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Marian College Annual Report 2012 Student Outcomes (continued) Finally, the students need to see value in what they are doing. Ongoing review and evaluation of the curriculum at Marian College is a vital step in maintaining interest and relevancy. A professional learning community is embedded in the culture at Marian where teachers work collaboratively to develop units of work that have an inquiry approach. This means that we are setting tasks that enable students to think beyond a search engine. In other words, they are not going to find the answer in one or two locations but rather draw together a range of resources and discern the information themselves in order to reach a conclusion. All of this work is ongoing and we are travelling this journey together. We still have much to do at Marian College and we take this opportunity to thank a special group of people for getting us to where we are today. The College’s Teaching and Learning team work collectively to make major decisions regarding the curriculum direction – we thank them for the robust conversations we have on a regular basis working towards the common goal of improvement. They have demonstrated adaptability when it comes to change and flexibility when things don’t always go to plan. Marian College is truly a vibrant community of learning. Student Attendance Attendance at school is an important determinant in the progress of any student. As well as developing learning strategies, attendance helps children to develop social skills such as friendship building, teamwork, communication skills and healthy self esteem. By regularly missing days of school, students are at risk of missing out on key learning activities and may experience long term difficulties with their learning. Student attendance for 2012 at Marian College is indicated in the table below. Average student attendance rate by year level Year 7 95.69% Year 8 94.96% Year 9 94.91% Year 10 95.08% Overall average attendance 95.16% The College has introduced procedures to promote the need to attend all school days especially at the senior level. An electronic monitoring process, immediate contact with parents and formal documented procedures at VCE have all resulted in a renewed focus on attendance in class. Proportion of Students meeting national benchmarks at Years 7 and 9 Marian College students participate in the NAPLAN (National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy) tests conducted by the VCAA in Year 7 and 9. The 2012 Year 7 and Year 9 results are available for Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation, and Numeracy and provide the percentage of students in the school who met the national benchmark. The data does not include those students who were exempt from participating in the NAPLAN nor those who were absent at the time of its implementation. A Community growing in Faith & Love • Serving Others • Striving to Achieve • Thinking for the Future 16
Marian College Annual Report 2012 Student Outcomes (continued) Proportion of students meeting national benchmarks at Year 7 The following tables display student performance in the 2010, 2011and 2012 NAPLAN (National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy). This report provides summary data (according to VELS Levels and national benchmarks) on achievement of levels in Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation, and Numeracy. Examination of the data reveals that over the previous 3 years that the majority of students at the College have reached the national benchmarks. Literacy and Numeracy continues to be a major focus of professional learning at the College. A Literacy program has been developed at Years 7 to 9 and individual learning plans are used to identify specific areas for student improvement. 2010 2011 2012 Year 7 Reading 94.7% 97.5% 94.1% Year 7 Writing 97.4% 93.7% 94.1% Year 7 Spelling 96.5% 94.5% 94% Year 7 Grammar & Punctuation 88.5% 91.3% 94% Year 7 Numeracy 95.6% 93.0% 88.1% Proportion of students meeting national benchmarks at Year 9 2010 2011 2012 Year 9 Reading 96.9% 95.2% 94.2% Year 9 Writing 96.9% 91.8% 91.2% Year 9 Spelling 94.6% 96.4% 95.1% Year 9 Grammar & Punctuation 93.8% 93.6% 94.1% Year 9 Numeracy 93.0% 97.2% 96.2% Changes In Benchmark Results From The Previous Year The following data provides the percentage change, where available, in the proportion of students in the school who met the national literacy and numeracy benchmarks. These are assessed by the NAPLAN (National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy) tests conducted by the VCAA in Year 7 and 9 and are a comparison to the previous school year. For example, a figure of +8% in Year 7 Writing means there was a 8% increase in the proportion of students who achieved the national benchmark from one year to the next. Please note that this is not a measure of the same students over two years but a measure of two different groups of students in consecutive years. Year 7 Reading -4.3% Year 7 Writing 0.4% Year 7 Spelling -0.5% Year 7 Grammar & Punctuation 2.7% Year 7 Numeracy -4.9% Year 9 Reading -1.0% Year 9 Writing -0.6% Year 9 Spelling -1.3% Year 9 Grammar & Punctuation 0.5% Year 9 Numeracy -1.0% A Community growing in Faith & Love • Serving Others • Striving to Achieve • Thinking for the Future 17
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