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St Margaret's a top performer on NAPLAN 2011

14 September 2011

 

As you would have noted in the Courier Mail this week, NAPLAN results for 2011 were published. In May 2011, Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sat the National Literacy and Numeracy Test, NAPLAN, a nationwide testing program. Individual student results as well as systemic data were released this week.

St Margaret’s students’ performance on the 2011 NAPLAN tests has again been well above the average result when compared with both State and National figures in all areas. The table below compares St Margaret’s results with that of the State and the National average in each of the literacy and numeracy areas.

We believe that these very strong results are a reflection of both the quality teaching and learning opportunities provided at St Margaret’s and the hard work of our staff and students in maintaining a focus on literacy and numeracy.  For Queensland students, it is important to note that students in Years 5 to 9 are between three to ten months younger than other students across Australia.

We are proud of our students’ results and feel they reflect the commitment of both the students and staff, who are equally focussed on achieving the potential of each student. A number of individual St Margaret's students equalled the highest scores in Queensland on one or more each of the sub-tests.

We congratulate all students on their performance on these tests.

 

Reading

Average	Year 3 2011	Year 3 2010	Year 3 2009	Year 5 2011	Year 5 2010	Year 5 2009	Year 7 2011	Year 7 2010	Year 7 2009	Year 9 2011	Year 9 2010	Year 9 2009
St Margaret's	489	490	460	537	526	521	591	603	583	613	621	627
State	400	393	386	470	468	478	534	537	533	573	564	570
National	416.2	414.3	410.9	488.4	487.3	494	540.2	546	541.2	579.6	573.6	580.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing

Average	Year 3 2011	Year 3 2010	Year 3 2009	Year 5 2011	Year 5 2010	Year 5 2009	Year 7 2011	Year 7 2010	Year 7 2009	Year 9 2011	Year 9 2010	Year 9 2009
St Margaret's	451	474	472	543	522	523	594	610	598	636	622	628
State	404	402	395	471	472	466	533	531	525	566	564	557.8
National	415.5	418.6	414	482.5	485.2	484.5	529.3	533.4	532.5	567.7	567.7	569

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spelling

Average	Year 3 2011	Year 3 2010	Year 3 2009	Year 5 2011	Year 5 2010	Year 5 2009	Year 7 2011	Year 7 2010	Year 7 2009	Year 9 2011	Year 9 2010	Year 9 2009
St Margaret's	436	456	436	504	502	510	574	597	570	621	625	602
State	388	371	376	466	468	466	529	535	533	576	573	568.6
National	406.3	399.2	404.8	484.3	487.1	487.1	537.8	544.6	540.0	581.5	578.4	576.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grammar and Punctuation

Average	Year 3 2011	Year 3 2010	Year 3 2009	Year 5 2011	Year 5 2010	Year 5 2009	Year 7 2011	Year 7 2010	Year 7 2009	Year 9 2011	Year 9 2010	Year 9 2009
St Margaret's	473	472	472	561	530	530	594	606	597	619	627	619
State	407	398	394	485	483	486	525	529	534	568	573	568.7
National	421.6	416.9	419.9	499.7	499.7	500	533	535.1	539.5	572.8	578.8	573.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numeracy

Average	Year 3 2011	Year 3 2010	Year 3 2009	Year 5 2011	Year 5 2010	Year 5 2009	Year 7 2011	Year 7 2010	Year 7 2009	Year 9 2011	Year 9 2010	Year 9 2009
St Margaret's	423	455	411	507	499	499	593	587	578	610	621	627
State	385	378	372	499	474	470	539	546	539	575	577	578.5
National	398.4	395.3	394.1	488	488.7	486.8	544.9	547.7	543.5	583.7	584.9	588.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference:  Private schools state's best in NAPLAN, Tanya Chilcott and Rob Kidd, The Courier Mail, 13 September 2011