NAPLAN Results

[MissM]

We received DD's NAPLAN results yesterday. DD is where I thought she would be.

Math is a concern for me. She is below the national average. Now this concerns me for a few reasons:

1. DD is in a private school & feel she should have the support when needed. (Even if she was at a public school, I would still expect support!)
2. Why havent I been notified if she is falling behind? Does the teacher feel she is ok or is she slipping through the cracks?

we did have issues with DD's teacher at the beginning of the year, but I had compromised with DD and things seemed to be ok.

Parent/teachers are coming up so I am going to discuss these issues with her teacher AGAIN

I have organised tutoring for DD but wont start until next term.

Its kind of sad that in yr 3 tutoring is required!

How did your children go? Do you think NAPLANs are important enough to go by?

Oh - DD also told me, that her and a few other kids were taken into another room to do the NAPLAN test. I thought all tests were done in the classroom at the same time?

[kawazuki]

we got ours back
DS did well, but not as well as we expected in writing..

yes they are meant to be done in a room supervised.
the children may of been moved if they felt they may of been distracted for some reason

she may just need a push in yr things do start to progress a bit, once she gets taught the basics properly she will be fine hun

[MissM]

Thats what I thought Kawazuki - but after a year of online tutoring I am seeing small changes with basic math, such as X's tables addition etc, however, the number patterns, fractions, ratio's, money addition & subtraction, equations - YES, EQUATIONS!!(DD is in yr 3 btw)

Math is really our only concern. She is well above average in all other sub's, just math, I would like to bring her to at least the average line. atm she is below it

[mrsmac]

They do them all together in the same room with a supervising teacher. I find it unusual that they would take some kids out.
DD is in Yr 5 and did average, she was above state average in everything but well below our school average which is very very high.

You have to remember that NAPLAN is one day, if she was feeling off or distracted it will change her results, the teacher may well be perfectly happy with her progress and may be surprised at her results as they aren't really indicative of her ability IYKWIM??
I tutor a yr 3 boy but he is behind and just needs to catch up so its not so unusual to get tutoring at that age as its much better to sort it out when they are younger.

[MissM]

They do them all together in the same room with a supervising teacher. I find it unusual that they would take some kids out.
DD is in Yr 5 and did average, she was above state average in everything but well below our school average which is very very high.

Thats what I thought? ... Might have to raise this with the teacher just to ensure the work was DD's and not anyone else's iykwim?

may be surprised at her results as they aren't really indicative of her ability IYKWIM??
I tutor a yr 3 boy but he is behind and just needs to catch up so its not so unusual to get tutoring at that age as its much better to sort it out when they are younger.

Makes sense, but its still concerning, ya know? I'd rather correct any errors or misunderstandings now, b4 DD falls behind any more.

[kawazuki]

i understand.

we do the excell books with cody of an afternoon, they have helped him.

[mrsmac]

Another thing- the national average means different things depending on what state you are in. In NSW we have the highest results because our curriculum is ahead of other states. When I taught in NT their Maths was at least a year behind NSW so its really unfair to compare our children with those in NT because they aren't actually doing the same work. If you aren't in NSW this means it may be less worrying if she is below national average IYKWIM??

[kawazuki]

ahhhhh thats interesting to know

thanx that may explain why the qld results for some schools we are looking at are not very good

[misty]

To be honest, maybe she just isn't very good at maths??? How is she at the rest of her subjects??

I don't think these tests are the best indication of how your child is going - particularly at year 3. And different people are good at different things. I would go and talk to her teachers and see what they have to say about your DD before deciding anything. I do feel tutoring is probably excessive for a yr 3 student, unless that student is falling way behind the rest of the class.