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Gender Differences in Reading and Numeracy Achievement across the School Years
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Damon P. Thomas; Belinda Hopwood; Vesife Hatisaru; David Hicks – Australian Educational Researcher, 2024
Developing students' reading and numeracy skills remain key goals of contemporary schooling. In Australia, the National Assessment Program -- Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests have assessed these skills since 2008. Previous research found a significant gender gap in favour of females for the NAPLAN writing test, yet no study has examined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Rapid Decline and Gender Disparities in the NAPLAN Writing Data
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Thomas, Damon P. – Australian Educational Researcher, 2020
The rapid decline in Australian students' performance on the "National Assessment Program--Literacy and Numeracy" (NAPLAN) writing test is an issue of national concern. This paper presents the first investigation into patterns of achievement and progress on the NAPLAN writing test across the tested year levels (3, 5, 7 and 9) between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Literacy, Writing Tests
Explaining Achievement Gaps between Students from Regional and Metropolitan Areas: Accounting for Socio-Demographic and School Climate Factors
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Perales, Francisco; Johnstone, Melissa; Xiang, Ning; Tomaszewski, Wojtek – Australian Journal of Education, 2023
Australian children from regional, rural and remote (RRR) areas exhibit lower educational outcomes than their peers in metropolitan areas. The mechanisms driving the comparatively poorer educational outcomes of children in RRR areas, however, are not well understood. This paper proposes and tests two sets of factors that may be responsible for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Background, Literacy, National Competency Tests
Predictors of Writing Success: How Important Are Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation?
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Daffern, Tessa; Mackenzie, Noella M.; Hemmings, Brian – Australian Journal of Education, 2017
Writing provides a means for personal reflection, thinking, creativity, meaning-making and sharing, as well as complementing other modes of communication in a world of multimodal texts. While writing in the digital age has become increasingly fast-paced and exposed to global scrutiny, being able to write efficiently with correct spelling, grammar…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Writing Achievement, Spelling, Grammar
Teachers' Perceptions of the Factors Influencing Their Engagement with Statistical Reports on Student Achievement Data
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Pierce, Robyn; Chick, Helen; Gordon, Ian – Australian Journal of Education, 2013
In Australia, as in other countries, school students participate in national literacy and numeracy testing with the resulting reports being sent to teachers and school administrators. In this study, the Theory of Planned Behaviour provides a framework for examining teachers' perceptions of factors influencing their intention to engage with these…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Intention, Data Use, Decision Making
Demographic and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Student Achievement over the School Career
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Marks, Gary N. – Australian Journal of Education, 2014
This paper examines changes in demographic and socioeconomic inequalities in student achievement over the school career, and the extent that these inequalities are accounted for by other influences such as, region and socioeconomic background (where appropriate), school differences and prior achievement. The data analysed are from a longitudinal…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Longitudinal Studies