Science Literacy 2006 school release materials - NAP

List of TablesTable 1.1Number of schools and students by State and Territoryin the final sample 4Table 2.1 Objective assessment assessing individual student work 6Table 3.1 Time allocation for objective test and practical task 12Table 6.1Table 6.2Conversion of raw scores to scaled scores and levelattained: Objective Assessment only 42Conversion of raw scores to scaled scores and levelattained: Objective Assessment and Practical Task 43Table 7.1 Year 6 Class record sheet 46Table 7.2 Item analysis sheet 49Table 7.3Table 7.4Class analysis sheet for students who attemptedthe Objective Assessment only 51Class analysis sheet for students who attempted boththe Objective Assessment and the Practical Task 52Table A.1 Description of skills assessed at each Proficiency Level 56Table B.1Table C.1Scientific Literacy Progress Map: July 2004 version fromDEST Science Education Assessment Resource (SEAR) project 61Major scientific concepts in the National AssessmentProgram – Science Literacy 2006 64List of FiguresFigure 6.1Percentages of students from the 2006 National ScienceAssessment sample at each Proficiency Level andthe corresponding scaled score 44iii