/2331186X.2016.12731661273166Effect of national partnerships on NAPLANHui Ping Chua0R. Nazim Khan1Stephen Humphry2Robert Hassell3The University of Western AustraliaThe University of Western AustraliaThe University of Western AustraliaAssociation of Independent Schools of Western AustraliaThe annual National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) measures the literacy and numeracy skills of primary and secondary students in Australia. Under the three Smarter Schools National Partnership, additional funding is provided to the independent schools with the expectation of improving student performance. Using multilevel modelling to account for within-school variables and demographics, we analyse NAPLAN data from the 2008–2011 tests for a sample of independent schools to estimate the effect of the National Partnerships on student performance. The results indicated that on average male students performed higher in the numeracy test but scored lower in each of the literacy tests. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students scored lower in numeracy, reading, writing, and grammar and punctuation. Students from low socioeconomic status schools performed lower in writing.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1273166educationindigenous effectgender effectliteracymultilevel modellingnaplannumeracy |
| spellingShingle | Hui Ping Chua R. Nazim Khan Stephen Humphry Robert Hassell Effect of national partnerships on NAPLAN Cogent Education education indigenous effect gender effect literacy multilevel modelling naplan numeracy |
| title | Effect of national partnerships on NAPLAN |
| title_full | Effect of national partnerships on NAPLAN |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of national partnerships on NAPLAN |
| title_short | Effect of national partnerships on NAPLAN |
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| topic | education indigenous effect gender effect literacy multilevel modelling naplan numeracy |
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