NAPLAN results

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NAPLAN results: The state's high-achieving schools revealed (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Some schools are punching above their weight when it comes to results in literacy and numeracy. This is how they manage to do it.

In maths, he said the school “bucked the downward trend” by concentrating on language-based maths problems including geometry and measurement concepts. “We focus on critical thinking, problem-solving and lots of talk in the classroom. [Lucy Carroll](/by/lucy-carroll-hvey4)is education editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. The co-ed school with about 1500 enrolments also had above-average numeracy results in year 7 and 9. In year 8 and 10 we have external testing done which helps us work out areas that need attention,” Middlebrook said. “Students read a lot; everything from science fiction to non-fiction …

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State schools dominate list of NAPLAN high achievers (The Age)

The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority's ranking of Victorian school NAPLAN results is based on those that achieved the highest and most ...

But the standardised test of students’ literacy and numeracy proficiency was cancelled in 2020, prompting the Curriculum and Assessment Authority to assess last year’s NAPLAN results over three of the past four years to identify top-performing schools. Lighthouse Christian College is one of three independent schools on the list. Students’ input is valued so highly that they help unpack NAPLAN data and are on interview panels for new teachers, principal Sally Buick said. [Adam Carey](/by/adam-carey-hvek6)is Education Editor. Schools with a high proportion of students from first-generation migrant families also dominated the list of high achievers. [Sign up here](/link/follow-20170101-p57ogt). The school’s emphasis on student voice was one of the reasons the low-fee, multicultural school was one of the best-performing schools in NAPLAN results over the past four years, relative to socio-educational advantage, she said. Two are also all-girls schools. The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority’s ranking of Victorian school NAPLAN results is based on those that achieved the highest and most consistent rate of progress in literacy and numeracy. Schools in less advantaged communities including Dandenong, St Albans, Springvale and Braybrook registered heavily in the top 20, including the school with the best NAPLAN results in the state. Two of the four non-government schools in the top 20 are low-fee, outer suburban schools and two are high-fee schools. Between 60 per cent and 90 per cent of students were from non-English-speaking backgrounds in every school in the top 10.

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WA schools with top NAPLAN results revealed (WAtoday)

The majority of students at the state's top-performing primary school have a language background other than English – a trend seen across many of the top 20 ...

“[My School is] an important resource for parents to make informed decisions about their children’s schooling ... “At a macro level, one of the unspoken findings in the data year-on-year is that ... The majority of students at the school have a language background other than English – a trend that followed many of the top-performing schools, including the state’s Islamic Colleges. The students at high-achieving schools showed above-average literacy and numeracy results compared with pupils of similar socio-educational backgrounds. Caladenia Primary School in Canning Vale and Ballajura Primary are two of the schools at the top of the list, performing ‘well above’ the average across all subjects for their Year 3 and 5 scores. Western Australia’s high-achieving NAPLAN schools have been revealed, with government schools forming the majority of the top-performing.

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NAPLAN results reveal need for 'stronger focus' on education in ... (Sky News Australia)

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet says he believes today's NAPLAN results for the state have “a lot of positives” however there needs to be a ...

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NAPLAN results 2022: How to check the performance of your child's ... (9News)

Australia's top performing schools have been revealed with the release of the latest NAPLAN results. The performance results of each Australian school are ...

[My School website](https://myschool.edu.au/), which also offers information about every school's population, attendance rate, income and expenditure. Some of the top performing Victorian schools include Dandenong North Primary School, a government school in south-east Melbourne, Beverley Hills Primary School, a government school in north-east Melbourne, and Kings Park Primary School, a government school in the city's north-west. Analysis from The Age has revealed 16 of Victoria's top 20 performing schools are government schools.

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NAPLAN results: Surprising results top list of Australia's best ... (Daily Mail)

The 2022 NAPLAN literacy and numeracy scores from every school across Australia were uploaded to the My Schools website by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment ...

The Essington School Fahan School Brisbane Grammar School Nossal High School Melbourne High School Sydney Girls High School

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2022 NAPLAN results released (The Educator Online)

Among the NSW schools with high-achieving results are Tara Anglican School, Hurstville Public School, John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, and Cabramatta ...

“All schools are different, and all schools have different challenges they face but the importance of these results is … “This is an opportunity to change that.” Among these schools are Dandenong North Primary, Beverley Hills Primary School, Presbyterian Ladies’ College, and Braybrook College. if you don’t see the impacts, then you can’t make the requisite changes.” Victoria’s top performers also include schools that have a high proportion of students from first-generation migrant families, with between 60% and 90% of students from non-English-speaking backgrounds in every school in the top 10. Among the NSW schools with high-achieving results are Tara Anglican School, Hurstville Public School, John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, and Cabramatta High School.

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NAPLAN year 5 results: The state's top schools revealed (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Public schools, high-fee private institutions and Catholic schools have dominated the top positions.

She was previously a health reporter.Connect via [Nigel Gladstone](/by/nigel-gladstone-h0ffk2)is an investigative journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via [Christopher Harris](/by/christopher-harris-p536mp)is an education reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via “NAPLAN is just one test, but we do look at the results to track trends in performance.” We also have specialist teachers who had to work with small groups of students that need support in certain areas.” Of about 1800 schools that reported year 5 results, the Herald has looked at a selection of the top performers. “These results are thanks to the hard work of our students and teachers... “Through our School Success Model initiative, we look at what high-performing public schools are doing and share their evidence-based approach with other schools, to raise standards across the board,” she said.

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See the best performing NAPLAN schools near you (The Age)

Serpell Primary School principal Wilma Culton is in no doubt that parents pay close attention to the school's NAPLAN results each year.

“We have a really strong belief that every student is capable of successful learning,” Butts said. “We don’t actually see that kind of pattern.” All of our parents would expect their children to have a university education and so they’re very, very keen to make sure that they all do their best.” “So there’s no surprises when we get to reporting time,” she said. The three schools, all of which have disadvantaged student profiles, achieved stellar progress in literacy and numeracy when ranked against similar schools. Park asked staff this year to share why they worked at the disadvantaged and multicultural school. [Adam Carey](/by/adam-carey-hvek6)is Education Editor. I mean, high-quality staff, a really high-quality community, and just fantastic children who want to do well,” Culton said. “Oh yes, our parents are very conscious of it,” Culton said. [Sign up here](/link/follow-20170101-p57ogt). At Kings Park Primary School in St Albans, the “why” of teaching is as important as the “how”, principal Jodi Park said. “That is just one area of the tailored literacy and numeracy support that we offer the children.”

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