I have not seen NAPLAN results ever,so really can't comment but if it's out of 6, highest being a band 6, then i think that the acceptable range should have been a 3.
Why base questions on stuff which they haven't learned yet though? Or were the kids meant to be taught the subject at school, but the teachers didn't get around to it??
Who knows what they teach in school these days... maye be that the muslims hate the jews and vice versa. I hope that was a question asked in the NAPLAN, if my son got taught that.
I'm only assuming thats what they did, otherwise there would at least be a small percentage that would have gotten those ones right. I know there is a spelling assessment that my DS did at the start of the year that has 100 words on it and they are asked to spell the words as they are read out in a test and I spoke to DS's teacher about something else and this spelling test came up during the discussion and she explained that only yr 6 children and higher are able to spell the hardest words and the test relies on a sliding scale - so in yr 3 they were only expected to get around 50% on this test, but when the same test is repeated over the next few years all children should be getting 100%. On the test my DS got 64% so that put him well above the 'expected' result for the yr 3 students etc. You are encouraged to speak with your child's teacher to talk about the results and I was going to ask about that particular point. Plus TD, with you being in a different state, maybe there were some children in VIC who did get those questions right that the NSW kids didn't depending on when they were taught it in the classroom kwim?
My DD is in grade 3 in QLD and did the Naplan testing earlier this year, we havent got the resuts back yet, and tbh, i didnt even know that the parents got a copy.
I will be interested in seeing what her results were.
Ds got his results today. I was very impressed given that he is 1-2 years younger than his peers.
He scored all band 5s except for writing which was a band 3 (he has poor fine motor skills, so this i was expecting and is ok) and scored over a band 6 in spelling.
Great to hear that some there are some great NAPLAN results coming through.
Trillian- The national Standards are very low, but they are the minimum a student should know. As you have probably figured a student below national standard is really a cause for concern. I know that we have some real work to do at our school to bring up our students averages.
Well done on his results! IKWYM about being younger and all - my DS is a lot younger than his peers too so it's reassuring to know that he's more than holding his own.
Its been interesting to see that NSW has done better than all states but silly in the fact that they test all children at the same grade but our curriculums are not the same. When I taught in NT our maths syllabus was in line with WA and was a year behind NSW so a Yr 3 in NT/WA would be learning what they learn in YR 2 in NSW.
Until they get a national curriculum this test is flawed as not all children learn the same things at the same times or even start school at the same age.
Our school did really well but now there is pressure for us to make the children get better again for the next time! We are in the top region of NSW so it may be hard!!
TD its interesting that your son did the test at his age, is he in Yr3? It would be hard for him to understand some of the concepts I would imagine. There is no handwriting in it so his fine motor wouldn't affect his results- he has done amazingly well though for one so young.
Yes, DS is in grade 3. He was accelerated a year in school. I was amazed at the results.
His spelling was off the radar! He did so well, he thinks he;s a walking dictionary, that's what he says he is. I'm pretty sure there was handwriting because he scored below the national average. Everything else was all band 5 and his spelling was over a band 6. He is a pretty amazing little chap.
The writing section of NAPLAN is about writing conventions - or "story writing" so they aren't assessing handwriting but how each child writes in reponse to a question or stimulus material. They look at sentence structure, paragraphs, use of language, grammer, does the writing flow, make sense etc
He is pretty unimaginative and doesn't know how to use words well, so i can understand if he scored poorly in this section. When i tell him to write a story, i'll give him an example like, i went to the moon on a space ship and met my new alien friend. DS will quickly answer back, "but i can't write that it's not true". He is a very serious boy and struggles with story writing. Plus, with i believe having English as a second language, you can't seem to master one or the other as you speak and use both languages in everyday life. I still struggle with English, being born and raised here.
I hope that was a question asked in the NAPLAN, if my son got taught that.
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