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NAPLAN Discourses: A Systematic Review after the First Decade
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Rose, Judy; Low-Choy, Samantha; Singh, Parlo; Vasco, Daniela – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2020
In 2018 NAPLAN (National Assessment Program -- Literacy and Numeracy) reached a 10-year milestone. Introduced in 2008 by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), NAPLAN assesses student literacy and numeracy in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. As a key education reform in Australia, NAPLAN has provoked critical debate across…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Literacy, Numeracy
Sport and Academic Performance in Australian Indigenous Children
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Dumuid, Dorothea; Wilson, Rachel; Olds, Timothy; Evans, John Robert – Australian Journal of Education, 2021
Objective: Sport may promote academic performance through physiological and psychosocial mechanisms. We aimed to examine the association between sports participation and academic performance in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Methods: Participants were from four successive waves of Australia's Longitudinal Study of Indigenous…
Descriptors: Athletics, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
NAPLAN Participation: Post-COVID-19 Improvements and Remaining Challenges. Analytical Insights Paper #3
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Olivia Groves; Louise Ratko; Ryan Mannes; Sheri Kim; Wai Yin Wan; Lucy Lu – Australian Education Research Organisation Limited, 2025
This paper is the third in a series of Analytical Insights papers, which provide accessible, up-to-date analysis of educational datasets. The insights in this paper are drawn from the latest National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) and Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy in Australia (LLANIA) data to discuss student participation…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, National Competency Tests, Foreign Countries
Associations between Australian Students' Literacy Achievement in Early Secondary School and Senior Secondary Participation in Science: Accessing Cultural and Science Capital
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Cooper, Grant; Thomas, Damon P.; Prain, Vaughan; Fraser, Sharon – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Many factors are claimed to explain Australian students' declining participation rates in senior secondary science subjects. These include, for instance, the influences of SES, indigeneity, and gender. While acknowledging the compelling case for these factors affecting student pathways, in this study we explore associations between students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Literacy Education, Student Participation
NAPLAN Participation: Who Is Missing the Tests and Why It Matters. Analytical Insights Paper #1
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Lucy Lu; Lisa Williams; Olivia Groves; Wai Yin Wan; Eunro Lee – Australian Education Research Organisation Limited, 2023
This paper is the first in a series of Analytical Insights papers, which provide accessible, up-to-date analysis of educational datasets. This insights paper draws on the latest National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) data to discuss student participation and engagement with the tests -- factors which impact the quality and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, National Competency Tests, Foreign Countries
Working above Standard in Literacy and Numeracy in Primary School
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Mackenzie, Noella M.; Danaia, Lena; MacDonald, Amy; Metcalf, Debra Ann – Issues in Educational Research, 2019
Despite an historical recognition that research is lacking on the occurrence of school students' academic regression after a period of over-achievement, there continues to be little research conducted into the phenomenon. In particular, there is little research that examines the phenomenon from the perspective of students. The "Working Above…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Rural Schools, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes