Indigenous-Education-Review_DRAFT

Review of Indigenous Education in the Northern Territory
Bruce Wilson
Figure 12 – Northern Territory Government Schools, 2012 NAPLAN Results – Writing 12
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Source: DECS NAPLAN School Summary Results data
Year 3 Year 5 Year 7 Year 9
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‐AANMS
Very Remote Indigenous Remote Indigenous
Provincial Indigenous
NT Total Non Indigenous
Figure 13 shows the percentage of Year 3 and 5 students achieving AANMS (at or above
national minimum standard) from 2008‐2012. About 90% of non‐Indigenous students
achieve AANMS in each domain. Provincial Indigenous students are between 70% and 80%
in both domains in Year 3 and between 60% and 70% in Year 5. Remote students average
just over 60% at Year 3 and between 40% and 50% in Year 5. Year 3 very remote students
average around 30% in reading and 20‐30% in writing, dropping to about 10% in both
domains at Year 5.
DRAFT
12 +AANMS represents the line above which students are achieving results above national minimum standards.
‐AANMS represents the line below which students are failing to achieve national minimum standards.
Results between –AANMS and +AANMS indicate achievement at national minimum standards.
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